NIT Rourkela - National Institute of Technology Answered Questions

NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal, NIT Warangal and NIT Calicut are counted amongst the top NITs. NIT Rourkela is grouped in the next level alongwith NIT Allahabad, NIT Nagpur, NIT Bhopal and a few others. The infrastructure and campus in NIT Rourkela is above par with respect to many top technical institutes of the country. The placement scenario is improving every year.
You can check out the campus and the prospects that the institute has to provide here:
http://mondaymorning.nitrkl.ac.in/

Your prospects aren't too high if you are a candidate domiciled outside Orissa. If you are a Home State candidate, you stand fair chances in departments like Biotechnology Engineering(BT), Biomedical engineering(BM), Ceramic Engineering(CE) and in Integrated M. Sc courses for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or Life Science. The BM, BT and Life Science departments in NIT Rourkela have state of the art laboratories and extremely qualified faculty.
You can get an idea about all branches and their prospects here :
http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/Academic/1Department/Default.aspx
I can guide you better in your college prospects if you can let me know your home state.

The Placement Scenario in NIT Rourkela is improving every year thanks to the proactive Training and Placement Cell and the new Air Strip that now connects to Rourkela. Electrical Engineering is one of the top branches in the institute in terms of Faculty, Infrastructure, Placement Opportunities. That said, it depends upon the student how well he/she would like to take advantage of all the opportunities that the department in NIT Rourkela has to offer.
You can check the previous year's placement stats of NIT Rourkela here : http://mondaymorning.nitrkl.ac.in/placement-stats
Also, internship database is maintained here: http://mondaymorning.nitrkl.ac.in/career/view/0/all
This database is not exhaustive to my knowledge. Many students have gone on for higher studies in reputed institutes in the country and abroad.

NIMCET is the national level entrance test for admission to Master of Computer Applications (MCA) courses in selected National Institutes of Technology (NITs). A total of 11 NITs offer MCA. Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Raipur, Surathkal, Tiruchirappalli and Warangal take admission based on NIMCET rank.

Yes you will very easily be able to book a berth in any branch of your choice in NIT Rourkela with this rank. Infact, you can probably aim for better institutes like NIT Surathkal or NIT Trichy or NIT Warangal. Check out previous year's counselling stats here : http://csab.nic.in/ChoiceFilling/Result/ORCR_AllRounds.aspx All the best!

Yes you are eligible as you have more than 6.5 CGPA and also you have MAT score but the admission process for the session 2016-2018 is already over. The last date of submission of application form generally ends by 10th of March. Shortlisted candidates take admission by 1st of April. Any competitive exam (CAT, MAT,XAT) score is valid.