"Exploring Excellence : A detailed review of NIT Rourkela"

The course curriculem is highly relevant and comprehensive designed to provide a strong foundatiom in core engineering subjects ,It alligns well with industry standards ,However there is a room for improvement ,such as offering more electives in emerging fields like AI,Iot and data science and updating course content to reflect the latest technological advancements .The exam system has one midsem and one endsem per semester ,i think the difficulty level is moderate because 90% of the class gets passes in the exams

The fees structure at Nit rourkela for one semester (category:-General) includes 62500Rs of tution fees ,student activity fee of 5000Rs,medical fees of 2000Rs,hostel seat rent of 5000Rs,Mess Advance of 17500Rs,Hall establishment fees of 5000Rs .total:-99000Rs for one semester ,Caution money(one-time refudable if program is completed),Institute Emergency Fund(one-time fee to be directly deposited into corpus fund at the time of admission) is 12500Rs .For SC/ST/PH family income less tham 1lakh ,Tution fees is completely exempted.For students shaving income between 1lakh to 5lakh per annum (tution fees is one-third of tution fees i.e Rs. 20833 (Total fees for all 8 semesters for a 4-year program is Rs(124000 + 99000 + 99000 + 99000 + 99000 + 99000 +102000 + 99000 ) =Rs 728200 For a general candidate Rs(478200) for those whose income is below 5 lakh and above 1 lakh and 228000Rs for those whose income is less than 1 lakh per annum . Scholarships require Documents like academic transcripts,income certificate ,proof of admission and caste certificate . post-matric scholarships is offered by odisha governmant to some of my SC/ST friends ,full tution fee waiver and lallowance of 1000Rs per month ,they applied via National scholarsip portal (NSP) National talent scolarship is for meritorious students from economically weaker sections ,it offers Rs 15000-Rs 20000 /yrae .My friends applied through NSP or state portals,TCS is for all students ,it provides 20000-50000Rs ,while cse students get 50000-100000/year . apply via TCS Foundation .Infosys scholarships is for meritorious students with financial needs (75000 approx) ,apply thorugh infosys foundation ,Indian oil scholarship offers 10000-30000Rs to students in technical courses wit family income below 1lakh/year ,apply via indian oils portal. ONGC scholarship provides 48000 Rs /year to engineering management students ,apply through ONGC portal .

Annual and Tech fests like Innovision held in october featuring competitions ,workshops and guest lectures ,NITRUTSAV held in Februaray ,its the cultural fest with music ,dance ,drama and art ,other small sports activities like intra hall ,inter hal wherein students from different hostels compete with each other in different sports ,Biju patnaik central library has a vast collection of books and e resoures ,students can access both physical and digital resources daily.Smart classrooms equipped with projectors WIFI and modern teaching tools ,labs are well equiped with latest technology , clubs like APS,webwiz (coding) udaan(drones) , robotics club ,cultural clubs like music dance and drama clubs also there.

I chose NIT Rurkela over other colleges because of its strong academic reputation ,excelent placement records and vibrant campus life ,I aimed for IITs through JEE advanced but couldnt secure a seat due to hig competition and cutoff ranks ,compared to other NITs like NIT trichy and NIT warangal nNIT rourkela sttod out for its better placements and campus environment .i Also recieved offers from private colleges like VIT,SRM but preffered NIT Rourkela for its governmant affiliation lower fees and higher ROI.The admission process was smoot ,conducted trough JEE Mains and JOSAA i secured admission in my preferred branch (chemical) based on my rank (22091) for a general candidate .

About faculty members ,faculty to student ratio is 1:15 ,Faculty members are generally approachable and supportive .I liked proffesor Dr. sumanta pyne(CS lecturer for our first sem),DR. rupam dinda (chem prof),Dr. Sumit Kumar Saha (ECE Department).The curriculum is rigorous and covers both core and emergig topics .There is one mid sem and one end sem per semester exams are moderately difficult ,testing both theorotical and practical knowledge pass rate is anout 90%.our Conitnuous evaluation is taken through asssignments a=lab performance (30% weightage).sometimes relative grading also takes place if the paper is extremely hard/ students are not able to score much.limited options in some departments but efforts are being made to add more industry relevant courses

As campus is green and big it is also safe ,roaming in the hostel and campus near the golden jublee with friends and dilip turkey stadium sachin tendulkar stadium ,gymming in the hostel gym. Every hostel has gymming facilities,canteen (day and night), stationary ,essentials shop ,mess ,caretakers, water (available 24/7). night canteen gets closed after 1pm .outside the campus Hilltop is the famous hangout place .