IIT Gandhinagar: A College Was Worthful

I was keenly interested in finding one of the best colleges for my master's degree. One day I was surfing some best colleges in India for a Master of Arts in Society and Culture and found IIT Gandhinagar. It was offering amazing faculty, various extracurricular activities, the best placement opportunities, and a lot more. Thus, I made my application online and paid an application fee of INR 200. I had given an entrance exam to get into the college and scored 89% in that. Due to my good scores in the entrance exam and my amazing CGPA of 8 in bachelors of arts I was able to get admission to one of the best colleges in India. I had not given any such specific entrance but it was mandatory for me to have at least 60% marks in my bachelor's. As I was from the general category so it was not at all easy to get there as the competition was pretty good. But I got admission to the first cut-off list due to my amazing grades. After submitting my application and clearing the entrance exam I was sent an email of confirmation. Just after getting that mail within a few hours, I had confirmed my seat by paying my course fees.

It was a 2-year course program that was divided into 4 semesters. I was able to gain immense knowledge with the help of amazing faculty. I found the curriculum little tough with respect to other colleges like the private institutes and local colleges to cover all the courses. The exam structure varies from subject to a subject for example in all department there are 1 minor test 1 major test Some practicals some assignments and marks from class interaction. All exams are mainly based on the practical problem of daily life by which I can understand them easily and solve them. I had studied topics related to Archaeology, The Politics of the Environment, Foundational Sanskrit, Philosophy, Cognition, psychoanalysis, and a lot more.

I had worked as an intern but not with some specific company. I was working as a freelance in the cultural team and earned $50 per hour. It was an amazing job, and I just did it because I need to write some sort of experience in my resume.

The placement and training cell of the college takes care of the placement and internship. The highest package awarded was 1.7 cr. which was pretty good. As I wanted to study further so I chose to apply for my Ph.D. and did not kook into the placement much. But the university offers various career opportunities and workshops for the students.

I had paid an annual fee of INR 45,000. This fee does not include any exam fees as there was no such thing. It had included some other fees related to books, library fees, placement fees, and others. The fees structure was well defined and it was easy to pay well. The university had its own portal through which fees can be paid easily.

The college provided numerous scholarships to economically weak students and academically brilliant students. Few I remember were scholarships for Academic Excellence, scholarships for Excellence in Sports and Games, and more It also offers various financial aid programs. There were few criteria to clear the scholarship and proof for the same was required.

The campus area was huge as it was spread over 400 acres. It offered a healthy fitness regime and has various sports facilities which include a badminton court, tennis court, basketball court, football and cricket grounds, and a fully-equipped gymnasium. IITG is the only academic institution to be declared as ‘Eat Right Campus by the FSSAI. All the canteens and eateries on the campus have been given a 5-star rating by the Food Corporation. This includes the special tea store that serves a variety of hot and cold beverages, the AMUL store specializing in dairy products, Nutririch which caters to a variety of juices and milkshakes, and all the grocery stores on the campus. Events such as Photography club, Drama club, Dance club, Music club, literary club, Technology club, and Film Making club were also conducted by the respective clubs. Due to these amazing facilities and the best education, my campus life has been amazing.

I used to live in Haryana and for my further studies, I went to Gandhinagar. Thus, I chose to stay at a hostel but I was slate to apply for the same and did not get it. Then I lived in a rented apartment and paid INR 4000 which had included meals. It was sort of PG but there were fewer restrictions on me. My living experience there was pretty good and I had quite liked the environment there.

the admission for the MA program at IIT Gandhinagar is based on the entrance exam and interview. I was invited for the written test and interview based on the academic records. I had given entrance first and called for the interview. During the interview, I was asked just the basic questions related to my bachelor's and the knowledge about that according to practical life.

My faculty had been amazing and very helpful. They used to apply different methods of teaching during the class which made out sessions interesting. They used to conduct regular classes so that not even a single topic could be missed out. even they had used the latest technology for teaching which helped me to gain practical knowledge about the subject in a unique manner.

My interview experience was pretty good. Initially, I was not comfortable as there were 5 members sitting there and all of them were extremely educated. But as time passed I began to feel comfortable. There were no such tough questions asked from me and the interview went well.