How is IIT Kanpur mechanical?

Mechanical at IIT Kanpur is a very poorly managed branch and I am strongly against anyone joining it. Here’s why

• There are excessively monotonous compulsory courses
• The academics lack flexibility in terms of choice, of course, 
• The professors lack empathy and teach just for the sake of it with no real passion. They hardly motivate and praise you.
• The placements scenario of Mechanical at IIT Kanpur is equally haywire with only a handful of companies like ITC and HUL offering mediocre packages 
• Most of the students have to resort to programming or other CS concepts to make themselves employable and secure good packages
• Top CS companies don’t even open roles for Mechanical students.
• The program is lacking in terms of research as well and is not interesting at all

A few options better than ME IIT Kanpur are

• BS in Mathematics and Computing
• Electrical Engineering or CS in a newer IIT
• Branch change to EE or CSE which is actually very difficult.
• A double major in CSE, which requires an excellent CPI at the end of the second year.

All in all, I will strongly condemn you for choosing ME IIT Kanpur. Let’s hope for some revision in the program in the future.