IISER Bhopal honest opinion

College management are very strict if you don't submit your fees timely you have to pay a heavy fine of 5000 rupees.College is situated in outskirts of city difficulty in transportation but collage provide transportation for city but that too follows a particular time -table. Except this overall college is outstanding.

I have cleared JEE advanced in 2016 with rank of 16834 gen ,but being a OBC category students I was alloted this college in second round of councilling. I was high impressed, enthusiastic about jee chemistry and was planning to do chemistry courses from IIT Bombay but due to poor rank I was not able to get through it so I finally applied in IISER got admission in IISER , Bhopal because it is on top of my preference order.

The course curriculum of IISER are awesome with full focus on cutting edge research.IISER are founded by Indian government keeping in the view to develop hard core research in India.So IISERs are best institutions for cutting edge and hard core research. In first two years of study students have to learn all the subjects namely physics, chemistry ,Maths , Biology,Earth and environmental sciences, Engineering Sciences and computer science in great detail which is highly beneficial for further interdisciplinary research.

There are three months of holiday from May-July and a one month of holiday in December.Internships of the month May-July called summer internship and Internships of month December is called winter Internship.Every IISERs provide both summer and winter internship to all the students who are interested and show their interest by applying under professors.Students are also free to apply under any professor of any Institutions across India and globe.Student have to pay just hostel and mess fees during course of internship in college.

There is career development cell (CDC) in IISER ,Bhopal which help students to make aware of various career and job opportunities after MS and also organise various talks on for further research and development across globe. Many students have made through top universities across world for Ph.D like Princeton,Cal tech,and other top universities of Europe. Recommendation of professors are highly valuable for students seeking admission in various universities.

There is two major fest and events in college is organised in IISER , Bhopal. One is cultural and second is science fest.Name of science fest is singularity and cultural fest have its name as Enthuzia.In singularity various events like Domino effect,TEDX talk , Quizzes,Model making,Robot making etc are organised and prizzes are given to winners .Since it is 3-4 days fest so students are able to learn a lot about science and technology that are happening around world. Second one which is cultural event also a very delightful event.In this event cultural council of college organise various events like DJ night,Fashion show,famous personalities like Ami Mishra(singer of Hasi ban Gaye song in humari adhoori kahani) etc are invited.Also Various famous bands are invited ,they performed in very impressive way.It is also a 3-4 days event which helps students to develop their skills in areas they have interest.It helps students learn social views and help the student to develop overall personality.

Fees in IISER are very cheap it cost around only 40-50 thousand including hostel and food per year,if you able to maintain your scholarship . If not then it will cost you around 1 lakh to 1 lakh and 10 thousand for a year including hostel and the mess food. Even a lower middle class and poor classes are able to continue his studies if anyhow they made through IISERs.Don't worry about fees.

Every student of IISER are eligible for a INSPIRE scholarship from DST(Department of Science and Technology ,India),but you have to maintain 7 Cumulative grade point average on the scale of 10,to be eligible for scholarship to continue in future. If students are not able to submit the fees there is SBI in the campus which provide loans to the students without any difficulty.

Campus life at IISER , Bhopal is absolutely outstanding. It provide clean ,green and safe environment to everyone.IISER ,Bhopal has most beautiful campus among all IISERs. Having 250 acres of land and that too is fully developed provide students with a lot of modern research equipment and resources to excel in academics. Talking about gender ratio ,Every 10 boys in campus there is 6 girls (approx) in every batch.So no need to worry guys your life is going to be extremely colourful.(Just Kidding). There is Intra IISER sports competition organised in college which help students to show their sporting skills .Also every student of IISER ,Bhopal is trained by very good coaches in all the sport.Coaches help students to train for inter IISER sports meet at different different IISERs organised every year. There is oratory club in IISER ,Bhopal which help students to develop their skills like debating skill,public speaking etc. There is cultural council in college which help students to learn various musical instruments and dance forms also there is science and technology club in the college which function to improve your practical knowledge and link various concepts with the events currently going on in the world.

Alumni network in college is not upto the mark which is major disadvantage in the college but CDC is continuously working to develop the alumni network .As recently they had organised orientation session with the alumni. Seniors in the college are very interactive and support you in every difficulty you face from the first day you enter in college.There is no trend of Ragging cult in IISER Bhopal so seniors are like extremely normal students of the college,not like the boss who order to do their assignments , project and make you do their other works forcebly. Seniors also tell you about various future opportunities and guide you for further higher studies.

IISER ,Bhopal has semester based assessment exam.Here in every semester there are two major test first is mid -term exam and second is end -term exam.In extra to this there are various quizzes , assignment,suprise quizzes presentation etc. in every semester. In the first and second year we have 3 hours labs for physics , CHEM,biology , computer science, chemical engineering,etc. To complement the theoretical study with practical knowledge and application.Overall life is not so chill except weekends.

Admission in this collage in undergraduation and postgraduation courses is basically from 3 channels. 1:- KVPY(Kishore vaigynik protshahan yojna) 2:-JEE Advance 3:-SCB (States and central boards) Now here it's worth mentioning that the 50% of admission in IISER (any IISER) are from JEE and KVPY and the rest 50% admission is from the SCB channel. For students seeking admission through JEE channel he should have to score under 10k rank in JEE advanced (for general category ) and for reserved category students who scored any rank in JEE advanced may apply. Admission of students will be based on seat availability. For KVPY fellow any rank in the exam is considered as eligibility for application in IISERs across India. For SCB channel students must be in top 1 percent of their respective boards are eligible for apply in IISERs . Admission to these students will takes place on the basis of test conducted across all over India. SCB question paper consist of 4 sections physics ,chemistry,maths and biology.Students have to attempt each and every section of paper.

Faculty of All the IISERs are outstanding and marvelous.Nearly all the professors have their Ph.D from top institutions across world.Only some professors have Ph.D from India and that too from top institutions like IISc.,IIT Bombay,IIT Delhi,IIT Kanpur,IIT Madras,IIT Hyderabad etc. All the professors of IISERs have minimum one post doctoral degree from various highly ranked foreign universities.