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What are the placement statistics of the department of Geology and Geophysics at IIT Kharagpur?
Around 90% of students in this department get placed. However, the core job offers are very limited and most of them go for other options. Some are doing research in our department from foreign universities. Last year the median salary package offered was around 18 LPA and the highest salary package was 38 LPA.
Top recruiters of this branch include
- Schlumberger
- ONGC
- Oil India
- Coal India
Core and non-core recruiters are TCS and Wipro which select interns from the Geology branch. Most students get placed in December itself and have some or other kind of job offers by the time college ends.
A number of students were awarded research fellowships from prestigious institutions like the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy, the DST-INSPIRE, etc.
Which is better for geology and geophysics, IIT Bombay or IIT Roorkee?
It’s difficult to get into IIT Bombay MSc Applied Geology because half of the seats are reserved and the intake is also very less.
As far as IIT Roorkee’s Applied Geology is concerned, don’t even bother going there. The faculty is very laid back with zero interest in teaching. The courses are taught with no practical approach and everyone can be found rote learning the concepts. No practical exams are conducted.
Academics
- The lab lectures are boring with no one to even teach sometimes and students waste their time there.
- Sometimes the subjects were taught via PPTs which were just played without any explanation.
- Math professor who had a Ph.D. in some math-related subject was the only one interested in teaching.
- The particular department has no learning environment.
Career prospects
- The career prospects are bleak for this department.
- Only 1 or 2 companies offer internships to earth science students at IITR
- Most offers are open to the integrated 5-year Geotechnology and Geophysical Technology students also who are preferred over the juniors obviously.
- Looking at the past records, non-placements or internship offers were made to these students
Anyone with a genuine passion for Geology should refrain from joining this course. Those who are after the IIT Tag is welcome to join it though.
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