NIT Raipur is a good college and one can definitely opt for this college. The infrastructure is very good with all facilities like wifi, laboratories, library, common rooms, etc are available. 

• The campus placements are also good enough especially for computer science students where they get placed in many top companies. 
• It has a good environment where you can learn many things besides academics and improve your soft skills too. 
• The course curriculum is nice and the faculty members are experienced and knowledgeable in their subjects.
• Freshers are treated very well in this college and the seniors are very helpful too. They are friendly and help in academics by teaching important topics and helping to complete the assignments.

NIT Raipur is completely free of ragging as it is strictly prohibited in this college and there are certain rules to stop ragging in college. There are also some officers assigned to take care of the freshers and prevent ragging inside the campus.

The hostel scenario is not up to the mark. You will get a room based on your JEE rank and in some cases, students don't even get a room and they have to stay outside of the college. The mess food is also not that good and the quality gets degrading day by day. So life at the hostel wouldn't be good if you expected something great.

If you have come across the news of the newly constructed for NIT Raipur, don’t bother as this news is nothing but a hoax.

According to the recent Vision 2020 that has been posted on the NIT Raipur website:-

Approximately 200 acres of land have been allocated for NIT Raipur in Rakhi Bharenga village. Therefore, a new campus was going to be built consisting of academic and residential blocks. The campus was going to have a planned layout with all modern amenities and laboratories which can cater to the need for the next 50 years.

The new campus would have had the following minimum infrastructure:-

• Separate hostel for boys & girls with a capacity of 2400 and 1600 respectively and 336 servant quarters.
• 370 quarters for non-teaching/supporting staff.
• Auditorium with a capacity of 1000 people.
• Central library with global data bank.
• The student activity center has a multipurpose hall, reading room, indoor and outdoor game facility with swimming pool and gym, music room, etc.
• High-speed Internet connectivity within the campus and Hostel.
• Uninterrupted power supply.
• Food courts with 24 x 7 services.
• Community center consisting of a shopping complex, bank, post office, ATM booth, public parks, etc.

Also, a student activity center was planned to cater to the needs of increasing student strength. A counseling center has been introduced to help students combat stress and depression and motivate them in their careers.

However, the construction of the new campus for NIT Raipur has been canceled/stopped now because they haven’t cleared the Environment Clearance so the money is now being used to renovate the existing campus. The hoax of the new campus has defamed NIT Raipur exceeding and also affected the rating of the Institute.

As far as the placement reports say, placement for mechanical engineering in NIT Raipur varies in between 70%-80%. Although the placements are not as high as IT/CSE branch when compared with mechanical engineering. But yes, there is a most essential perk of job security in the mechanical engineering branch which most of today’s software companies and startups lack.

Now moving from core to non-core campus visitors in the fields of Software & Analytics for all the branches, the package offered is usually very low around 3.5–5 LPA.

• The automobile companies like Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Tata Motors, and Fiatwhich visit NIT Raipur for campus placements all give packages more or less between 5.5–6 LPA.
• Vedanta Resources do provide a better package than automobiles but their package includes a large amount of variable pay which depends on individual as well as company performance.
• So in the long run they are paid more or less the same as automobile placed people get.
• PSUs like Coal India Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) which visit NIT Raipur are among those few ones who actually increase the average by providing a very good pay scale of 10–12 LPA.

Some companies like BPCL AND HPCL have strict rules of allowing only topper of some branches to appear for the placements. Whereas Coal India does not have vacancies for mechanical every year.

Though, the job openings for Mechanical Engineers are always there. This is a reason why Mechanical is called an evergreen branch. Moreover, placements everywhere on the country’s economic situation.

Don't go for placement packages, it may disappoint you. Just keep a good CPI and be conceptually strong, you will surely end up in good companies like Tata and Maruti.