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NIT Hamirpur: Why to Join It and Why to Avoid It?

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NIT Hamirpur was established in 1986 as Regional Engineering College (REC) Hamirpur in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. This college conducts undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Engineering and Architecture and Doctor of Philosophy programme in Engineering, Humanities and Pure Science.  NIT Hamirpur has been judged ‘the best NIT’ in terms of the infrastructure by the World Bank.  It is among the top NITs in the country, consistently ranking among the top 50 Engineering colleges in India.  It was ranked 23 by Outlook Survey in 2013.  It was ranked 37 by Dataquest survey in 2012 Placements: In NIT Hamirpur, every year, more than 50 companies come for campus placements and around 90% of the students get placed. NITH boasts of an excellent placement consultancy and has many top recruiters coming for placement of students on campus. The top recruiters for NIT Hamirpur are: Ambuja Cement, Amdocs India, Ashok Leyland, Belzabar, Bharat Petroleum

NIT Durgapur: Why to Join It and Why to Avoid It?

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NIT Durgapur  ranks amongst the top five NITs of India. The college was set up in 1960 and has already celebrated 50 years of existence. It is consistently ranked among the top engineering colleges of India. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur or NITD was the first among the regional engineering colleges in India and has carved its niche as an Institute of National Importance. Most popular branch in NIT Durgapur  is Computer Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. JEE main 2013 cutoff rank  for IIT-D for CSE and ME was 12839 and 15792, respectively. NIT Durgapur is one of the few engineering colleges to have nearly 100% placements. On an average, a CSE and a ME student got a job offer of Rs 3-7 lakhs per annum. The graph below gives the placement status for 2013. The top recruiters for 2013 were TCS, IBM, CapGemini and L&T ECC. Other companies that employ NIT-D alumni are Microsoft, Smasung (Sell), MuSigma, Polaris FT, Samsung R & D, JSL, Ericss

NIT Delhi: Why to Join It and Why to Avoid It?

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NIT Delhi has started its academic session in 2010 with three undergraduate B. Tech degree programmes in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electronics and Communication Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The academic activities of NIT Delhi were initiated at NIT Warangal in year 2010 which later moved to a temporary campus at Dwarka, in New Delhi in June 2012 and now currently running at IAMR Campus, Narela (February 2014).. Placements: The Training and Placement Cell of NIT Delhi centrally handles all aspects of campus placements for the graduating students of all the Departments. The T & P Cell is well equipped with excellent infrastructure to support each and every stage of the placement procedure. T & P staff members assist in arranging Pre- Placement Talks, Group Discussions, Written Tests and Interviews etc. as per the requirements of the different recruiting companies. Top recruiters for NIT Delhi are- (GBS), IBM (GBS), L&T Construc

3 Campus Life Experiences at Engineering Colleges You Must Read!

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We already know that the national dress of engineering students is T-shirt and jeans while Maggi is their national food. Our ex-IITians also share that they acquired an uncanny ability to wake up at 9:25 am and reach the class by 9:30 am while studying. Rise in petrol rates or gold rates are not a matter of concern for an engineering student but all hell breaks loose if cigarette costs 5 paisa more than the usual rates. And every engineer, without any exception, has a hidden folder in his laptop. At askIITians, we are always on a look-out for unusual experiences and tips from engineering aspirants, budding engineers in various colleges and engineering community in general. Here we bring you three of the most beautiful college life experiences people have mailed us yet: Sheetal Malik, an alumni of  BITS Pilani , has an interesting story to narrate too. “Most of the boys in our engineering college used amphetamines to help them wake up all night – especially during exams. You

IIT JEE ADVANCED CUT OFF MARKS 2014

JEE Advanced 2014 Cutoff A minimum score is predetermined by the authorities as the Cutoff for JEE Advanced 2014. Candidates scoring above the Cutoff for JEE Advanced 2014 will be considered for admissions. Students may note that the JEE Advanced 2014 Cutoff is based on consideration of factors like number of available seats, previous year’s cutoff, number of applicants and the difficulty level of the exam. Candidates can check the JEE Advanced 2014 Cutoff to know their chances of being shortlisted for admissions to the IITs. Cutoff for JEE Advanced 2014 will be different for all the courses as per the number of applicants for it and disciplines. Out of over 13 lakh candidates, who took JEE Main 2014, the top 1,50,000 qualified students were shortlisted for the JEE Advanced 2014. Admissions to 16 IITs will be based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE-Advanced, provided such candidates are in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards. The JEE Ma

Two Brothers sold Tea are now IITians

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Amit and Sumit with their parents in Jalandhar. (Source: Express) They did it yet again! They cracked the prestigious IIT- Joint Entrance Examination last year too, but could not secure admission due to the poor financial condition of their family. Sons of a tea seller, Amit and Sumit, have cracked the examination this time also and hope to get admission into an India   Institute of Technology, if luck favours them. Jatinder Kumar, their father, has been selling tea at Chugitti Chowk, near Amritsar bypass, to those working at nearby factories and shops, for the past 20 years. They hail from Sitamarhi in Bihar and stay together in a small room at Laddowali with the family. Bearing the expenses of his children’s studies, along with taking care of his sick wife, has been difficult for Jatinder. But last year, when Jatinder got injured and the responsibility of the family fell on the shoulders of young Amit and Sumit, thins became more difficult for all of them. Alongside prepari