The basic objective of creating cut off is to select the best students out of all those who appeared in entrance exam. Only those students who manage to clear the IIT Ropar Cut Off are allowed to face the next stages of admission process which involves counselling and seat allotment. In case you fail to grab scores up to the bench mark, you will get released from the admission procedure. And if you secure marks equal to or more than the cut off limit, your name gets included in the merit list.
When your aim is to get into IIT Ropar, it is not enough for you to just know the current year’s cut off. Rather it is very important for you to know the IIT Ropar Cut Off trends and for that you have to study and compare last year’s cut off ranks. Studying the last years cut off give you an idea about the range of opening and closing ranks. Let me provide you with a comparative study of IIT Ropar Cut off of last 2 years.
Branch | Category Wise Opening Ranks of 2016 and 2015 (respectively) | |||||||
General | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Computer Science and Engineering | 898 | 1078 | 544 | 662 | 361 | 475 | 477 | 177 |
Electrical Engineering | 2941 | 2820 | 1439 | 1572 | 570 | 643 | 913 | 378 |
Civil Engineering | 4965 | – | 2306 | – | 1014 | – | 1235 | – |
Mechanical Engineering | 2995 | 3260 | 1427 | 1774 | 717 | 830 | 1029 | 457 |
Mechanical Engineering (Dual Degree) | 4666 | 4306 | 2095 | 2109 | 1156 | 840 | 1156 | 423 |
With this comparative study, we can conclude that 2016 cut off is higher than 2015. This might be because of the fact that the difficulty level of JEE this year was greater as compared to JEE 2015. So, you might have to put even more efforts to win over the cut off list of IIT Ropar next time.
About IIT Ropar
Let’s now talk something about IIT Ropar, also called as IIT-RPR. IIT Ropar was ranked 9th in National Institutional Ranking Framework that was published by Ministry of Human Resource Development, in April 2016. On July 23, 2008, IIT Ropar started functioning from its temporary campus at IIT Delhi. At that time IIT RPR had only 40 students in each of the 3 B.Tech programs of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical engineering. IIT Delhi is also the mentor institute of IIT Ropar. The temporary campus of IIT Ropar is former Women’s Polytechnic, Rupnagar. The academic and administration buildings of the Women’s Polytechnic are completely renovated to accommodate all the requirements of the Institute. It has all the basic infrastructure to run Academic programmes specially designed by IIT Delhi. The transit campus is equipped with state of art lecture halls along with well-maintained playgrounds to nurture the bright minds and enhance their overall development. Special emphasis is laid to set up advanced laboratories to help students gain practical insight of the courses that are the part of their curriculum.
Academics of IIT RPR
You should know that the curriculum followed at IIT Ropar provides for a science-based engineering education. It facilitates broad-based knowledge acquisition and, simultaneously, nurtures a temper for lifelong learning and exploration. Students are encouraged to go beyond the classroom to conduct and carry out independent work by means of research projects, guided reading, and by allowing them to join the research activities undertaken by faculty members. The idea behind such a fashioning of the curriculum is the belief that classroom activities must be supplemented by independent study.
IIT Ropar follows a semester-based credit system. The prominent feature of the credit system is the process of continuous evaluation of a student’s performance and the flexibility to allow a student to progress at an optimum pace suited to his/her ability or convenience, subject to fulfilling minimum requirements for continuation. A minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) is necessary for satisfactory progress and continuation in the programme.
Placements and Packages
Till now, 71 students have got placed from IIT Ropar campus. However, 2016 gave better placements figures to IIT RPR then 2015. An average package of over 12 lakh per annum was offered with an increase of 10 per cent as compared to the last placement season. Some of the major recruiters of 2016 are:
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- PayPal
- Arista Networks
- Larsen & Toubro
- Mahindra & Mahindra
- Tata Motors
- Coal India Limited
- Anglo Eastern Ship Management
- Steel wedge
- Axtria
- Click Labs
Adding to the list of things you will find in IIT Ropar, there are various societies and clubs as well to promote extra-curricular activities. The Fine Arts Club, The Music Society, The Dance Club, LitSoc- the Literary Society, The Chess Club, The Athletics Club, The Creative Writing Club, Science and Technology Club, and many more are some of the clubs which are managed by the respective student representatives and a secretary.
You can experience all this and get placed in a successful firm once you get your name enrolled in IIT Ropar. Don’t wait anymore and start preparing for JEE Advanced to grab a good rank and clear the IIT Ropar Cut off, so that you can officially enter the premises of IIT RPR.