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How is the Geoinformatics course at Anna University?

Aishwarya Murali

01 Dec 22

The most important factor you should consider before opting for this course is your own interest in this field. If you are a fan of computer programming, then this course is perfect for you. Some features of this course are:

As far as the placements are considered, many IT companies visit for bulk placements and recruit Geoinformatics students. One of the core companies that comes for placements is ESRI India.
As this center serves as an industry and an educational institute, you will have a lot of practical exposure.
The faculty are from diverse backgrounds who are specialized in applying the Geospatial Technology to their respective domains.

So this course will be very beneficial in the long run.

For MSc in Geology, which will be the better option? IIT Roorkee or ISM Dhanbad?

Aditi Roy

15 Apr 23

The choice of the Institute depends on where your interest lies. If you want to study core Geology, then 3-year MSc(tech) course is an excellent option. Both the institutes have below-average core placements with ISM fairing a tad bit better. Irrespective of the Institute and branch, to secure placements you need to be among the top rankers.

My cousin had to choose between IIT Kharagpur‘s MSc in Geophysics and ISM’s MSc(tech) in Geology. She went for Geophysics eventually as he did not consider it wise to waste 3-years in a post-graduate program. In Fact, many of her batchmates dropped IIT Roorkee’s geology and went for Geophysics at IIT KGP. They did not find the teaching and quality of education at IIT Roorkee’s Geology branch as per IIT standards.

I would suggest you go for ISM. But if you too share the same opinion as mine and don’t want to waste 3 years, go for Roorkee and prepare for GATE from the start.

IIT Bhubaneswar or NIT Rourkela which one should choose for a Geology Master's?

Sriparna Banerjee

16 Aug 22

NIT Rourkela is better for a Masters in Geology. It offers better facilities. Geology department has well-equipped labs with latest technologies. The campus has an active research environment. There is cutting-edge ongoing research in the field of Earth and Atmospheric Science.

Although NIT Rourkela is the better option in terms of academics and research culture, IIT Bhubaneswar has a locational advantage. Due to this advantage, it's easier to get projects and placement opportunities.

How is geology in IIT Bhubaneswar ?

Priti Bansal

13 Aug 20

Very few IITs in India offer Geology and all of them follow the same curriculum. The faculties at IIT Bhubaneswar is well qualified and experienced. Given below are a few advantages of choosing geology at IIT Bhubaneswar:-

One of the parts of the IIT Bhubaneswar campus is close to Chilka lake, which is used for ocean and navel geology based courses, it is probably the only IIT in the country with such practical facilities available.
Being one of the most culturally effervescent cities in the country and having a tropical savanna climate, Bhubaneswar is the most suitable for the field of climate and ocean research.
There are a large number of elective courses of the geology department that are available in IIT Bhubaneswar with a few notable ones being Glacial Geoscience, Modelling and Stimulation, and many others. There are about 11 elective courses in MSc Geology each having 3 contact hours and 3 credits and divided between semesters(I and II) and (III and IV). The first two semesters have courses like environmental earth sciences and the 3rd and 4th semesters have courses like organic geochemistry.