Both NIT Goa and NIT Sikkim are decent options considering the atmosphere surrounding the campus. But, NIT Sikkim has some disadvantages. The points below state some of the advantages and disadvantages of both the institutes.

• The campus of NIT Sikkim is surrounded by lush greenery, having a pollution-free atmosphere. If you want to enjoy the calmness of nature and stay away from noise and crowds, NIT Sikkim is an excellent place.
• The mess food is a disadvantage of NIT Sikkim.
• Sikkim is cold throughout the year. So, you will need to use blankets and heaters all year long.
• Communication to and from the campus of NIT Sikkim is a problem. There are frequent jams and landslides. So, going home for a vacation often becomes a problem.
• NIT Goa gives a much better lifestyle and opportunities in campus placement, which are the two among the most important parameters in choosing an institute. These aspects make NIT Goa much ahead of NIT Sikkim.

Here is an overview of the recent placement statistics for the institutes.

Thus, it is clear that NIT Goa is a clear winner among the two.

NIT Sikkim is one of the 10 newly sanctioned NITs built by the Government of India. Here is what you need to know about the EEE branch at the institute.

• NIT Sikkim started with CSE, ECE, and EEE branches. In the subsequent years, Mechanical, Civil, and Biotechnology were added. As evident, Electrical and Electronics Engineering is one of the oldest branches in the institute. It has been providing quality education to its undergraduates over the years.
• The Department of EEE has good facilities of labs and an excellent curriculum. The placement is also good enough with great offers from PSUs like Power Grid Corporation Ltd too, along with several private-sector jobs. The average CTC offered at the institute is 8 LPA.

Therefore, if you have an interest in the fields of electrical and electronics, you can surely opt for the institute.

Do not come here with too many expectations because you are most likely to get disappointed. My friend is currently in 3rd year of B.Tech at NIT Sikkim, and according to his first-hand experience, the hostel scenario is as follows:

BOYS HOSTEL

• Firstly, the boys' hostels are located outside the campus, about 2 km away from the campus.
• There are 3 hostel buildings namely BH-11, BH-12, and BH-13. You will be allotted a room with about 2,3 or a maximum of 4 people to share.
• Although attached bathrooms for each room are a big plus point, you won’t get any wi-fi facility in any of the hostels.
• No matter which hostel you belong to, you will have a common recreation room with TV, TT, carom, etc., and a common mess as well.
• Water and electricity issues are persistent.

GIRLS HOSTEL

• In terms of girls hostels, they are located inside the campus which is a huge plus point.
• The rooms are bigger in size and have attached bathrooms. However, one room is to be shared by 5 girls.
• The mess facility is also separate for all hostels. Also, you will be provided with a wi-fi connection, unlike the boys' hostels.
• There are no issues related to water and electricity shortage.

The hostels might not be the best in terms of infrastructure or facility, it all boils down to the memories you make during your journey. However, if hostel facilities are your topmost priority, then NIT Sikkim is not the place for you.

Many students go through this dilemma and the right way to choose a college is to compare them on various aspects. As some of my friends are from these institutes, I can provide a bit of information about them.

• NIT Sikkim is a very popular and reputed engineering institute but the college in Dehradun is not much reputed and also has less popularity.
• To get admission to NIT Sikkim, you will have to clear the JEE exam.
• But the college in Dehradun is a private college and you will have to sit for an exam conducted by the college to get admission.

Civil Engineering Department of NIT Sikkim

• The students in this department are very talented and more than 50% of the students have scored more than 8 GPAs in their 3rd semester.
• The faculty of this department is decent enough and very cooperative.
• The weather here is very pleasant and the campus is very beautiful.
• The infrastructure is not good enough as in private colleges. The lab facilities available in this department are also poor.
• The placements at NIT Sikkim are very good. There will be PSUs and many other popular companies visiting the college, so the numbers are likely to increase further.

Hence, NIT Sikkim is a very good college to pursue civil engineering and you should definitely go for it over any other private institution. It will give various opportunities which will be very helpful for your career.

Both PGEC and NIT Sikkim are very good colleges. But choosing NIT Sikkim will be a better choice as it is a national level college and is much better than PGEC. Being a student of NIT Sikkim, I can assure you that it will be a good choice.

• NIT Sikkim is one of the leading NITs among all other NITs and has immense popularity around the nation.
• The faculty members are very talented and well experienced.
• They also have a diverse student population.
• All the students have cleared the national level entrance exam to get admission to this college so they are very good with academics too.
• The placements of this college are very good as most of the top companies visit the campus for interviews.
• The only drawback of NIT Sikkim is that it doesn't have a permanent campus yet. But this problem won't have any negative impact on your studies as the faculty and academics of this college are excellent.

Hence, NIT Sikkim is a very good college to pursue engineering courses and its academic and placement scenario are much better than any other state-level or private college.

Your admission to NIT Sikkim with the AIR of 63621 will depend on your domicile. If you are from Sikkim, then you can easily get into any branch of your choice irrespective of your category.

If you are from outside Sikkim, then it will depend on your category. General category or UR category students might find it difficult to secure a seat in any of the branches. OBC candidates should get the branch of his/her choice except maybe CSE. SC and ST candidates should get the branch of their choice. Here is the required cutoff for NIT Sikkim in recent years.

It should be noted that cut-offs change every year depending upon the pool of candidates. So, take it as indicative. For more detailed cutoff info visit the official website of NIT Sikkim.