At NITK Surathkal, Saturdays are holidays for all the students. In the first year, timings depend upon your section. It has about 23 hours of classes every week. 

These can be: 

• Between 8 AM to 3 PM - Monday and Thursday.
• Between 8 AM to 3 PM - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. 

The schedule can be altered as per the student’s convenience with the help of the class representatives (CRs). In the second year onwards, the schedule depends on the branch in which you belong. For example, the mining branch has 20 hours per week, CSE and ECE have 25-28 hours per week, while the mechanical department has around 35 hours per week. There are extra classes at the end of the trimester.

At NITK Trichy the college time is usually 8:30 AM - 3:10 PM. Sometimes, it may extend to 4-5 PM. There is a lunch break from 12:10 – 1:30 PM.

At MNNIT Allahabad the classes are held from Monday to Friday. Saturday and Sunday are holidays. In the first year, all students study general subjects from 9 AM – 5 PM. The lectures are 30 hours a week. In the second and the third year for the core subjects, the classes are 8 AM – 6 PM, i.e., 40 hours a week. The CSE/IT batch has only 25-30 hours per week. In the last year, classes are rarely held in the institute. The lectures are approximately 12-15 hours a week.

Yes, any M.Tech person who is looking for placement is going to find one. Any person with an M.Tech background is pretty easily placed in brilliant companies like Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, 1mg, Flipkart, Amazon, Daily Hunt, Razorpay, Swiggy, Phillips, etc. In case you are curious even in the least bit about your CTC, you need not worry as the highest CTC went up to 34 LPA. This was grabbed by people with an M.Tech background. 

Also, you will have better chances if you have great coding skills and knowledge concerning all your technical subjects. This can help you get placed pretty easily in any of these brilliant companies mentioned above. 

Having said that, you should also keep in mind that there are companies that reject people with an M.Tech background. NITs or IITs too, do not always accept people with an M.Tech background. 

Nevertheless, you would come across heaps of opportunities where you can showcase your skills and impress the panel. 

A friend of mine attended IIIT Allahabad and he shared a few anecdotes from his time there with me. His favorite teacher used to be Dr. Sanjai Singh. He used to teach many subjects from Optics to Digital Electronics to Quantum Mechanics. 

• His favorite topic was ‘Wave Theory’ which he intentionally used to mispronounce as ‘Babe Theory’. This used to be a laughing riot. 

• Out of 80 students, 7 chose Quantum Physics as their electives. He asked those students if they chose the subject on their own or it was imposed upon them. He also said, ‘They assigned this subject to me, but the syllabus is on MIT level. Let’s try and see if we can complete it.’ 
• For Digital Electronics he taught conversion from Binary to Decimal to Hexa for 3 weeks. And started a completely new topic afterward.
• He memorized the whole ASCII table and made everyone note it down from the blackboard by saying there will be questions in the examination from it. 

My friend was very fond of Dr. Singh and still reminisces about those days.

IIIT Allahabad works in synchronization with the main campus. The campus is decent and well maintained. But as it is still in its developing phase, some adjustments are still required. 

Below discussed points highlights some of the amenities available at the Amethi campus: 

• Facilities, Hostel, and Infrastructure: The campus is still under development, but electricity, water supply, internet connection, library, and food are as good as any other campus in India.

• Computer Lab: There are six computer labs with approximately 270+ students. In the first year, students need to share a computer with two people. Afterward, students get their computers.

• Laboratory: There is a Multi-purpose laboratory used for EDC, Microprocessor, and other subjects. It is not up to the mark, but practical is interesting.

• Sports: There is a basketball court, volleyball court, badminton court, gym, and table tennis.

• Hostel: There are a total of three hostels, out of which two are for boys, and one is for girls.
• A proper canteen is also there.

• Guest House: There is a well-maintained guest house for students to visit their family or loved ones.

• Auditorium: A place for extra-curricular activities like seminars, quiz competitions, debates, dance, music, and official introductions.

• Faculty: The faculty is the same as the main campus of IIIT Allahabad. This is the reason that the classes start from 10 AM to 5 PM with a lunch break of one hour.

It's situated in a village named Tikarmafi, which is 10 km from Amethi. So, the place is secluded, and the least facilities are available here.

At present, the students have to be in Amethi campus for the first three years, and in the last year (fourth year) they are shifted to the Allahabad campus. So, placements are not different in Amethi and Main campus.

There are no specific people who are left unacknowledged at IIIT Allahabad. Students like you and others, who have ever studied in IIITA, have never been appreciated for the prestigious job that they did to add up the reputation of the institute.

All students are the assets of any institute, but IIITA does not recognize all students through the same bar. Even the guards and administrative clerks get more value than the bright students in the form of alumni, who bring glory to the institute.

Management of College:

• The management of the college does not give worth to the alumni. Every alumnus desires to aid their Alma Mater. Many good coders and computer scientists have brought fame to this institute, because of which some of the good companies visit the campus and place the potential students.
• Most of the institutes have “Alumni Meets” to keep in touch with the alumni. The institutes give out awards to those who have achieved heights in society. Even the administration of IIITA never maintains the record of these alumni.

In IIITA, sportspersons are also not appreciated. The college is rigid in granting permissions to the sports team to go and participate in the tournaments. It is money-minded. Here, no one will pat the back of students even if they perform the best, be it sports or academics. Therefore, all students who in some or the other way contributed to the college are those unappreciated bunch.