My Life at IIT Kgp

I always wanted to go into a Math oriented course. Currently, there are only 3 math oriented courses available in al IITs. They are BS in Math, BS in Mathematics and Computing and BS in Economics. I couldnt clear the cutoff of the former 2 in the top 8 colleges, so I took BS in Economics. I am in my first year so we havent studied Economics in depth. The faculty are highly qualified. All of them have had PhD in their field and have atleast 3 years of Academia after getting their PhD. The exams are Bi-Semister, that is once in 2 months. They were pretty decently tough, but for me, I found it comparitively good. That was because I attended al lectures.

Internship Opportunities here at IIT Kharagpur begin in the penultimate year. I dont have much information of the same as I am in my first year and have 4 more semisters till I get to the time when I have to apply for internships.

Students become eligile for placements in their final year. That is the second to last semister. The placements of our college is pretty good. This year stats are out. According to Awaaz IIT Kgp, 1353 offers were given to 1277 students with the highest on campus placement being a whopping 1.69cr/yr package. There are no details of the overall average package, but details are out for branch wise packages. For Economics, the highest package was 50.7 lakhs/year with the average being 20.6 lakhs/year and median being 17.4 lakhs/year. I currntly have no future plans but I want to stay in India and work for my country.

I got admission into an Indian Institute of Technology, so the fees here is very low compared to other private colleges. Currently I am not availing any scholarship. Campus placements are pretty good, with most of the students who apply getting placed. Official data may show that 70(+-10)% students get placed but that is because rest continue education or get off campus placements. Fees hike is not much. The cost to study is apt and is very low.

Our annual social cultural fest is Spring Fest. It is held every Year in the month of January. Our tech fest, kshitij is also held in January. IIT Kharagpur boasts Asia's largest library with thousands of books properly sorted numerically. Any book can be found anytime using the book searching machines and the numerically arranged shelves. Classrooms are very neat and clean and have proper audio-video facilities. We have sports facilities for all sports and have many competitions all over the year for the same. Name a field, there is a group/club/society for it. Spectra-Fine Arts Club. Team Kart-Formula Student Society. CGS-Computer Graphics Society. And soo many moree.

I have acquired the hostel facilities at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Each room is provided with a table and a shelf. The shelves are in a bit bad situation but most tables are good. The rooms are painted annually. The mess food is good on some days, but just decent on others. Menu is designed pretty good on paper but isnt upto standards while being made. The hall is allotted by the institute and is pretty affordable, with 25000 for a semister.

The enterance exam for IIT Kharagpur was JEE Advanced. I got rank 53XX and got admission into BS in Economics here. The cutoff for General Male for the same was somewhere around 6000 rank. I havene availed any reservation benefits as I belong to the general category. The application procedure was via JOSAA conducted by NTA. The process was smooth and I was able to get admission into my dream college.