IIT Palakkad - Indian Institute of Technology Scholarships and Funding
Merit-Cum-Means scholarships, Institute free studentships, and Scholarships for SC/ST are available to the students of IIT Palakkad, as per the Government of India norms.
1. SC/ST scholarship awarded to SC/ST students whose parental income less than Rs.4.5 Lakhs per annum
Eligibility: Parental Annual Income ? Rs.4.5 Lakhs (renewal every semester – subject to a minimum GPA of 5 in the passed subjects).
Tuition Fees: Exemption from the payment of tuition fees.
Mess Charges: Free Messing – Basic Menu
Pocket Allowance: Rs.250/- per month
Hostel Seat Rent: Waiver
2. Institute Merit-cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship:
a) MCM scholarship is awarded to 25% of the admitted students of GE/BC-NCL students
Eligibility: Parental Annual Income ? Rs.4.5 Lakhs (renewal every semester – subject to a minimum GPA of 5 in the passed subjects).
Tuition Fees: Exemption from the payment of tuition fees.
Allowance: Rs.1000/- per month
b) Prof. Valsakumar Memorial Scholarships for M.Sc. Physics Students.
i. Merit Award for one student with a certificate of appreciation and Rs. 5000/- prize money.
ii. Prof. Valsakumar Merit cum Means Scholarship for one student of Rs.35000/- per semester.
3. Institute Free Studentship:
Free studentship: Beyond the 25% limit, for a further 10% of the admitted GE/BC-NCL students.
Eligibility: Parental Annual Income ? Rs.4.5 Lakhs (renewal every semester – subject to a minimum GPA of 5 in the passed subjects).
Tuition Fees: Exemption from the payment of tuition fees, irrespective of parental income and performance.
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Placements: Our college placement team only allows students with zero backlogs for placement recruitment. While others are required to attend drives for the companies offering the lowest salary packages. Mostly top performers in academics got placed in good companies and rest of them got placed in other companies.
Placements: IIT Palakkad had an impressive placement rate of 95%, and students had a variety of companies to choose from. Companies like JP Morgan, Deloitte, Hindalco etc. Many others arrived for student recruitment. Internships were provided by the college itself every year.
Placements: The percentage of the students who are placed in my course is 55%. The highest package is 10 LPA, and the average package is 6 LPA. The lowest package is 4 LPA. Top recruiting companies are Wipro, Capgemini, and TCS. Many students also got internships.
Placements: Placement packages are really impressive which are literally between 3.5 LPA to 28 LPA. The highest package offered is 25.4 LPA given to the students of computer science and engineering at IIT, Palakkad. Most of the reputed corporate companies participate in drives.
Placements: Only a limited number of students pursued an M.Tech in data science at IIT Palakkad each year. Also, nearly 82 to 90% of students got placed every year. The overall placement training provided to students was a step-by-step process, making the training easier.
Placements: I gave a rating of 4.5 out of 5, as it is known for its excellent placement performance. It was one of the top courses for placements with good networking connections among the alumni. The placement team worked hard throughout the year to create records for recruitment.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a year ago
IIT Palakkad offers various scholarships for the M.Tech programme. One such scholarship is the Merit Cum Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses CS, which is available to OBC category students with 50% and above marks, and whose annual family income is below INR 2.50 lakhs. There ar
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a year ago
Yes, the institute provides scholarships such as Merit Cum Means Scholarships for Professional and Technical Courses, Scholarships for Students with Disabilities, Top Class Education Scheme for SC students, National Fellowship and Scholarships for Higher Education for ST students, Central Sector Sch
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a week ago
The eligibility criteria for candidates to apply for courses at IIT Palakkad is as follows:
BTech: Class 12 with a minimum aggregate of 75% aggregate. Qualifying JEE Main and JEE Advanced
MTech: Graduation with a minimum aggregate of 55%. Qualifying and clearing the minimum cutoff of GATE.
MSc: A Ba
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 4 months ago
With a rank of 540 in the JEE Advanced exam, you are guaranteed a spot at IIT Palakkad and can easily secure admission to most engineering programs. Looking at last year's cutoff ranks for different courses at IIT Palakkad, here's what they were:
- Computer Science and Engineering: The cutoff was aro
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Answered 5 months ago
The cutoff for admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad varies by course and category:
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE): The closing rank for the General AI category in 2024 was 6199. This is a rise from 5162 in 2023 and 4718 in 2022.
B.Tech. in Data Science an
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What scholarships are available for the M.Tech programme at IIT Palakkad?