NIT Surathkal - National Institute of Technology

All NITS and IITs are the institutes of national importance. The functioning of NITK is governed by the NIT Act, 2007 and by the rules laid down by the Government of India from time to time. NITK is governed by the Board of Governors which consists of representatives of the Government of India, Government of Karnataka, Alumni, Industry and other bodies. The Chairman of the Board of Governors is nominated by the Government of India.
The admission in all NITs are based on ranks obtained in JEE-Main (Conducted by NTA). The class 12th marks is another admission criteria for NITs and IITs, And the student must have secured a minimum 75% of marks or should be in the top 20 percentile in the respective board. Hence, you have to appear in the JEE-Main exam for admission.

Many job opportunities are there for Chemical Engineers in pharma companies. The placements at National Institute of Technology, Surathkal of Chemical are really good. The placement ratio is almost 90%. Many multinational IT companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, etc. , visit the campus every year and take students from here. The minimum package offered for this branch is around 4-5 LPA, average package is around 7-9 LPA and the highest is 15 LPA. Companies like Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, Oracle, Birla Cellulose, Volvo, Reliance Industries, Tata Advanced Materials, Aditya Birla Group, Siemens, Kirloskar, Godrej, Diesel Logistics limited, Lodha Group, Brenntag, Glenmark, Torrent Pharma, Asian Paints, etc. , recruit students from here. All the credit goes to the training and placement cell department of NIT, Surathkal. So, it is really good to do Chemical Engineering from a reputed institute or university if someone is really interested in this and is in the search better packages and further studies. In short, the placements are good enough. Companies like Microsoft, SanDisk, Samsung, Reliance and other renowned companies visit the campus. After 3rd year, almost every student gets an internship through on-campus internships.

Some excellent dedication seen by TPO and assistance given by Placements Committee in bringing top companies in designing MOU for 3-years consecutively. Total Intake:- 120 Civil Engineering)
Placements Scenarios:-
Median Package:- 6 LPA
Average package:- 5 LPA ( Civil Only)
the highest package:- 10 LPA
Percentage placed:- 90%
Star Recruiters:- l&T, Jaypee Cement, ACC, Vedanta, Runwal Builders, Mayfair Builders and Developers, Volvo, reliance, tata motors, Tata Advanced Materials, Aditya Birla Group, siemens, Philips, Kirloskar, Ingersoll Rand Thermax, Godrej and Boyce, Uhde India, Line Group, Diesel Logistics limited, voltas, Thyssen group, Exxon Mobil, Tata Steel, NALCO and many more big names.

National Importance with the highest rating, recognition as a QIP Center, initiation and operationalization of MoUs with several national and international institutions. As Closing rank for CSE branch in NIT Surathkal is 5173 So students are really good in their studies. Generally Placement is taking place for 4th Year student who are eligible for Placement test and then company came to campus and they makes pre-placement talk, conducts tests and interviews and selects the candidates. According to previous year data for placement in CSE branch there is 98.90% placement of student in 2016 with average salary of Rs. 8.27 Lacs per annum and the highest of Rs. 25 Lacs per annum and minimum salary of Rs. 4 Lacs per annum. This College has 90.67 % Placement overall.

Some excellent dedication is been seen by TPO and Assistance given by Placements Committed in bringing top companies in designing MOU for 3 years consecutively. For ECE students, some special Networking and Mechatronics programme and competition is held to encourage more participating in Technical Development and scholarships are also awarded to meritorious students
Placements Scenarios for ECE branch-
Median Package:- 10 LPA
Average package:- 8 LPA
the highest package:- 35 LPA by Philips
Percentage placed:- 95%
Some top Recruitment companies are Vodadone, Bajaj, Havells, Samsung, Philips, Siemens, ABB, Aircel, Hutch, Essar, Thermax, larsen and Toubro, Thyseen krup, Line Group.

The date of visit is intimated to the companies in June. On the allotted day, the company visits the campus, makes pre-placement talk, conducts tests and interviews and selects the candidates. The placement percentage for EEE branch is around 92%. Few of the companies for EEE branch are as follows:
1. MU Sigma
2. Murugappa
3. SAP Lab
4. Microchip Tech
5. Seagate
6. Schneider Electric
7. Texas Instruments
8. Siemens
9. Reliance
10. Tech Mahindra
11. TCS Digital
12. SanDisk
13. Huawei Tech
14. Incture Tech
The NITs are great in infrastructure, facilities and study environment and even all the branches have great placements in reputated companies which further can help you move abroad or in some great research work. If you get NIT Surathkal, it is one of the oldest (established in 1960) NITs having nearly all branches and have great result (73 students placed among 81) in terms of placements in EEE branch (the highest package of 22 LPA and average package of 8.5 LPA).