IIT Kharagpur is a premier engineering and technology institute in India, being one of the oldest and most reputed institutes of technology in the country. It is well known for its high-quality education, research, and innovation. The institute boasts of a strong academic curriculum, excellent faculty, and a diverse student body. Its Central Library speaks highly of its top notch infrastructure.
However, some of its labs are in bad condition. The development at IIT Kharagpur is very slow with only one market within the campus.
The only positive aspects of IIT KGP are its technical and cultural fests like Springfest that is East India’s biggest fest. Apart from this, IIT KGP definitely needs to focus on outside development.
Getting into IIT is a big achievement only if you manage to choose the right branch for yourself.
You should analyze your ambitions and interests in a particular field and determine what you possibly imagine yourself to be doing in 5 years and then make an informed decision. Clarity of goals is extremely necessary to make this crucial decision of choosing a branch.
If you want to enter politics, then your branch hardly matters.
If you want to become an entrepreneur try to get an idea of the type of company you want to start
Basically, the choice of the branch is strictly a personal preference and cannot be objectively decided.
Around 90% of students in this department get placed. However, the core job offers are very limited and most of them go for other options. Some are doing research in our department from foreign universities. Last year the median salary package offered was around 18 LPA and the highest salary package was 38 LPA.
Top recruiters of this branch include
Core and non-core recruiters are TCS and Wipro which select interns from the Geology branch. Most students get placed in December itself and have some or other kind of job offers by the time college ends.
A number of students were awarded research fellowships from prestigious institutions like the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy, the DST-INSPIRE, etc.
No, BITS Pilani is not better than IIT kharagpur. IIT Kharagpur is a government institute established in 1951. It is older as compared to BITS Pilani.
No doubt BITS Pilani is also a good college, but IIT KGP clearly has an edge over it. Both of these institutes can be compared on few parameters as discussed below-
Based on these factors, I would recommend you choose IIT KGP. But even BITS Pilani is an excellent institution.
Honestly being in the first year at IIT is too early to be clueless. In the future, you will face hundreds of circumstances where you will feel clueless so don’t ruin your college life feeling clueless when you have so much to do.
I will suggest you not waste time looking for clues but rather make the most of your precious time at IIT. Explore your abilities and look for your passions and keep learning new things.
PGDBA is a course that involves you staying at IIT Kharagpur, IIM Calcutta, and ISI Kolkata for roughly 4-5 months each semester. You will study the first semester at ISI Kolkata, the second semester at IIT Kharagpur, and the third semester at IIM Calcutta.
After pursuing this course, you will have access to multiple Job roles such as that of a Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Research Scientist, Applied Scientist, Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Research Analyst, Statistical Analyst, Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Engineer, and Business Analyst.
You will be able to join different industries in the Consulting sector, retail sector, marketing sector, and finance sector. Companies like Amazon, CRED, and Goldman Sachs recruit students who have studied this course.
IIT Kharagpur Placement Package details for PGDBA course are given below:
Placement Parameters | CTC in LPA (Domestic) |
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Average | INR 26.31 LPA |
Median | INR 24.59 LPA |
Highest | INR 41.29 LPA |
This is the complete detail about the PGDBA course by IIT Kharagpur, IIM Calcutta and ISI Kolkata.
The scope of Mining is very limited and can be accessed only if you are truly interested in Mining and are serious about pursuing a career in the same. I suggest you pursue higher education in Mining from an elite foreign university like Colorado School of Mines, Royal School of Mines, and University of New South Wales. This will nurture your technical skills to the best. Another suggestion in this regard is that you can also go for ISM. The enthusiasm for Mining at ISM is like nowhere else.
However, if you are after a good package rather than pursuing your enthusiasm, then IIT KGP is a better option. IIT KGP has an abundance of opportunities for the students academic environment is second to none. It offers extensive exposure and is thus most preferred by Engineering students of all branches.
As far as recruiters are concerned, a large number of them offer jobs to students at IIT KGP mainly because of the credibility of the Institute irrespective of the branch. Also, very few companies offer core jobs in Mining. Therefore, most mining students end up with non-core jobs.
Some Core Companies for Mining visiting IIT KGP are
The average CTC is around 8 LPA.
Aerospace Engineering can be further divided into four parts
Apart from this there is a lot of Math involved in the curriculum.
The aerospace engineering branches of all the institutes you mentioned give an edge to each other and are equally good. The choice should be based on personal preference, accessibility, campus life, academics, extracurricular activities and placements.
IIT Kharagpur: Pros
IIT Kharagpur: Cons
Judging a branch solely on the basis of placements is misleading. Yet, most students end up with decent jobs. The best part is that the course curriculum of aerospace engineering is intriguing and keeps you hooked.
IIT Kharagpur is always open to consulting companies. However, the top consultants you mentioned don’t visit IIT Kharagpur usually because
But if you look from a positive aspect, although IIT Kharagpur was not visited by top consulting companies, it had more than 130 offers, which is the highest among IITs and packages offered, but at par with other IITs.
IIT Kharagpur considers its postgraduate students as a very important part of the IIT society and their accommodation is much better than undergraduates. Most postgraduates get single-room occupancy.
Recently, a new girl hostel named Sister Nivedita has been built for postgraduate students. The rooms of this hostel (single room occupancy) are almost 1.5 times bigger than the rooms of other hostels shared by three students. This hostel has better amenities and a much more relaxed environment than the older hostels
Another co-ed hostel in IIT Kharagpur is the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Hall of Residence. This hostel is huge and has the best interiors among all the hostels and is one of the most coveted halls of residence in IIT Kharagpur.
There are some exceptions wherein postgraduate students are given double-sharing rooms in some hostels like the MMM Hall of residence.