Why NIT Sikkim

Selection Process


JEE: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is one of the most competitive entrance examinations for undergraduate engineering in the world. It is taken by more than 1.5 million students out of which very few gets admissions to NITs. Students in all branches of B. Tech programme at NIT Sikkim are admitted through JEE (Mains).
www.jeemain.nic.in

DASA: Foreign nationals get admissions at NIT Sikkim through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) scheme. NIT Sikkim highly encourages students from foreign nations to pursue higher education at the institute.
www.dasanit.org

GATE: Selection in M. Tech at NIT Sikkim is through the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) score of a candidate. Counselling is done through Centralized Counselling for M.Tech./M.Arch./M.Plan. Admissions (CCMT). A candidate with a valid GATE score can apply for M. Tech through CCMT.
www.ccmt.in


Ph.D Entrance: Each department conducts its own entrance test and interview for admissions to Ph.D programmee.
https://nitsikkim.ac.in/admissions/phdAdmissions.php

Internships & Trainings


Internships provide opportunities for students to gain experience in their discipline, determine if they have an interest in a particular career, and create a network of contacts. Students take up internships in a variety of sectors such as Core, Consulting, Finance, FMCG's, Analytics, IT, NGO's and Government Institutions.
Students interested in research take research internships in various Indian and foreign universities and organisations. Some institutes/organisations/companies in which the students of NIT Sikkim have done their internships/trainings/project works are :


Name of organisations
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
Institute of Nano-Science and Technology, Mohali Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune
North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Shillong TU Dresden, Germany
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, New Delhi National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited
Bharat Electronics Limited, Ghaziabad Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad Athabasca University
Integral Coach Factory, Chennai Cappius Technologies
L&T Constructions Reliance Jio
Ecole de Technologie Superieure ETS, Quebec IBM
Hewlett Packard Carleton University - Ontario
Zoom Technologies Ryerson University - Toronto
University of Regina University of British Columbia
Polytechnique Montreal Satya Technologies
Google Summer of Code National Informatics Centre

Such industrial activity provides students with adequate exposure in tackling real life problems encountered in the working of an industrial entity. The companies also gain from the fresh perspective and inputs of the students and also bettering their profile among the general student community.



Areas of Interest


Civil Engineering

  • - Floor planning
  • - Site work
  • - Estimation
  • - Foundation and steel design
  • - Project management

Computer Science Engineering
  • - Artificial Intelligence
  • - Computer Networks
  • - Machine Learning
  • - Deep Learning
  • - IoT & Blockchain
  • - Web Development
  • - Android Development

Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • - Embedded System
  • - VLSI
  • - PCB Design
  • - Machine Learning
  • - Signal Processing
  • - Power Electronics
  • - Digital Electronics
  • - Control System
  • - Data Communication
  • - Antenna
  • - Microprocessor
  • - Microelectronics
  • - Telecommunication
  • - R&D Software Engineer
  • - Networking
  • - Design Engineer
  • - Digital Signal Processing

Electrical & Electronics Engineering
  • - Robotics
  • - IOT
  • - Embedded system
  • - Renewable energy

Mechanical Engineering
  • - Simulation of different engineering marvels
  • - Designing of components
  • - Operation Research
  • - Quality Control



All-round Development


Abhiyantran (Technical Fest)
Abhiyantran means Engineering. To promote the cause of technology and to ignite the young talents of our country, the institute celebrates its technical fest annually, named ‘Abhiyantran’. Since the first chapter of Abhiyantran, mass convergence of students from all over the country in different events, workshops and seminars have increased in leaps and bounds. It has also hosted a glut of talks and symposiums of some of very distinguished personalities availing some very praiseworthy and polite remarks from them about the institute and its students which has boosted our students with a lot more zeal and enthusiasm.

Udgam (Cultural Fest)
The cadence of life touches right note when it blossoms with all colors. Brushing of all shades of human emotion and artistic flair plays an important role in an all-round development. And this cultural extravaganza provides opportunity to all the students for the realization of this very purpose. The event is a culmination of sound and lights, of music and arts, of dances and drama, of thoughts and words, the perfect place to bring out the artist in everyone and to break the rut of daily life.

Sports
Sports club of NIT Sikkim conducts various inter and intra-college events like cricket, badminton, kho-kho, chess, table-tennis etc. to pioneer spirit of teamwork among the students and aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants. The Sports Week and the Xplode Cup are the annual sports events which keep the ball rolling throughout the year. Sports and games are thoroughly promoted with the aim that the dynamic leaders of tomorrow need to be good sportsmen as well.


Apart from this, different student Clubs are formed, determined to improve the extracurricular activities of students like, Illusion Dance Group, Anuvrat (ECE Society), Computer Society (CSE Society), Nirman (CE Society), Electrical and Electronics Organization (EEE Society), C@NS (Coding society).


Our Recruiters


Name of Companies
IBM Deloitte
DRDO Genpact
Huawei Cradlepoint
Baker Hughes Infosys
Intel CGI
L&T Construction Grab
LG Samsung
Microsoft Autodesk
National Instruments Nvidia
ZS Associates Powergrid
Teradata C-DOT
Tata Consultancy Services Tech Mahindra
C-DAC Virtusa
Wipro Vedanta
McAfee Microchip
Goldman Sachs Salesforce
Vodafone JSW
Tide Sandisk