Rakesh Nr's Review on National Institute of Technology, [NIT] Surathkal

Doing an Internship is compulsory in the curriculum of the institution. Many companies hire interns through campus interviews during the beginning of V semester and the internships should be attended after completion of VI Semester. Apart from that many students join internships after their IV semester. I have attended 2 internships, one at BEML Ltd, Bangalore the other being GETMYUNI. 

The key companies that hire from the Internships and Placements are ExxonMobil, Mercedes Benz, Cisco, Infosys, Microsoft, Tata, Bajaj, Samsung R&D, Qualcomm. Placements are not only done in Engineering but also in other fields.

Average Salary figures vary among Courses. The highest in 2018 placements is 42 LPA offered by Microsoft. The highest for a Student from Mechanical Engineering branch is 27 LPA offered by Myntra. The placement percentage during the 2018 placements is 95% among the eligible candidates. Many students prefer doing their higher studies as well.

An Alumni Association functions in the college campus. There are Alumni funded Clubs and Teams in the college. The Alumni association sponsors some events at college as well.

There are 8 Boys and 5 girls hostels on the campus. About 97% of the total college strength are hostelers. Students in 1st year are offered Shared rooms of 3, in 2nd year you are offered for a choice of shared rooms of 2 or individual rooms. The hostels are average in quality, but you do face Water Shortage and Power Cuts once in a while. The hostel fees including food amount to 30000 Per Semester. There are no PGs near the college and students don't prefer them because of the busy schedule. 

The food in college canteens is not that great. There are other eateries on campus and some cater the need of the night. The food delivery is done to the hostel and they remain in operation till 3 AM. 

The classrooms are equipped with Projectors, Charging Sockets, WIFi connection as well. There is a campus WiFi and students need to login the portal to use it. NITK has State of the Art digital library with so many online books, hundreds of journals in various fields. The Students can borrow books for a period of a month after which it needs to be renewed.

The campus also has a great Sports Complex. Games are given importance and there are various events conducted in the campus. There is also facilities like Gymnasium, Swimming Pool, Music room, Dance hall, Auditorium, Computer Centre for the students. The NITK Cooperative Society helps the students with thier daily essentials as well as Stationary required.

There is also a Centre for System design where students can work on Robotics, IRIS, Quadcopters, Video and Audio Editing rooms, Recording Studio as well.

Admissions to NITK Surathkal are done based on JEE Mains Score. The National Allocation Authorities called JOSAA for Indian Students and DASA for foreign students do the Admissions

The students will be screened based on the cut-off scores and there will be 7 rounds of selections. Students will have to be present for reporting at the campus where the documents will be checked. The details for which can be found on the JOSAA and DASA websites. The documents verification is done and students who are satisfied with their seats can confirm it and who desire for an upgrade can put in a request.

After all the 7 rounds are completed and there is still vacancy, an open round will be held where students who have cleared JEE Mains can appear but seat can't be confirmed.

Next up is the Admissions where the documents are again verified and fees is to be paid. The payments are to be done Online only, the facilities for the same will be provided by the institution.  

The classes are held for 5 days in a week, the timings are 8AM-5PM. The students get many projects, assignments from the professors in their department. The course demands 1 project and 2 assignment for every subject in a semester. 

The Students will have 2 Announced Tests, 2 Unannounced, 1 Mid and 1 End exam for every semester. They are evaluated and GPA of every student is calculated based on Relative Grading. 

The teachers use both Class Room teaching as well as Practical Labs during their course work. The Professors are very well trained and informative. 

My overall experience has been pretty good but there is always a room for improvement. The courses can be structured well and inter disciplinary courses can be offered. More Student-Teacher interaction can be implemented.

Every student irrespective of course has to pay fees of 1.8 Lakhs per year, that's considering 2 semesters per year. The fees are for a hosteler and reside on the campus. A day-scholar needs to pay 1.2 lakhs per year. There are many fees reduction schemes provided by the institution. If a student is from the SC/ST community or the student can show a family income certificate of 5 LPA or less, the fees amount to 46000 per year. 

The students get a scholarship at the beginning of their I semester based on their JEE Mains Score. The top 5 students from each course get it. Besides that, the SC/ST students also get a sum of Rs. 5000.    

NITK Houses many exclusive clubs namely IEEE, ISTE, ACM, IET, IE, and Rotaract. The Student Welfare association monitors the functioning, budget, and Membership of these clubs. There are many other Student teams like FSAE, BAJA, SAE, Web Development Club, IRIS, Astronomy Club, Entrepreneurship Cell etc. There are around 50 Techincal and 50 Non-Technical Clubs in the campus.

The major festivals include 1 Technical and 1 Cultural Fest. The Technical fest is called Engineer which happens in the month of October and the Cultural fest called Incident in March. There is also a BIZWaves event held in February. There will be an inter NIT Sports event in any NIT. The college actively participates in other local sports events. The cultural fest is among the top in the country and has footfall of 30000 people from around the country. 

College life, in general, is fun as well as stressful. There are facilities to cater to one's needs but it is in the hands of the student to use it to the fullest.