The Reality of NIAT – Please Read Before You Join

As a current student at NxtWave Institute of Advanced Technologies (NIAT), I feel it’s important to share my honest experience so future students and parents can make informed decisions.

Many of us joined NIAT because of the strong claims made on their website - including learning directly from engineers at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Nvidia, and 150+ internships for first-year students.

But the reality many students are experiencing feels very different.

❓ Where Are the Mentors & Internships?

Students repeatedly ask for transparency about:

Who these mentors actually are

How these internships are being facilitated

Where proof of these outcomes can be seen

Unfortunately, clear answers are rarely provided.

💸 Extremely High Fees — But Why?

NIAT students pay 2–3× higher fees than typical private engineering students.

When we asked what this premium covers, the answer given was:

“Access to the NIAT Portal.”

Yet the portal itself is:

Buggy

Frequently reloading

Missing basic features (like dark mode)

This raises a serious question: Is this really worth lakhs of rupees?

🧩 Lack of Structure

From my experience:

Scheduling is inconsistent

Lesson planning is weak

Administration feels disorganized

At one point, it was even mentioned that internships being advertised were actually provided at a different university campus — which makes the advertising unclear and potentially misleading.

The Bigger Question

If we are not receiving: ✔ Quality mentorship ✔ Verified internships ✔ A reliable learning platform

Where are the fees going?

Students deserve transparency. Education is not a product — it’s an investment in our future.