A journey of learnig ,friendships and carrer readiness

the course curriculm at thapar was quite comphersive with strong core subjects in first two years that infilced my decision to join later ,electives ,labs and projects agave good exposure for real world use and higher studies the strutcure prepared us well for placemnts and competive examss

thapar offerd good internships opportunnities mostly staring from 6 semester many top firms like microsoft ,amaazon ,delloitte jp morgan , maruti ,tata motors ,infosys and wipro fro summer internships.roles offered were mainly softwrae devloper , data analyst , bussinees consulting and core eengineering .stipends ranged widely from 15K -80k depending on the comapny with a few product firms offering even higher

almost 70-85 % of eligble of students got placeed in reputed firms with CSE and ECE branches achiving the highest ratio .profiles offerred covered software development ,dalta analytics ,consulting ,R&D and core engineering roles .placemnt cell was active ,conducting taring , mocks interviewsd and resume sessions which helped alot in preepartion .

i qwaas in thapar university batch 2019-23 feee were based on branch group:A (cse/coe/CSBS),group B (ECE/ENC/MEE), groupC (other). at admission i paid a one time admission fee of 13000and refundable caution fee of 10000 .each semester fee included tution , developemnt, registration /exam ,student activity and medical charges(no seperate lab fee) In 2019-20 the semester per fee was 1.69Lakh For group A ,1.59Lakh for groupB , 1.43Lakh for group C. in 2020-2021, it rose to 1.84 for group A , 1.70L for group B and for groupC 1.50L . in 2021-2022 it was 2L for group A ,1.80Lakh for group B and 1.58 for group C. BY 2022-2023 it reached 2.18 for group A 1.91L ,for group B and 1.66L for group c. So many yearly total wnt from ~3.3-3.7Lakh L in the first year to ~4.3L-4.4L in the final year . Overall , complete course cost about 15.7L fro group A , 14.3L fro Group B and For group C 12.6L including one time charges.hostel was extra ~31K -50K per semester depending on room type with mess and air conditioner chaged seperately. Fee were the same for all indian students (general/schedule caste/schedule tribes/OBC management) , varying only my branch. My batchmates in other branches paid according to thier group slabs,but there was no category - wise difference. Schoalrschips included merit schoalships for top / join entrance examination/12 performers (waiver of tution + develoopment fees if CGPA>=8) merit cum-means schoalaships up to 2.9-3.2L per year for needy students and aluni / name dscholarships like A.C. Khannna - Balarj Chexal, Shakuntala-juneja adn DR H.S. Kasana,usually Rs.10K or more Overall, the feess increased every year, but schoalships helped many of us reduced the financial burden.

the central libray was well equiped with a ride range of books ,jounals and sdigital resouces ,online ddatabases and e-journal were easily accessible which helped for both academics and projects. sports facilites included cricket and football grounds , basketball and tennis courts ,gym, swimming pool and indoor games .extarcurriculllar activites were encouragesd through inter hostel and inter college events

the hostel facilty at thapar was good overall .rooms provides as single double, triple occupancy with basic furniure like bed in all hostels and wasshorrom weere mostly clean with gyser facilty. the mess served veg-nonveg meals with fixed menu that rotted weekly

i chose thapar university over a few otheer colleges i applied to like VIT, SRM and others stae level instituted . i got offers from couple of them but thapar stood because strong palcemnt record better industy limits and overall brand value valuein engineering .the campuse nvironemnt ,infrastrutre and peer crowd also influnced my choice.compared to others

the faculty students ratio was fair and most taechers were apprcoable for doubbts and projects help .many helpd phds and guided us well in reserch and carrerr advice . i personallu like dsenior profs in cse/ece for their depth and mentorships they expalinde cobncepts cleraly and linked them with reaal cases. a few juiors lacked stron gtechinal skills and relied too much slides which made classes dull butoverall faculty qulaity was good. the cousre structre was rigiriouss with afixed core, labs and fewelectives in later years, exmas folllowed a mid term + end term +internal assessmentt model , with weighgtage around 30.20.50. test were of moderate level , not easy but sometimes fair if you studied well.fail rate was medium as most students with decent effort.marking was transpernt with relative grading in some cases

nightlife at thapar was decent and liverliy for capus town the libray stayed open late , while gyms and cafterias usually closed by 9-10 pm .hostel in time qwas 10pm for girls and 11 pmfor boys through late entries were allowed with approval. public areas like lawns and couts remmained open for students to chill or play till lateeveninng