My journey at NIT Durgapur

Recently college has been very strict regarding discipline. Bikes are no more allowed in college campus for students which was not an issue before 2011. Going out of campus and coming into campus time restriction has been implemeted.

The entrance examination in 2007 was AIEEE, I scored 183/360 and got rank around 20K. I had other option like CS & Electronics in colleges like NIT Patna, Jamshedpur, Agartala but I prefer NIT Durgapur as it is a beter college in terms of placement, faculty and proximity to my hometown.

First three years of the curriculum is regualr engineering studies but the final year semester is focussed on research. Like we were focussed on project work in 7th & 8th semester and the weightage % of marks were highest for project. In my case my professor was very supportive and he arranged all the external support we required without any hesitation.

Right now I dont have much information on intership but during my final year there were 9-10 students working as project assistant under some professrors. Stipend was 12k-25k/month in 2011. College sends to CERN & NUS for interships. (Selected students shortlisted through CGPA then PI)

94 compaines visites for campus placement in 2016. 544/715 students were (76%) were placed. Apart from mass recruitrs following companies visited during Campus Placement. MICROSOFT ENDURANCE(DirectI) ITC PCPB D. E. SHAW LISTER TECHNOLOGIES C-DOT FUTURES FIRST DRISHTI-SOFTWARE INCTURE TECHNOLOGIES NOVELL SOFTWARE GROFERS INDIA ZS ASSOCIATES Intellect Design Arena TATA METALIKS AMAZON INNOPLEXUS AMADEUS VERITY Knowledge Soln. MUSIGMA ANALYTICS QUOTIENT ITC INFOTECH SHAPOORJI PALLONJI ALSTOM TRANSPORT FACTSET L&T ECC TATA MOTORS TATA TECHNOLOGIES NRI FINTECH ELEGANT(FLEET) DYNAMIC DIGITAL ORACLE ORACLE(OFSS) ERICSSON GODREJ MARUTI GENPACT OXYGEN BELZABAR MISYS SAPIENT NITRO VEDANTA Ashok Leyland Schneider Electric TATA TINPLATE Reliance Industries SIGMOID MPHASIS AVANTI LEARNING BLUE STAR EMAMI SECURE METERS AMDOCS VERIZON SMS INDIA GREY B AKASH PRADAN CONCEPT EDUCATION IDEA CELLULAR ORACLE CLOUD DIRECT I SYBER PLACE HONDA CARS NSE INFOTECH HALDIA PETROCHEMICALS SUBROS TECH MAHINDRA HSBC LINDE HSCC Reliance Jio Infocomm(RCP) Reliance Jio Infocomm ERA INFRA mJUNCTION ORIENT ELECTRIC TRACTORS INDIA LTD JSL TATA POWER CALL HEALTH SERVICES MINDTREE COAL INDIA HPCL PCTL (PAHARPUR) MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA WITTYBRAINS BPCL SUN PHARMA FUSION CHARTS PATHFINDER

A various events are celebrtaed in the college. 1. Aarohan is the anual techfest of NIT Durgapur. Normally happens for 3-4 days in the month of Feb-March. 2. Recsstacy in the annual cultural Fest. Normally happens for 3-4 days during March-April. It the best one bollywood singers, comedians and Indi-Pop band performs. There are several clubs in the college for students engagement like. 1. Math & tech Club. 2. CCA 3.SAE. 4. Radio NITroz. 5. Linux user group. 6. Dance Club. 7. Gymkhana club etc.

Tution fees & other fees per semester costs around 75000. There is no hostel rent, you only have to pay mess fees. Fee structure is as per goverment rule if your annual income is less than the specified limit then semester feesl will be lower. It is not expensive compared to other engineering colleges.

Scholarships for SC/ST students Scholarship for students whose parents having Annual Income less. Other i am no awre of.

Male to female ratio in our batch was 9:1, As it is an NIT students from all over India study here. Though 50% of students are from bengal rest 50% are from other states. You can find some students from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan through Govt Programe. For extra curricular activites there ia lot of socities like Literature, Robotics club. There are two playgrounds, one basket ball court, one lawn tennis court. College team participates every year in Cricket, Football, Voleyball, Basketball. Every year election is held for Students gymakhana club which organises various cultural fests in college. All sorts of facilities are there one can suit him/herself according to his/her choice.

NIT Durgapur is a fully residential college. All the students must stay in Hostel, it does not matter if your hometown is Durgapur also. For each year students Hostel is different. So you have to change your hostel at the start of each year. From 1st year to 3rd year hostel is shared but for final year students it is single room. High speed LAN is provided in alll rooms and DC is the lifeline. For non veg lovers it is OK but for vegeterians it is not good. Fish is served during lunch everyday, and egg is served during dinner every day but wednesday is best day as special dinner is served and it is really good. mess fees come around 3k.

College alumni network is not that strong, during my college time I had not had much interaction with alumni very much. But now a days it is changing.

Total semester is 8. i.e. 2 semester exam for each year. Maximum marks for each theory paper is 100 marks. 10 marks for attendance, 20 marks for internals, class test , quizs & rest 70 marks are for final semester paper. So if you have not performed well in internals or class tests or class attendace then your grades are going to be screwed. Like all other engineering collegees in India SGPA/CGPA is calculated from 10 point scale. There is no relative marking.

Way back in 2007, the candidates were selected through AIEEE. Each NIT had some state wise alloted quota seats. Like in 2007 50% of the total seats of NIT Durgapur were reserved for West bengal and rest 50% were divided into other states. You have to fill up a no of choices during conselling and according to your rank & availability of the seats you will get admission. There is no interview process.

I would say 80% of the faculty were having PhD degree. Rest 20% were fresh pass outs, either they were doing PhD in campus or they were doing from IITs or IISCs. Overall faculty of the college were very good. Teaching methods varies from faculty to faculty. Some encourages open book test while some advices only to follow his classroom notes.