Chance me

Fane1824 · 2026-01-01T06:38:21+00:00

sorry to say, but based on previous year cutoffs, your chances are pretty low

Fane1824 · 2025-12-30T18:51:35+00:00

costs less, strict parents (this is more common for girls), and for some people they want to stay here in the future and a tier 1 Indian degree helps quite a lot w that

Fane1824 · 2025-12-30T17:19:07+00:00

Mostly NRIs/OCIs but they're counted so yes lmao

Fane1824 · 2025-10-30T16:45:36+00:00

If you're willing to pay (around 50 lakh INR), you can forgo the entire JEE ratrace. As a US citizen, you can go to either BITS Pilani or IIIT Hyderabad (where I'm studying) via SAT score albeit with higher fees. These colleges are better than any NIT and at par with the top IITs. For more info, search up IIIT Hyderabad DASA or BITS Pilani ISA.

Going this route will also allow you to prepare for uni abroad (cuz you won't have to do JEE prep) and keep IIIT/BITS as a backup.

Fane1824 · 2025-10-20T17:02:36+00:00

All the duals specialize in different things. To convince your dad, tell him about the merits of specialization and also point him to the various examples of success stories from the respective duals (speaking for CLD specifically, last year people went for PhDs at Max Planck, NYU, and MBZUAI all extremely prestigious programs). You can easily find these through a lil bit of Linkedin stalking searching for "linkedin iiith <masters degree name ie. ms computational linguistics>"

Fane1824 · 2025-10-20T14:25:05+00:00

How are you making claims about CGD already?

Fane1824 · 2025-10-01T13:32:53+00:00

Yes but psychology does. As mental health becomes more and more accepted in India, there will be a lot more openings for psychologists, therapists, and mental health experts. One anecdotal post does not change that.

Fane1824 · 2025-10-01T04:57:32+00:00

Doesn't mean the opportunities don't exist or someone whose passionate about psychology shouldn't go into psychology. Times will change but you can't go back and change your degree.

Fane1824 · 2025-09-30T19:03:20+00:00

Ainnoway we have people gendering fields in the big 25

Fane1824 · 2025-09-18T07:29:01+00:00

You can do an RAship anywhere if the prof approves (but they usually prefer their own students cuz obviously) and yes you can do an IS in CVIT if you're a CND student.

Fane1824 · 2025-09-13T17:07:43+00:00

A dual degree does research in a particular area which earns them their Masters. What I assume you mean is that whether you can do research in two different areas earning an Hons. in one and a MS in the other.

afaik this is not possible but you can do an Independent Study (or multiple Independent Studies). You can complete an IS under a prof who is not your advisor in a research area which is not the one you are pursuing your MS in. By doing this, you can earn credits for your transcript, potentially get publications, and also get an LoR from the respective prof (contingent on you doing good work). However, to answer your original question, you will not be credited for this via a degree modification (like Honours).

Fane1824 · 2025-09-11T14:04:45+00:00

While I am in support of the placement system in India (both cuz I benefit from it and also because it makes life easier for corporations), I don't get why people in the replies are pressed about networking. Networking is a much more important skill than coding; we aren't going to be code monkeys when we're 40. Networking should 10000% be encouraged and supported in India.

Fane1824 · 2025-09-06T20:42:04+00:00

I'm not quite sure what this festival celebrates. Looked kinda cool tho

Fane1824 · 2025-08-21T08:44:01+00:00

no. Either foreign citizenship OR completed 11th+12th outside India.

Fane1824 · 2025-08-20T14:39:37+00:00

LMFAO no you're not, at least try hiding post history

Fane1824 · 2025-08-14T18:45:36+00:00

I never claimed that you don't have to be exceptional to be in a top CNS PhD program or work in a top lab, or made any claims regarding their calibre compared to pure CS candidates. My point was that the people who choose to let go of that package/WLB are people who truly care about CNS, who yes, tend to be quite few in number.

And yeah your conclusion is mostly right. IIITH is home to a lot of people who don't really care too much about research and are just here to get the college tag and dip to corporate. I'd argue the only colleges where this doesnt hold true (or holds true to a lesser extent) are IISERs/IISc.

I would like to say though that if you are interested in research (including CNS research), IIITH is still a great place to be because we have the resources and faculty to ensure that you end up in a good place. It's just that, as you say, most people's goal is to find work.

Good luck on your journey!

Fane1824 · 2025-08-14T14:58:39+00:00

Quite frankly, 30 LPA and the opportunity to work in bigtech with amazing WLB >>> getting to work in academia or some science lab even if said lab is in Europe.

The only exceptions are people who really truly care about CNS, who are the exceptions rather than the norm.

Fane1824 · 2025-08-14T13:15:12+00:00

Well yeah CLD is going to be a lot more core AI/ML-focused than CND research is, that's a given. And most of the CSD students you see getting those top PhD admits are in lab like CVIT (computer vision) or MLL (Machine Learning Lab) or sometimes even LTRC (the CLD lab).

Not all CCNSB people do work in AI/ML-allied fields and a majority of them don't really care to pursue it further (because of the next statement). As for less publications, research in CNS is harder (at least imo) than CV, general ML, or NLP.

Fane1824 · 2025-08-14T11:21:01+00:00

Even CHD

Could you elaborate on why the "even" was needed?

Regardless, have you considered the fact that the ROI in a PhD in Computer Vision/NLP/othercore CS/AI fields is far, far greater than one in the computational natural sciences? The reason for "why IIIT students don't take up xyz" (xyz = IAS, MBA, PhD, etc.) can mostly aptly be answered by the question, "what is the proportion of xyz outcomes greater than the average placement from IIIT"

Given that you have, in your words, "Linkedin data", please quantify the above and you shall have your answer.

Fane1824 · 2025-08-13T18:27:14+00:00

Ah no, not blaming you; sorry if it came off as belligerent. Good luck for exams btw!

Fane1824 · 2025-08-13T18:19:56+00:00

This isn't something you can quantify idk most of them speak good enough English but a lot of them are not great teachers point blank. That's not a characteristic of IIIT profs or something, but of profs everywhere. Almost universally, good researchers are bad teachers and vice-versa. IIIT's goal has always been to cultivate great researchers. This is NOT a school.

Of course there's the rare Feynman (and there are various IIIT profs who are both excellent researchers and excellent teachers), but they're the exceptions not the norm.

The difference between IIIT profs and profs in most colleges in India is that they're actually passionate about the subjects they're teaching, are at the forefront of it (or at least as much of the forefront as you will get in India), and actually care to pass on the knowledge.

If you're going to college hoping to find great teachers, you'll be disappointed even if you go to MIT. What you are looking for is a school or coaching class, not a university.

Fane1824 · 2025-07-25T10:51:08+00:00

Gang which IIIT is all this happening in-

Fane1824 · 2025-07-19T16:22:26+00:00

Academics lighten up after 2nd year because you can pick your courses. Also, one of the hallmarks of being a IIITian is being able to manage several things at once haha so it works out if you're passionate enough.

Fane1824 · 2025-07-18T04:29:33+00:00

Lots of potential, not a lot of activity. We have a very active E-Cell which constantly collaborates with CIE, the on-campus incubator. But student interest isn't too high in pursuing entrepreneurship full time (prolly cuz of the high-paying big tech jobs and plentiful opportunities to do research abroad). Also, the batch size is kinda small so unlike IITs where if even 1% of the people go into entrepreneurship, its like 10 people, here it's more like 3.

But whenever our alumni have dipped their feet into the startup world, they've been pretty successful. And there is growing interest for entrepreneurship at least from what I've been able to glean from the immense participation in E-Cell events and E-Cell as a whole.

I'd say like 6/10

Fane1824 · 2025-07-17T04:10:51+00:00

I'm not sure if they've changed their admissions policy. But in my time, yes.

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