SIT Review

Summing it up, SIT, Siliguri is a good place to study only if you are serious enough about gaining knowledge. There is nothing very special about this college. Its just a normal engineering college on the foothills of darjeeling.

I entered through west bengal joint entrance examination (WBJEE)My rank was 21385. I opted for this college because it was the best according to my score. Although i was getting a better college but the department was not of my choice. So i decided to compromise with the college but not the stream. Also the climate of siliguri was good.

Course curriculum was simple and straight forward like any other college in india. The course was divided into theoretical and practical parts. but in my college focus was given more to theoretical papers which according to me is a little unjustified.Along with the core papers several elective papers were also taught like Economics, Environmental studies, values and ethics etc

Our college did not offer any internship. Although various institutes came to our college to provide training for various fields. There was no stipend but we were given a proper training.

Placement in our college was not upto the mark. TCS was the main recruiter from our college And several other smaller companies also came for placements. Particularly in my batch the placement was horrible. Only 20-25 student were placed out of 400.Major Companies:TCS, IBM, Odessa Technologies, L&T Infotech, Satyam Tech, Shreeram finance etc.

College was very good in socials events part. Yearly fests (SITEX ) was celebrated and and we had a good time in it. Annual sports, science fests etc were also organised. Several other celebartions were also held on certain special ocassions.

According to me it was expensive for a college of its stature. They took 40000 rupees per semester. Out of which 5000 was library charges, that makes it 40000 thousand for books in 4 years.

No scholarship was offered by the college, neither there was any loan facility. We had to apply for loans on our own responsibility and scholarships were provided by the state government if eligible.

Campus life was altogether very good. Mostly because of the people i met there. Sports and cultural activities were organised yearly along with science fests and other programmes.

Hostel facilities were horrible. Food was unhygienic and filthy. No proper hostel was provided by the college. students preferred staying in PGs and local hostels

No proper alumni network. But we remain connected using facebook and other social media sources. The seniors are very helpful and motivating for better life and career.

We had 2 internal exams per semester and a final semester exam which consisted of practical and theory papers.So in total we had 4 internals and 2 semester exams in an year

Faculty in our college was highly qualified and had good hold on their papers. They went ahead of the prescribed curriculum and gave us knowledge from their experiences.