NIT Rourkela - National Institute of Technology Answered Questions

Hi,
As you are interested in Mechanical engineering as well as computer Science engineering. Then, NIT Rourkela is the best option. NIT Rourkela has good opportunity for both mechanical engineering as well as computer Science engineering. But, it depends on your interest that which branch you choose. Both the branch has equal importance and holds equally best placement records. Core companies like Tata steel, Vedanta, Tata motors, Maruti - Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra and many more visit our campus every year and recruit meritorious students as Graduate engineer Trainees. Sometimes PSUs also come NIT Rourkela because it is one of the top NITs. Fortunately last year Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) visited our campus. Average package of Core Company is more than 8 LPA. The companies like Microsoft, Dell, HP, oracle apps, Samsung, Ericsson, NCR Corporation, SAP labs etc. Visit the campus and recruit students. The average package is INR 7-8 LPA. All the best for future. Thank you.

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NIT Rourkela is one of the most reputed colleges, not only in India but abroad too.
The minimum criteria to get admission, for general candidates to qualify for admissions to NITs/IIITs/GFTIs, they should have secured at least 75% marks in class 12th exam or be in the top 20 percentile in class 12th exam conducted by the respective boards.
For SC/ST candidates, the eligibility criteria is 65% marks in class 12th. The placement is also good for all the branches. Almost all students get placed in good companies. The students not only excel in studies but also in extra curricular activities also. There are various clubs where students participate and excel as well as develop their skills.
The placement as well as package of NIT Rourkela is good enough. The average package is around 6-7 LPA whereas the highest package reaches to 12-16 LPA. Various reputed companies like TCS, TRL, Wipro, Infosys, Deloitte, Dell, Microsoft, etc. come for placement and recruit many students. NIT Rourkela is ranked 15th by NIRF in 2018. All the best for future. Thank you.

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To get admission in NIT Rourkela, For General candidates to qualify for admissions to NITs/IIITs/GFTIs, they should have secured at least 75% marks in class 12th exam or be in the top 20 percentile in class 12th exam conducted by the respective boards. For SC/ST candidates, the eligibility criteria is 65% marks in class 12th.The Home State: Rank - 16679 And Other State: Rank - 12898 for mechanical engineering.
The placement of the mechanical branch is quite good at NIT Rourkela. Core companies like Tata steel, Vedanta, Tata motors, Maruti - Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra and many more visit our campus every year and recruit meritorious students as Graduate engineer Trainees. Sometimes PSUs also come NIT Rourkela because it is one of the top NITs. Fortunately last year Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) visited our campus. Average package of core company is more than 8 LPA.
Since core companies are limited in number and select few students only, so many other students have to go for analytics, consultancy and IT sectors. A number of students get placed in TCS,Mu Sigma,Infosys etc every year. As far as job is concerned, almost every sincere students of ME branch get placed on campus ,whatever be the companies. Package offered by these companies are not so high but satisfactory.
All the best for future.
Thank you
Swayamprava Nayak
CR, NIT ROURKELA

Hi,
Both Food processing and industrial design are different. So it solely depend on you that if you are interested to know the techniques behind food processing as well as gain knowledge for it then just move on for food processing engineering in NIT Rourkela. It is a new branch started in NIT Rourkela and very soon it has gained tremendous popularity in the mean time. It has hold a good placement record instead of a new branch. The placements of NIT Rourkela is good. The average placement of the college is around 6-7 LPA. Mostly, all the student got placed. Last year, the highest package was 29 LPA which is offered by Amazon. Many core and analytical company visit every year. Around 90-100% of the students got placed. In NITJ, placements of Industrial and Production is comparable to mechanical, which is pretty good. Lot of good MNCs come to NITJ for recruitment. Usually number of offers are higher than number of students. And given a choice in between NIT Rourkela and Jalandhar, Rourkela has got better ranking, hence should be preferred. All the best for future. Thank you
Swayamprava Nayak
crores, NIT ROURKELA.

Hi,
When its about B.tech in any stream NIT Rourkela comes out to be the best.When you say about Ceramic Engineering in NIT Rourkela and look upon the past records , you would not be much satisfied. But with the changing scenario, Ceramic engineering is doing pretty well and its demand is also increasing day by day.
Although there was a time when placements in department of ceramic engineering was inappropriate, but now with time and changing scenario, number of core companies like Vedanta, TRL, OCL etc. visit NIT Rourkela to recruit. Also there is the provision for every department students to sit for companies from IT sector(TCS, IBM etc. ) as well as analytics(Affine, ZS Associates etc). So overall placements in Ceramic engineering is quite good.
As the number of Ceramic Engineers is quite less than other Streams, So if you are talented enough you will definitely grab a job while leaving NIT.
The students are getting an average package of 7-8 LPA , it increases eventually.
Students are also doing pretty well in GATE.
Hence the branch is doing well and its demand is increasing day by day.
All the best for future.
Thank you
Swayamprava Nayak
CR,NIT ROURKELA

Hi
It solely depends on you in which field you want to pursue your career. If you are interested for Food processing and want to discover the technology beyond it, you should opt for Food processing in NIT Rourkela. And if you are interested upon clothing and textile industry and technology behind that, then you should opt for textile technology. Hence you must decide in which field you are interested. Both are very different from each other and has their own importance in their respective fields. Both the fields are emerging more and more and their demand has also increased to the utmost level. NIT Rourkela has utmost importance for engineering and it is increasing more day by day. Some of the core companies visiting the campus for placement are Milk Mantra, IDMC, Tetra Pak, etc. Some of the non-core companies visiting the campus for placement are ZS Associates, TCS, EXL Services, Tredence, Affine Analytics, etc. The average package is 8LPA and the highest goes upto 10 LPA or more. All the best for future. Thank you
Swayamprava Nayak
crores, NIT ROURKELA.

Hi,
Congrats for your good rank. According to past records, the cut-off for mechanical engineering in NIT Rourkela is around 14000 to 15000. So, yes, there is more chance of getting mechanical engineering branch which you have chosen. You have the caliber as well as the rank which is mostly needed. So you can easily get admission easily into the college. NIRF ranking 2018 has figured NIT Rourkela at 15th position in Engineering category and 42nd position in Overall against last year's Overall position at 46th. NIT Rourkela is the best educational institute, along with it is improving a lot in all fields. It has a good infrastructure, best faculty, imparts best education to students. It gives 100% placements to students. The placement of the mechanical branch is quite good at NIT Rourkela. Some of the core companies like Tata steel, Vedanta, Tata motors, Maruti - Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra and many more visit our campus every year and recruit meritorious students as Graduate engineer Trainees. Sometimes PSUs also come NIT Rourkela because it is one of the top NITs. Some PSUs like Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) also visited. Average package of core company is more than 8 LPA. It rises to 12 LPA or more. All the best for future. Have a great future ahead. Thank you
Swayamprava Nayak
crores, NIT ROURKELA.