Sadly no. NIT Agartala is nowhere near the top NITs. To understand this better, let’s divide all the NITs into 5 levels

• Level 1:  NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal, NIT Warangal, NIT Allahabad
• Level 2: NIT Nagpur, NIT Calicut, NIT Rourkela
• Level 3:  MNIT Jaipur, NIT Bhopal, NIT Surat, NIT Durgapur
• Level 4: NIT Silchar, NIT Kurukshetra, NIT Agartala, NIT Hamirpur, NIT Raipur, NIT Jalandhar, NIT Jamshedpur, NIT Patna, NIT Srinagar
• Level 5: All the new NITs founded in or after 2010

So NIT Agartala falls in the 4 category. The main reason for its poor reputation is its location in the North East. It’s also the reason why it does not get much limelight despite being a very established engineering college and one of the old NITs.

In the basics, you have three types of electives they are,

1. Humanities (famous courses like PAVA, Gita, and Globalization)
2. Discipline (like Data mining and machine learning for CS)
3. Open Electives (This can include electives offered as Discipline, Humanities, or Management.)

Key points to be noted while selecting the electives

• Grades – Some electives, like humanities, with higher median GPA will help you increase your CGPA
• Interest – Basically, you need to give importance to your interests. If you choose humanities out of interest, then you can expect a good score
• Jargon – If you are not interested in continuing with your selected elective option, then you have the option to withdraw, which won’t affect your CGPA. You also have the choice to substitute or add on based on your preference

We got to sit in our classroom even before our first lecture day. During our counseling, we had an interaction with our seniors in the classroom itself. 

On our second day at IISc Bangalore, we had a small discussion with the UG Deans, and then with the lab instructors.

On the first teaching day, close to 100 students were present in the Main Lecture Hall. It can occupy around 200 students and is air-conditioned. Our teacher made each of us introduce ourselves. She started the lecture with basic concepts. 

The thought of studying with the brightest minds in India delighted me and my first day of attending classes at IISc Bangalore went well.

CIPET, a best-in-class institute that focuses on the studies of plastics and their products.

Admission -

• Students who have completed Higher Secondary Education are eligible for admissions. The admission process is carried on by the state counseling process which is conducted by Anna University, Chennai. The seats are filled based on the engineering cut-off and the cut-off is based on the category of students.
• The other way is very uncertain and entirely based on luck. The procedure involves the students who opt to not join the college after completion of counseling. This process is known as lapse seat filling. It is based on a first come first serve basis where students can directly walk-in for admission. 
• The students who have completed their diploma courses can directly opt for lateral entry which means that they can directly take admission in the second year. 

Campus -

• The campus of CIPET institute is not so vast.
• The academic building consists of four floors with classrooms, a video conference hall, a placement cell, a computer lab, a seminar hall, an accounts section, and a cabin for professors.
• There is a research center inside the campus named ARSTPS.

Fees -

The fees of the institute are fixed by the government. Though, some miscellaneous and hostel fees will be further added to the fees fixed by the government. It is estimated that the fees will be around Rs 1, 20,000 per year including hostel fees. 

Quality of education -

• The library is well equipped with books especially on polymers which can’t be found in general libraries. 
• The laboratories consist of all the facilities and students have the freedom to learn the working principles and procedures. 
• The questions in the exams are relatively easy and simple.
• In the evening you can learn about design courses such as Pro E, CATIA, SOLID WORKS, MOULD FLOW, in the design center of CIPET. 

Placements -

The placements are considered to be good. The placement is given only to the core companies. 

• Reliance Industries Ltd. offers the highest CTCs in placements.
• The average CTC offered at the institute is around INR 15,000 to 20,000 per month.

Events –

• A cultural fest named Cipofest is organized in the last two days of March which includes various non-technical and entertaining events.
• Two symposiums named Negizhi and Uruvakkam are organized by plastics and manufacturing students between the month of October – November.

The starting salary packages offered at CIPET are low as compared to other undergraduate streams but the field of plastics offers a lot of opportunities. You can earn a lot with few years of experience. Taking admission at IITs or IISc is also easy with a degree from CIPET.

FDDI is one of the best options for pursuing a degree in Footwear education. However, it’s not equally good for retail and fashion. The Noida campus is the oldest and best. The infrastructure of the campus is good. The placements depend on the course. Placement statistics for footwear and retail are quite good. You will get more placement and internship opportunities on the Noida campus. 

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is not considered the worst university but surely has many flaws. These include the following:

• The syllabus is more than a decade old and the rate at which technology and science are growing, VTU is failing to catch up. 
• The evaluation process is very poor. There is a very high chance that your marks will increase every time you apply for revaluation. 
• VTU is one of the largest universities in India with 212 colleges affiliated with it. Most of the colleges have below-average laboratories, campus facilities, research centers, and poor placements.
• Students graduating from these institutes score less marks and thus lose placement opportunities.
• VTU’s standard of faculty is really low.

One of the things that bother aspirants is the reservation system. If you are an SC/ST belonging to the state of Karnataka then you have no problem in getting a good college with little effort through CET. If you are a general candidate then everything depends on your work.