IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
Based on verified student reviews on Shiksha, it can be said that IIT Kharagpur has a highly qualified and experience faculty departments for its BSc courses. The teachers are extremely helpful and try and include practical concepts in the curriculum. They ensure that students become industry ready and adopt necessary skills. Following are few quotes from IIT Kharagpur BSc students’ reviews on Shiksha:
- “All the professors are well-qualified and friendly. Their teaching quality is excellent.” (BSc in Physics - Batch of 2027)
- “The course curriculum is the best and all-around develops the students.” (BSc i
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
According to verified student reviews on Shiksha, IIT Kharagpur has an impressive track record of BSc placements. The college provides students with ample placement opportunities which are also high paying. Based on the student reviews it can be said that, the college provides proper placement support to ensure the students get placed at good companies. Following are few quotes from IIT Kharagpur BSc student reviews on Shiksha:
“The placement scenario at IIT KGP is quite impressive, with an average package of around 22 LPA." (BSc in Mathematics and Computing - Batch of 2027)
“Organizations such as ISRO, DRDO, Eaton, Bajaj Aut
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
IIT Kharagpur scholarships are subject to renewal every year. Any student who wants to continue availing scholarship benefits in the second year will have to fulfill a certain eligibility criterion. For subsequent renewals, the student's performance in the two consecutive semesters of the preceding session, i.e., GPA, as updated after the supplementary/summer quarter examination, must not be lower than 7.00.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
In order to be eligible for the IIT Kharagpur Merit cum Means scholarship, the student should have obtained at least 60% marks in aggregate or a grade corresponding to 60% marks in the qualifying examination for JEE Advanced. For subsequent renewals, the student’s performance in the two consecutive semesters of the preceding session, i.e GPA, as updated after the supplementary/summer quarter examination, must not be lower than 7.00.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
IIT Kharagpur Merit-cum-means scholarships are offered to award and support meritorious students. Under this scheme, every year, the college awards these scholarships to 25% of the students admitted to the undergraduate courses.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee are all premier colleges of India offering BSc courses. Admissions to all these colleges are made based on scores in JEE Mains followed by JEE Advanced. These college can be comapred on the basis of fees, median package and top recruiters. Tabulated below is a comparison on these basis:
College | Fees | Median Package | Top Recruiters |
|---|---|---|---|
IIT Kharagpur | INR 8 lakhs- 10 lakhs | INR 22 LPA | Cisco, BSNL, Amazon |
IIT Bombay | INR 8 lakhs | INR 18.8 LPA | Google, Microsoft, Colgate-Palmolive |
IIT Roorkee | INR 10 lakhs | INR 19.6 LPA - 22.5 LPA | Qualcomm, Samsung, Goldman Sachs |
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
Based on IIT Kharagpur NIRF 2024 Overall Report, a total of 663 students were placed during IIT Kharagpur 2023 placements. Tabulated below are the number of UG students placed over the past three academic years’ placements:
Academic Year | No. of students placed |
|---|---|
2022-23 | 663 |
2021-22 | 680 |
2020-21 | 557 |
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
Based on IIT Kharagpur NIRF 2024 Overall Report, the median packaged offered to UG students in 2023 stood at INR 24 LPA. In 2022, the median package offered to UG students was INR 18 LPA. This shows that IIT Kharagpur placements witnessed a remarkable hike of 25%.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
According to multiple media reports, a total of 700 placement offers were made on the first day of IIT Kharagpur 2024 placements. Further, students of IIT Kharagpur received more than 19 international offers. Importantly, 6 offers with a package of more than INR 1 crore per annum were offered to IIT Kharagpur students. Over 61 companies offered various job roles to students, mainly in Finance, Banking, Analytics, Software, Core Engineering and Consulting sectors.
Note: The above mentioned data is regarding the overall placements at IIT Kharagpur and not specific to any course.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
IIT Kharagpur has a total of 638 seats for its BSc courses. Out of these 638 seats, 15% of the seats are reserved for students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST). In addition, 27% separate reservation exists for the Other Backward Classes. Tabulated below is category wise seat reservation for BSc courses:
Category | Seats reserved |
|---|---|
SC | 15% (96 seats) |
ST | 7.5% (47) |
OBC | 27% (172) |
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