What is the greatest disadvantage/advantage of choosing IIT Mandi?

Every coin has 2 sides and so does every decision you make. Joining IIT Mandi is one such decision that will bring many advantages and disadvantages. It’s up to you to weigh them and decide.

Pros

• IIT Mandi campus is one of the most beautiful and surreal places to study at.
• You get access to a plethora of interdisciplinary subjects apart from your core courses, thus enabling you to explore various fields. 
• The small batch size in turn results in a better faculty-student ratio. One can easily approach the faculties and discuss anything regarding ideas, projects,etc.
• Branch change policy is very lenient thereby increasing your opportunities to change your branch in case you later find out you have no interest in the field.
• IIT Mandi has ties with world-famous technical institutes.
• The student exchange program enables a lot of students from IIT Mandi to go to countries such as Germany, Sweden, etc. every year. One such university is the Technical University Munich.

Cons

• IIT Mandi is still in its development phase and thus its infrastructure is way behind that of old IITs.
• IIT Mandi is 15 km away from the main Mandi city. Students have to travel 45 minutes on the bus just to go out to eat at a good place or party.
• IIT Mandi inter-college fests are not of the same level as that of old IITs so you will be missing out on a lot.

Overall, it’s necessary to contact the current students and make a decision only after weighing the pros and cons.