I m electrical engineering 3rd year student, The reason I m keeping my identity anonymous is that my batch mates has groups for counselling session and they’re trying to make college image better, but I don’t like this, to spread false things to just attract JEE Rankers. Also, I don’t want my batch mates to go against me hence anonymous.
The truth is I regret each and every day in IIT Patna. I had chance for many IITs in 2015 but I chose this college thinking that it’s fastest growing IIT. But the truth is that even though infrastructure is good here but we lapse on every thing else whether it is faculties or placement, Cultural environment in branches except CS.
LESS QUALIFIED FACULTIES
When you’ll search and compare with other IITs, faculties here are nothing compared to IIT like Hyderabad gandhinagar Indore BBS, although some are exception but only one faculty can’t carry whole branch. They don’t have any interest in teaching, they are so against the students that even you can’t argue on marks or on doubt even though it is correct because they’ll deduct your marks or give you back. Happened to friend of mine. Very less profs hold degree from foreign. Also they provide so less grades to the students that the pointer of whole batch is very low, I mean how can they do this! We studied too hard to get here and you are just ruining our career on basis of pointer. Well if someone wants to pursue MBA, good pointer is required, they’re ruining our future options too.
2. PLACEMENTS
Placement in IIT Patna is overhyped. Placement are good in CS. Placement depends on batch. Our last batch fortunately had best seniors so that’s why placement scenario was good in CS. But for other branches it is disastrous. Many students, I m telling you the truth, many students i.e approx 60% were not placed in electrical branch. Don’t go over the Institute published placement statistics. They just publish anything so that they’ll not face any pressure from MHRD.
3. OTHER BRANCHES
Except CS students of other branches are so depressed that they don’t even know what to do after college, very few has got intern, mechanical students are facing very terrifying placements, many students more than 40% have not been placed and out of 60% which are placed, almost every one has got package of 4–5lacs. The condition in other branches are even worse.
4. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
In culturals, we lag most in all the IITs, we were not in top 3 not even in top 5 in any competition in Inter IIT Cultural Meet. What else can be said! No club is active, they just exist, people lack motivation, hence people do not take part in college activities. College life sucks despite having infrastructure.
5. FEST
I was in organizing committee of fest. And believe me you don’t want to listen to the situation of our fest. The main organizing committee members were so irresponsible that they promised prizes and but no prizes were given, hence participants logged complaints.
6. NO ACHIEVEMENT IN OTHER BRANCHES
We haven’t won any SINGLE prize in any of the non-cs competition, just ask the position of institute in any of the competitions like BAJA, ROBOCON from the people who are recommending patna. You’ll be surprised to know that IIT Patna haven’t won even single prize.
7. RESEARCH IS VERY POOR
Again except CS, we don’t have any research motivating environment, well research in electrical is worst. There are very few projects going on, hence if you have any intention in core, it’ll fade out slowly slowly and at last you’ll have to switch in CS.
If you’re are getting CS go grab it, otherwise this place is hell. The place is so monotonous and campus life is so dull, you may get depressed in only one month. Believe me! Think thrice not twice, before taking this institute.
A sincere student who got destroyed by this place.