In a fashion similar to the other top engineering colleges of the nation, more than 80 percent of the students of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar get placed in big companies every year and 2016 clashes between the students have no effect on this number.
Director NIT, Professor Rakesh Sehgal said: "students are getting enrolled in the same number as they used to get earlier."
“In NIT, students hail from different regions of the country where the situation is different from Kashmir but does not affect what is happening inside the campus. Students focus more on academics and less time is left for them to concentrate on other issues as they keep their mind busy”.
Shegal told that there are 12 different departments in the NIT and every year 550 undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. students get enrolled in the institution. “For the students of J&K, there is 50 per cent home quota and this institution has more than 80 per cent placement,ʼʼ he said and added that in order to get enrolled in a big company they must check whether the student is eligible or not and if he has cleared all the seven semester exams with minimum 6.50 to 7 per cent (grade points).
Director further said "Centre government has recently approved Rs 100 crores under Prime Minister Development Program for the improvement of hostel facilities, sports, and infrastructure. Under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Program Rs 15 crore will be spent for the exposure of students and teaching faculties and up gradation of other facilities."