JOSAA Counselling tips from IIT prof: Department or Dream Institute?

Many students face the dilemma of giving preference to the Department or their dream institute at the time of JOSAA counselling. In this video I share some tips to help them resolve this dilemma.

The overall advice here is: Give preference to the Department because that is what students will have to study and build their career in. If they are not fundamentally interesting in the Department they choose just to be in their dream institute they are in all likelihood going to regret their decision later.

The points I put forward are based on what I had seen myself when I was an undergraduate student at IIT Kharagpur and also as a faculty members over the past few years at IIT Kharagpur.

This video is part of a YouTube playlist where I give various general advice to students at different levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD):

Video by: Dr Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur

Disclaimer: I am a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. However, the views expressed in this video are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my Department or my Institute.

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[ahead]

I appreciate the fact that we do have a proffeser from IIT who guides us to right path in this fantasized computer science world where branch selection is based on "scope" and money.

[mohuachatterjee]

Among plethora of videos mostly focusing on the CTC packages, I found your video . Being a mother, I feel relieved that we have taken a right decision giving importance to the department and acumen of the student rather than the institution.
Sir, Thank you so much for giving such honest and sincere suggestion to the students. It's really helpful.

[weirdbutgood]

I don't know if it's coincidence or not, but I got IIT Kharagpur Mechanical in mock allocation round 2 and discovered your channel. Thanks for your insight, Sir.

[jeeadvanced]

nostalgia one year back :D .fortunate to study mechanics of solids under you in iit kgp.sir your way of teaching is just ❤❤

[ahead]

Engineering isn’t about civil, mechanical, CSE, etc. Engineering is all about providing optimal and sustainable solutions to society’s needs.

[priti]

Thank you Prof. JC for clearing the most common misconception about chemical engineering. In fact at both, research and fundamental levels, there is a significant overlap between the two disciplines. I hope aspiring ChemE students benefit from this information of yours!

[ashusingh]

Sir honestly speaking from my heart, I respect your guidance and opinions par hume toh paisa kamana hai (mostly) ...in order to support our family... that's why we prefer Cse or MnC...instead of "do what you love" we are going for "love what you need to do" approach...which is not bad at all..instead very LOGICAL...atleast for financially tight families

[daywill]

Best video I could ever have found on this topic. No beating around the bush, straight and to the point. Thanks a lot sir... with plenty of opinions going around, I was very confused but i am glad i took the right decision.

[yeshfeenfatima]

This is so informative. Thank you so much professor. Really admire this channel.

[binaymetiya]

Sir, I strongly appreciate your view..interest in the department is very much needed to succeed but most of the career counselors are guiding students and guardians to opt for the dream institute rather than departments..they say you can change departments after one year/you can do MBA after btech/you can participate in placement from any departments/ you will get best environment in dream college and your life will be smooth whatever department you choose/ you will get good placement only for tag/ you can learn coding from other sources whatever department you choose and sit for students are regretting following their admission in iit and nit only for tag and not showing interest in the department is a big mistake

[Well_done_IITD]

This is failure of IIT admission system. Department allotment must be done after first year when students have some knowledge about branches, scope and liking.

[VENKAT]

Nice video Sir. Many Mechanical, Civil and Chemical Engineers are jobless even they passed out fom IITs/NITs in their core fields. So it is making us to go for CSE/ECE to even in any private institutes to get a nice jobs in IT fields.

[sukritdass]

Honestly speaking these were the exact steps which I did before taking up my major. Excellently put up.

[devmishra-iitroorkee]

I feel blessed because I am listening to the right at the right time... Thank you sir🥰🥰😘

[SurajKumar-kqcf]

Hello sir if possible can you make a video on mechanical engineering and chemical engineering differences and similarities??..
Glad to see an iitian Professor helping us out in this process ..thank you sir🙏🙏

[Starshine_Swastika]

This is the problem exactly
People (not only students, but everyone) are crazy about two things : IIT Bombay and CS engineering
They don't even study CS in their +2 if it is available in their school, just to get good marks in boards or JEE
They might not be interested in that, but go because of pressure from all sides "as they scored so high they should go for CS because it is least available for others so why leave this opportunity"
My friend is also crazy for IITB irrespective of whatever branch she gets. May she get the right subjects, she worked so hard, she seems to be unaware of her interests

[yourfriend]

This video literally Opened my Mind, Thank you Sir now I got a clarity on counseling.

[rajat_vishwa]

Sir I'm very much interested in the engineering physics branch (I could get it in IIT Mandi/BHU), but due to placement issues in that branch people are suggesting me to go for mechanical. What should I really take? (I like and already do coding)

[competitivedoubt]

The way you explained it, it felt like if you are our personal guide, it's great 😊😊

[sachinvarma]

thank you so much sir, i was very much confused before