Basic informations for 1st year students

There are 6 branches in nit silchar ,those are CSE ,ECE,EIE,EE,ME and CE . In the 1st year the course curriculum of CSE,ECE and EE is same while EIE,ME and EE have same curriculum . In 1st year students have to study basic introduction programming(C language), chemistry , Evs , physics , Basic electrical engineering , mechanics , maths , engineering drwaing , basic electronics , communicative english , mechanical workshop etc.

The fees of the students are divided as per the category and family income . If a student belong to ST/SC/PWD category then he/she need not to pay the tuition fees irrespective of their family income and he/she has to pay only the other institution fees and hostel+mess fees and these things are applied to that students whose family income is less than 1 lakh . If the family income of a student is between 1 to 5 lakh then he has to pay the 1/3 of tutition fees and the other institution fees and hostel +mess fees . If the family income of a student is above 5 lakh then there is no fee wavier for him/her , he /she has to pay the full tuition fees ,other institution fees and hostel + mess fees . Note that a student has to pay that fixed amount of fees which is asked to pay during josaa counseling as per the category . A student belonging to economically disadvantaged family will not get any kind of fee wavier during josaa counselling . He or she only can get refund the extra money paid during the counselling after the 1st year . At the time of admission a student has to pay the hostel+mess fees and the remaining fees ( if available as per the family inocme) . Ensure that these lines i,e"total family income from all the sources " are mentioned in your income ceretificate otherwise you will not be eligible for the fee wavier . In 2024 , many students( specily from assam region) are deprived from the fee wavier . There are various scholarship that a student can get in NIT Silchar . some of them are - NSP, BHARTI AIRTEL ,IDFC , FFE , INFOSYS , RELIANCE , SIEMENS , ONGC , MLA SCHOLARSHIP etc.

The name of the anuual technical fest of nit silchar is Tecnoesis and the annual cultural fest is Incandescence . Technoesis is held in the month of november while incandescence is held in the month of February. The college has proper library facility . You will glad to know that NIT silchar has the asias largest digital library and has over 96000 books . There are various clubs in NIT Silchar promoting student's overall growth. Some of the clubs of NIT silchar are coding club , ML club , robotics club , illumnits , GDGC , dance club , symphonits(music club), finance club etc .

Nit silchar has good hostel facility .The first year girls are alloted to GH3 and boys are allotted to PGH and BH3 .In PGH both double seater and triple seater rooms are present . Specially double seater rooms are given to those students whose ranks are good in jee mains . For the double seater two chair , two table , two bed and one almirah are given while for triple seater three chair , three bed , three table are given . In hostels lan facility is there .

I have only filled this college during my josaa counselling although at my jee mains rank i got other top nits , because i want to take CSE as my branch but i did not get cse in other top nits . Admission process - To take admission in NIT silchar you have to appear in jee mains and take part in Josaa/CSAB counselling . You have to fill some choices (colleges) in the couselling and based on your rank you will get chances to take admission in your desired colleges .If you want to take admission in NIT Silchar , you have to fill nit silchar in the high preference.

The faculty -student ratio is 1:9, which is quite good .Although the faculties are quite strict but also quite helpfull and friendly .Exams are held in three phases those are mid-sem, minor and endsem . The marks distribution are follows like mid-sem - 30 marks each subject , minor - 10 marks each subject and end -sem - 50 marks each subject . Like other institutions 75% attendence criteria is also applicable for nit silchhar and there is marks for attendence .

Library ,cafeteria and gyms are available inside the campus ittself . The timmings for hostel and thr campus is 10PM . There are various places where stuents can hangout one of them is Silchar mall .