Outlook has published a list of 75 top engineering colleges in India. List of top engineering colleges was made by judging the engineering colleges on four parameters – quality of teaching, selection process, placements, infrastructure. Recruiters were asked to rate engineering colleges on these four parameters to arrive at top engineering colleges. This is where subjective judgement comes into play. We think that if Outlook did this exercise again with the same set of recruiters it will come up with different rankings of top engineering colleges. So in our opinion this ranking of top engineering colleges, and all other rankings, should be only used as a rough guide for selecting the best engineering college for admission.

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If you dream to attend an Ivy league college like Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Dartmouth etc, you should know what these Ivy league college exactly offer. More often than not students are enamored by the brand value of ivy league colleges without knowing exactly whether the ivy league college offers what they need to progress their career

• Great alumni network – You can find alumni from Ivy league colleges working as decision makers in a large number of organizations. This Read the rest of this entry »

Thousands of students make it to IIT each year. Here is a ready reckoner that will help them survive the four most unforgettable years of their life:

Step 1
Have fun. IIT will offer you a large choice of extracurricular activities like dramatics, music, sports, NCC etc. Pick whatever interests you and pursue it for the next four years.

Step 2
Attend classes. Lot of IIT’ians make the mistake of bunking classes. Actually if you attend all classes and make your own notes you can hit straight A’s without any other extra effort. It’s that easy.

Step 3
Get your hands on last year’s papers. If you want to ace your exams at IIT you should start collecting the exam papers from the seniors in your branch. You will be able to use these question papers in the next year. There is a lot of repetition of questions in these exams year after year. Read the rest of this entry »

Around June each year, lakhs of engineering aspirants are struggling to choose an engineering colleges which they can join. If you wish to know how to make this difficult choice read on:

Step 1
Refer to last year’s cutoff. This will help you to make a realistic choice. There is no point aiming too high when your rank in IITJEE or AIEEE is not too good.

Step 2
Talk to alumni. If you want to join a particular engineering college it is always a good idea to talk to the alumni of that college before you make your decision

Step 3
Know what you want to do in life. If your goal is to do either an MBA or join a job after your engineering, it does not matter whether you join an IIT or a NIT. Hence if you are getting NIT this year, there is no point dropping one year to get into an IIT, because your ultimate goal can be achieved very well after graduating from NIT as well. Read the rest of this entry »

A large chunk of engineering freshers end up taking jobs in IT sector. Their dream jobs are with companies like Infosys, TCS, HCL, Tech Mahindra and the likes. However, not many of these freshers know what is expected from them in the interviews. Here it is:

Step 1:

Do not be nervous. The interviewers are there just to judge your suitability for the opening which they have. If they find you to be a good fit, you are selected. On the other hand if you are not selected it does not mean that you are not a good student or smart enough, it is just that you and the job requirements do not match. It is that simple.

Step 2:

Read about the company. Interviewers like it when you speak something intelligent about the company which they do not expect to hear from a fresh engineer. Example of such intelligent things can be – Infosys stock went from 1330 to 1500 when its results were declared this quarter OR Infosys recently won British Telecom as a customer. It is up to you how you fit whatever you know about the company into your answer. Read the rest of this entry »