THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY- An experience , class apart.

TIET is one of the prestigious educational institutions in the country. Spread over a sprawling 300+ acres in the royal city of Patiala; TIET boasts of a state-of-art infrastructure. Equipped with modern academics, sports, Library, and student facilities. TIET offers a world-class experience to its students. While filling in admission forms for colleges, I had attempted for a few select institutions as suggested by my peers. TIET came as a highly recommended college and I was fortunate enough to find my course of choice in it. The only lag I found was the uploading of the list of selected students took time. The admission process was another thing that formed up the choice of college. Well planned out dates according to JEE rankings, involvement of student volunteers, well laid out documentation checking process, all helped me revere my choice.

I chose this course due to my interest in automobile engineering. I wanted to explore further possibilities in AI and robotics and hence I took the stream "Mechatronics", which is basically MECHANICAL + ELECTRONICS. Thapar has a 3-way teaching method ( Lecture, Practical, Tutorial) the teacher-student ratio for lectures is generally around 1:100 meanwhile tutorials and practical's is around 1:20. (varying from branch to branch). All professors have Ph.D. with First Class in preceding degree. The Exam system consists of Mid Semesters and End Semesters. Pre-corona Mid semesters used to take place around March-April while End semesters took place in December followed by a Winter break. The exams were fairly tough, yet however, paying attention in class and hard work can be your key to acing the examinations. Before both Mid- Semester and End Semester a "Study Week" is provide in which all classes remain suspended and students can use this time to study and ask doubts to their professors.

Thapar has a separate placement cell that can be reached at any time for placement inquiries. The cell is student-friendly and also provides time-to-time updates about placements and advice for a better placement. Thapar has a great record of 90%+ placements. The highest salary package is about 50 L whereas the average salary package lies around 11Lakhs. In 2019 about 300 companies visited the campus and the top recruiters included Microsoft IDC, Tata Motors, Alstom Transport, RBS, Amazon, Whirlpool, Zomato, Maruti Suzuki, San Disk, DE Shaw.

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Thapar has a total of 15 MAJOR YEARLY FESTS and also other festival celebrations fests and parties. Thapar hosts a yearly technical fest and a yearly techno-cultural fest called SATURNALIA. A few other fests include URJA (the sports meet) , FROSH (the induction fest) and other such fun and frolic activities. The Nava Nalanda library has modern architecture and houses almost 30,000+ books, novels, and study materials. The classrooms are spacious and centrally Air-Conditioned with a comfortable seating capacity of 150-300. Thapar has about 30+ sports to chose from and which each having at least four courts. The Annual inter institute sports fest URJA is organized with great grandeur. Thapar has about 25 University Societies, 6 Departmental Societies, and 10 Student Chapters. Thapar offers one-of-a-kind campus life which plays a great role in self-development.

Thapar has a total of 14 hostels with modern facilities. Generally in your first year, you're allowed a room with 3-4 sharing. Each hostel is equipped with a well-equipped gym, a study room, a Hostel Mess, a night canteen, an entertainment room, and a sports room. The hostel rooms are large and well ventilated. As you progress in years you get allotted new rooms and you can also opt for single or twin sharing. The Hostel mess provides a nutritious and tasty home-like meal, the monthly menu is decided is by the mess committee consisting of students itself. Thapar hostels live up to their motto of "A Home away from Home". There is a weekly laundry facility available that comes to the hostels twice a week. The Registration for hostels can be done online through the web kiosk portal. This registration begins in the mid of the summer break yearly, here you can choose the type of accommodation, your hostel, and your roommates.