IIT Roorkee - Indian Institute of Technology

Under the Free Messing scheme, a student can avail of a free messing (only basic menu) facility and a pocket allowance of INR 250 per month. Such students are also exempted from payment of hostel room rent. In case a student does not seek free messing, he/she gets a pocket allowance of INR 1,000 per month. To avail Free Messing scheme, a student is expected to fulfil the following conditions:

• Applicant belongs to SC or ST category.
• The applicant is a student of BTech, BArch, Integrated Dual Degree (IDD), Integrated Master of Technology (IMT), Integrated Master of Science (IMS), and BS-MS programmes admitted through JEE (Advanced) or MSc programmes admitted through JAM.
• The Gross Income of parents (Father and Mother or Guardian) during the previous financial year is not more than INR 5 LPA.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali is an autonomous public institution. IISER Mohali was established in 2007 and is well known for its Postgraduate and Doctoral courses. IISER Mohali has been ranked 50 by NIRF 2023 among the top Research Institutes in India. The Institute offers Integrated PhD, PhD and BS-MS Dual Degree programmes. The flagship programme of IISER Mohali is BS-MS Dual Degree. The placement report for the 2023 drive is not released as of now. However, the NIRF report 2023 is out. According to the report, 3 BSc students were placed during IISER Mohali placements 2022. Further, the median package offered to BSc students was INR 8 LPA.

IIT Roorkee is accredited by NAAC and is approved by AICTE and UGC. Established in 1847, IIT Roorkee is the seventh IIT recognised as an Institution of National Importance. It is a public-technical research university located in Uttarakhand. It is the oldest technical institution in Asia that was given university status in 1949. The university offers 14 undergraduate (UG), 24 postgraduate (PG), and various other PhD courses to the students through its school, and 23 departments across the fields of Engineering, Science, Architecture, Management, and Social Sciences. As per the placement report, the institute has achieved a 100% placement rate during the MBA placement drive of 2023. The highest package offered stood at INR 27.94 LPA.

From the above-mentioned information, candidates can choose between IISER Mohali and IIT Roorkee.

The tuition fee waiver / concession in IITs and NITs are as follows:

For GEN and OBC students having annual family income less than Rs. 1 Lacs and all SC, ST & PwD students: 100% tuition fee waiver. Only fee in other heads like exam fee, hostel and mess fee, gymkhana fee, etc., need to be paid.

For GEN and OBC students having annual family income between Rs. 1 Lacs and Rs. 5 lakh: 2/3rd waiver in tuition fee. Only 33.33% of tuition fee need to be paid.

For GEN and OBC students having annual family income above Rs. 5 Lacs or those students who are not desirous of obtaining fee waiver or have not submitted income certificate: Full tuition fee need to be paid.