How to snag a top job. (Placement guide for a first year engineering student at NIT)

So you’ve slogged for 4 years for that B.Tech degree..how do you land that shiny post in a top firm that make your parents distribute laddoos in the neighbourhood?

1) A decent CGPA – if you can make it to 9, good for you! you are awesome and you’l definitely land that top job (you’l also land fully funded M.S programs abroad – and most 9 pointers I know don’t miss out on an amazing opportunity to enhance their careers this way)

A CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) in the 8/10 range too isn’t bad. Confidence and Extracurricular skillls will make you a winner at those campus placements.

For those with a 7/10 CGPA – not to worry, you will get a job too. You have what it takes to get into an NIT, hence companies know you are good. But I do not guarantee job satisfaction. And it might cost you a lot of waiting and worrying before you land that job.

2) Good internships/industrial training – Snagging a summer internship is a very difficult affair. It takes a lot of hard work consisting of google-searches, phone-calls and ass-kissing to get a decent internship. Hence the fact that you have done one (or two) will add a lot of gloss to your resume.

3)Extracurricular activities/certificates – An engineer needs to be good at getting stuff done. He has to know how to apply his theoretical knowledge in the real world. College activities give one a lot of scope to explore one’s personality and answer those tough interview questions like – “What are your strengths and weaknesses?”. I cannon emphasize how important organizing and taking part in college clubs, fests, technical events can be to enhhance your job-worthiness.

4)Communication skills – work on your English. You may be awesome, but you have to be able to communicate that to the interviewer and there is nothing like a fluent, confident young gun to impress your panel.Furthermore, most companies stress on a GD or group discussion session to select top students to be interviewed for appropriate placement in a job profile.

5)Aptitude Tests – the dreaded ‘Apti’s are the first step to snagging an interview at campus placements. CAT MCQs, puzzles, brain teasers, word games etc..its good to start practicing early. Also one needs to brush up on one’s general knowledge and read the newspaper regularly. This will help you understand the job scenario, as well as help you speak in the group discussions.

VIT 3rd Counselling cancelled

according to http://www.vit.ac.in/

 

 

Vellore Institute of

Technology

 

III Phase of Counselling

 

scheduled on
1^st July 2009 (Wednesday)

 

 

 

Cancelled.

 

Notice from official website –

BIOINFORMATICS — 99 seats
BIO – MEDICAL – — 44 seats
After the II Phase of Counselling held on 26th June 2009, seats are vacant in the above branches only. In all other branches the seats are filled up. If you are interested in joining please send the order of preference between these two programmes.

Rank holders of VITEEE-2009, who have secured upto 18000 may kindly send their consent letter through Fax: 0416 2245544 / 2240411, to the Admissions Officer, in the following format, along with the photo copy of the DD for Rs.30,000/-, drawn in favour of “VIT University” payable at Vellore, so as to reach us on or before 1st July 2009 by 5 pm.

Candidates who have responded before the deadline will be selected based on their VITEEE-2009 Rank. The selected candidates will be informed on 3rd July 2009.

The selected candidates have to pay the full tuition fee for Rs. 92,000/- on 9th July 2009 and they have to join the classes on 10th July 2009.

For Hostel Accommodation please see the information brochure page no.15

Further the requisite form is provided on the official site.

For further details contact, Admissions Office, 0416-2202125/2202168

Electronics vs Electrical engineering

	Electronics	Electrical
scope of study	Design and building electronic circuits based on the flow of charge through different materials	transmission and generation of electrical power, electrical circuit design, electronics, instrumentation, control system, understanding electrical and electronic networks etc.,
work	design, develop, test and oversee development of electronic systems. manufacturing of electronic gadgets and devices.	design and develop electrical systems research new and innovative designs and system supervise and plan manufacturing process of high end electrical systems
type of industry	Consumer electronics Telecommunication IT Health care Other public sector industries like petroleum, steel and chemical	Consumer and Industrial Electrical equipment and systems manufacturing Power generation and transmission Telecommunication IT Health care equipment manufacturing industry petroleum, steel and chemical industry. Research and design
specific skills required	good logical and mental capability to understand and adapt to the new and changing concepts.	good logical and mental capability coupled with strong analytical skill and attention to detail. should be able to grasp and adapt to new and changing concepts.
curriculum topics	Maths Circuits Digital design Control system Microprocessor systems Signals and systems	Maths Physics Electronics Thermodynamics Electrical machines and design Instrumentation Electrical network and communication systems. Power and control systems
core subject strength	good knowledge of physics and maths	good knowledge of physics and maths
specialisations available (click for detailed information)	control systems communication systems instrumentation signal processing computer networking biomedical nanotechnology	power engineering control engineering electronics engineering microelectronics signal processing telecommunications engineering instrumentation engineering computer engineering mechatronics biomedical

Civil vs Mechanical

	Civil	Mechanical
scope of study	designing, constructing and supervising new and old structures viz., roads, buildings, airports, bridges, water supply systems etc.,	Design and develop machines based on the knowledge of movement and the power / energy that is involved.
work	design, supervision and construction of structures. calculating the cost involved, safety of the structure and potential environmental risks. involves travelling quite frequently.	Design and control of system that goes into the process of manufacturing the machinery and product. Testing new systems Quality management and improvement Marketing products and systems
type of industry	building and construction private consulting firms government departments research institutes etc.,	Manufacturing Automobile Power Aeronautical Biotechnology
specific skills required	good logical and mental capability, problem solving skills and ability to grasp new concepts are very essential to be a good civil engineer. should be able to express yourself using figures and words.	good technical and communication skill coupled with logical capability to interpret complex and changing concepts.
curriculum topics	Maths structures foundation construction environment irrigation hydraulics surveying soil analysis	Maths Physics Thermodynamics Fluid mechanics Machine tool design Heat transfer etc.,
core subject strength	good knowledge of maths.	good knowledge of maths and physics
specialisations available (click for detailed information)	Structural Engineering Bridge Engineering Construction Engineering Geo-Technical Engineering Hydraulic Engineering Material Science Nanotechnology Pile Engineering Surveying Timber Engineering   Environmental Engineering Transportation Engineering Highway Engineering Railroad Engineering Port and Harbour Engineering Airport Engineering Water Resource Engineering Image Processing and GIS	automobile engineering biomedical engineering environmental engineering nuclear engineering nanotechnology

B.Sc vs B.tech degree

	B.Sc	B.Tech / B.E.
years of study	3-4 years	4-5 years
study focus	Basic science (pure science).	Applied science (technical / technological).
content	Broad and theoretical science.	Practical and technical science.
flexibility	The content is general with no specific changes / option for selecting a specialisation. You need to do M.Sc / M.Tech / M.E / MBA. for specialisation.	It’s designed on individual field of engineering with an option to choose further specialisation / elective, in the final year, under your chosen field. This helps you focus on your specific area of interest.
route to higher studies	Science & Research   B.Sc     M.Sc     Doctorate   Management   B.Sc     MBA / P.G. Diploma     Engineering   B.Sc     M.Sc     M.Tech / M.E	Engineering & Research   B.Tech / B.E     M.Tech / M.E     Doctorate   Management   B.Tech     MBA / P.G. Diploma
curriculum rigour	Comfortable. Students need to be good with Science and maths subjects.	Tough and demanding. Students need to be excellent in Science, especially Maths subjects.
career prospects	LOW – since the course is general in nature, you need to complete M.Sc to get a good start to your career.	GOOD – the choice of engineering discipline + further specialisation under it gives an edge to choose and follow your career goals in that segment   However, for better and higher career prospects M.Tech / MBA is recommended.
which to choose?	If you are comfortable with basic science and are more inclined to non-technical aspects of science, B.Sc is a good choice, and coupled with M.Sc you can make good progress in your career.	If you are interested in the technical side of science, designs, calculations etc., and ready to do take on a demanding and challenging route, B.Tech is the right choice.
higher studies / combination degrees	If you are interested in research work, you may do Masters (MSc) and then PhD. If you are interested in management stuff, go for an MBA after B.Sc. (See – MBA)	If core engineering stuff is your forte / research work, you may do your Masters (M.Tech / M.E) and later PhD. (See Engineering) If management and business interests you, go for an MBA after B.Tech / B.E. (See – MBA)
studying abroad	You need to complete your Masters (M.Sc).	B.Tech / B.E. is sufficient.

NIT-Warangal inks pacts with Finnish universities

Hyderabad

May 21, 2009

 The National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Warangal has signed academic collaboration agreements with Finland’s University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology, an institute official said on Thursday.

  The pacts were signed last week in Finland, NIT-Warangal Director Y.V. Rao said on his return from that country. “These pacts allow for collaborations in systems, teaching methodologies, courses, content, hands-on learning, student exchange programmes and interaction with the industry,” Rao said. NIT-W entered into a similar pact in February with ESIGELEC School of Engineering, Rouen, France, to promote research and academic exchange in automation and instrumentation and embedded systems.

  NIT-W, which is celebrating its golden jubilee year, also has collaborative agreements with Bellfort Technical University of France, as well as Lawrence Technical University and Cincinnati University of the US. IANS

NIT Warangal – What to pack for hostel?

Yipee! Glorious NITW life beacons..but hey!? WHAT SHOULD I PACK FOR HOSTEL??

 Don’t worry … E.E will help you out :)..Here are the bare essentials :

1. Mattress for the metal cot that will be provided.
   In the hostel room will be provided a metal cot, a table and a cupboard(with or without a door), one tubelight, 4 switchboards, 2 fans. The windows have  a mesh or screen to keep out the mosquitoes.
   Vendors selling Mattresses at nominal rates (Rs 200-300 – depending on how well you bargain)sit outside the Hostel Office from the Registration days till 1st day of college.
   Also you’ll find Airtel, Vodafone etc.  people selling SIM cards, plans etc. 
2. Bucket and Mug
   For the first year girls Last Year, 4 bathrooms , 3 toilets and 2 basins had to be shared between 32 girls. This year , life will be a lot more comfortable for the guys, since the New Mega Hostels are ready to be ocupied! The New Girls Hostels are under construction and will be ready by next year…
3. Your Clothes ofcourse and hardy shoes- Girls – remember to pack in all your Salwar Kameezes, get some stitched if you don’t have any..heed my advice,you’ll be thankful later! – Guys – Take out those formal striped shirts and trousers, no not the jeans , the cloth material stuff.
4. The usual toiletries – soap, shampoo, clothes washing soap(get the cheap varieties-the washing ladies are not all that sincere), maybe Prill Dishwash liquid, Odomos – Is Absolutely Necessary if you are sensitive to mosquitoes.
   There are several washing ladies in the girls hostel. They charge Rs.60/month to wash your clothes everyday. You need to put your dirty laundry and soap/detergent in your bucket(you need to write your name on the bucket) and place it outside your door before locking up your room for college. The washing lady you Recruit(..lol..eng’neerin coll terminology) will wash your clothes and put in to dry on the clothesline in fronth of your room.
   The Ironing Man takes in youer clothes once every 3 days.
5. You might want to get a plate, glass , bowl.
   The Messes provide 3 meals a day + tea in the evenings. Saturday night no dinner is served, its called “Dry Mess”. And college students get pretty hungry.. You’l need your utensils to serve the very  famous Maggi, we people seem to survive on :).

IMPT – There are several supermarkets and shops at walking distance from the campus to buy all these Bare Essentials.. I would advise you to buy whatever you can from Warangal. Get just the most essential items from home.. cause even then, I’m predicting, your suitcases’ll be pretty heavy :).

Also, keep in mind, at the end of the year, you need to vacate your rooms. Yea! thats right..you have to carry your stuff home or leave it in trunks in the “cloak  room”..

NIT Warangal – Getting there

NITW entrance

The deemed university.. ‘The’ National Institute of Technology, Warangal is about 10 minutes distance from Kazipet station.
It takes about 30 minutes from Warangal station.

Kazipet Junction

Warangal was the capital city of the Kakatiya Dynasty. There are tens and hundreds of beautiful temples crammed all about the city to soothe your mums strained nerves :).

The Thousand-Pillar Temple

The road to the institute from Kazipet is lined with several small shops,bakeries (only the ‘cold’ pinapple pastries are any good), passing over a flyover, at the end of which, a right turn will take you to a very good St.Anne’s hospital run by nuns. Further ahead right turns will take you to a dargah , another right turn leading to a church. Then, a left turn will take you to Waddepali lake and temple.

Warning to all prospective students – The Rickshaw drivers are atrocious cheaters – They should be paid only Rs. 30-35 for the journey, with luggage, till inside the NIT campus. You can ask you to drop you till the NIT auditorium or Girls/Boys Hostel. The drivers are all mostly aware of the layout of the campus.

Rickshaw charges are otherwise- Rs. 4-6 per person…the rickshaw stops along the way picking passengers travelling to the same destination. You also have the option of taking a Rick ‘direct’ , ie. only you will travel in the rick. You have to say for ex. ” Hanumakonda chowrasta- DIRECT” . The Rick driver will charge you around Rs 20 for the journey.
Hanumakonda chowrasta, anyway, is the chief shopping centre NIT studdents go to. It is Rs. 6/person away from the NIT campus. Trinethra super market and ‘Reliance Fresh’ is Rs.4/person away. ‘Suprabha’ 5-star hotel and ‘Mitra’ hotelis Rs.5-6 away.

VIT counselling procedure

VIT counselling procedure

The Vellore Institute of Technology – Beautiful campus, well-equiped classrooms and laboratories, large cafeterias, shopping areas, glossy brochures – very rude,unhelpful people- the place stunk of lavishness, including the students. We paid Rs30,000 just to attend the counselling. That was more than the entire admission fees and semester fees I paid at NITW ( Rs 27,000 app.). And this amount was forfeited, unlike in the IITs where counselling fees are returned if a student does not take admission in the IIT.

There were several hotels some distance from the campus,several eateries on and around the campus.

The counselling procedure consists of dozens of steps and procedures that included a medical check-up where we were made to do everything from getting ourselves weighed, height, vision checked, gulping down de-worming tablets, getting a picture clicked to allowing the nurses to inject needles into our arm to draw blood samples and peeing on strips of paper for god-only-knows-what purpose! A bus outside the medical centre gave prospective students and parents a tour of the campus of the classrooms,libraries etc.

It invoved a lot of moving around , the usual verification,visiting the photocopier shops, until finally we were allowed into the computer room, to select our choice of branch.Thankfully they had provided us with a flier listing the various steps. We had to follow the line according to roll no order as we were led around.And just when we seemed to be at the end of our ordeal they declared the lunch break from about 1-2.30 or 2-2.30 ,I can’t remember.

There were about 5000 seats available I think but only about 60% of these got filled up at the end of the 1st round of counselling ,till VITEEE AIR of 6000. Hence invariably the next set of students, of AIR more than 6000 are given calls to come for counsellling.Courses like Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering seats though, get alloted to students almost immediately, on the first day of counselling itself.After these the computer sciences, electrical, chemical branche allotments drag on for days.I found out from some friend that even up to AIR 26,000 had got a seat in VIT.

The procedure after lunch was pretty straightforward and finally we could go back to our hotel.

BITSAT

 

The last exam for most students..Question are just a bit more difficult compared to AIEEE,lot simpler than IITJEE. Speed is the key for this exam.

After the initial identity verification and submission of print – out of admit form students are ushered into the computer centre. They are then each given a blank booklet on which is written the number of the computer assigned to us. This booklet is to be used for calculation and rough work.

Students are then asked to take their places in fronth of the numbered computer screens. The students has to type in their roll no. on the screen and their picture with their roll no. below appears.

Several invigilators keep moving aroung the room. Computer screens are placed as in internet cafes, so that one student cannot look into the other’s screen.If there is any problem whatsoever the invigilators are always at hand to sort it out. Students then have to wait till the invigilator announces it’s time to start and the BITSAT test appears on the screen. The test looks exactly like the Sample test on the official website, except it has more question ofcourse 🙂

Students can complete and submit their test any time , withen the 180 minutes alloted . The number of correct and wrong answers and your score will appear immediately on the screen.

You are then free to leave…………a free bird…………holidays for you at last…… 🙂 🙂