Smart India Hackathon 2025
National Winner — 1 of 271 from 68,766 teams
Voice-based ticketing and real-time tracking solution for the Government of Punjab's public transport challenge.
See the curriculum.
Hear it from the students.
A side-by-side look at how Newton School of Technology builds engineers — and a space to ask anything to the people actually living it.No glossy brochure. No filter.
93%+
Paid internships secured
₹1.25L/m
Highest stipend secured
6
GSoC selections (Y1 students)
22
ICPC Chennai Regionals rank
B.Tech CSE · AI & ML · Ajeenkya DY Patil University · Pune
Curriculum
Real talk vs. brochure talk
Left: what's actually happening at NST, in plain language. Right: phrasing pulled straight from the way most engineering colleges market themselves. You decide.
NReal talk — at NST
·Brochure talk — typical engineering college
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How they teach
NReal talk
You ship your first project in week 2 of first sem. Theory shows up when you need it — you build first, theory follows. No 'studying CS' here. Just building it.
Brochure talk
Industry-aligned curriculum with hands-on lab components and final-year capstone projects.
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What you actually learn
NReal talk
DSA, frontend, backend, OOPS, ML, deep learning, CV, NLP, OS, computer architecture. The stack people actually use at work — not 2014's.
Brochure talk
Comprehensive computer science syllabus with elective specializations including AI/ML.
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Who teaches you
NReal talk
Instructors who shipped at Goldman Sachs, Siemens, ISRO last year. One of the profs is an ICPC World Finalist. Friday masterclasses with Swiggy's AVP, PhonePe's Head of Engineering, that kind of lineup.
Brochure talk
Highly qualified faculty with PhD credentials and decades of teaching experience.
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Internships
NReal talk
Sem 7 is a full-time, paid internship at a real company — built into the curriculum. Razorpay, Sarvam AI, ISB, Allen Digital, Zoomcar, PhysicsWallah. Highest stipend: ₹1.25L/month.
Brochure talk
Robust placement cell with 100% placement assistance and dedicated pre-placement training.
05
Outside class hours
NReal talk
ICPC bootcamps run by World Finalists. Six first-years into GSoC last cycle. Two on Linux LFX, $3K stipends. Hackathons happen monthly, not once a year.
Brochure talk
Vibrant student life with active technical clubs and an annual flagship hackathon.
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Going abroad
NReal talk
Tech immersions in Singapore, China, Estonia. Paid internships in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. HPAIR delegates at Harvard and Tokyo. Built in, not optional.
Brochure talk
International collaborations with global partner universities and exchange programs.
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After 4 years
NReal talk
Year 1: frontend. Year 2: full-stack + data. Year 3: ML or product. Year 4: a real job, a startup, or masters apps. The path is laid out.
Brochure talk
Strong placement record with reputed companies and graduate school admissions.
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How the course updates
NReal talk
The curriculum updates every cohort. First-years study slightly different stuff than second-years — because the seniors actually flagged what worked and what didn't.
Brochure talk
Continuously updated curriculum aligned with industry standards.
The right column quotes phrasing common across Indian engineering college websites and brochures — generic enough that no specific institution is named. Make your own comparison with the colleges you're actually considering.
Outcomes
The receipts: what NST students actually shipped
National hackathon wins, ICPC regional finals, GSoC selections, Linux Foundation mentorships — verified outcomes from the current cohort, not glossy claims.
ICPC Chennai Regionals 2025
Rank 22, Top 50 in India
Five NST teams qualified for Amritapuri & Chennai Regionals, advancing to ICPC Asia West Finals — one step from World Finals.
Google Summer of Code
6 first-year students selected
Average stipend ₹2.3 lakhs at Google's most prestigious open-source program.
Linux LFX Mentorship
Two NST students, $3000 stipend
Saumya Kumar and Agnik Mishra (NST 2024 batch) joined the Linux Foundation's mentorship program.
India AI Impact Festival 2025
Smartly BEE — Industrial Innovation winner
Himanshu Dubey's AI-powered voice intelligence platform won the AI Impact Creators category, awarded by Intel's MD.
NEC 2025 — IIT Bombay E-Cell
Top 5 of 4,000+ teams nationwide
NST team advanced through every elimination round at IIT Bombay's National Entrepreneurship Challenge finals.
Paid internships by our students
93%+ placement rate, certified by IIM Ahmedabad's auditors.
Independently audited by B2K Analytics. Stipend figures cover the current internship cycle across the active cohort.
93%+
Internship placement rate
₹1,25,000/m
Highest stipend secured
₹40,714
Top 10% interns avg. monthly
₹23,066
Average earned monthly
Hiring partners — current cohort
RazorpayDRDOZoomcarIIT RoorkeeSarvam AIAllen DigitalUniversity of EssexISBRocketiumPhysicsWallah
Industry faculty
Taught by people who built the systems you'll use.
Plus weekly masterclasses with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and ICPC World Finalists.
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Gaurav Gehlot
Ex-Software Engineer
Goldman Sachs
KD
Krushn Dayshmookh
Ex-Software Engineer
Siemens
GS
Gurpreet Singh
Ex-Scientist
ISRO
SM
Shreyas Malewar
Data Scientist
USC
DG
Deepak Gour
ICPC World Finalist · Lead Instructor
NST Pune
FAQ
The questions everyone asks first
Quick answers to what comes up in nearly every counselling conversation. Anything missing? Drop it into the chat below — a current student will reply.
A 4-year B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering with an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning specialisation, awarded by Ajeenkya DY Patil University (UGC approved, A-grade NAAC accredited) and powered by Newton School of Technology's industry-led curriculum.
It's structured year-by-year as Build → Innovate → Achieve → Succeed. You ship projects from semester one, layer in full-stack, ML, deep learning and systems by year three, and dedicate the entire fourth year to a 1-year industry internship, research, or your own startup.
A blend of full-time industry faculty (engineers from Goldman Sachs, Siemens, ISRO, plus an ICPC World Finalist as Lead Instructor at NST Pune) and weekly masterclasses with leaders like Swiggy's AVP, PhonePe's Head of Engineering, and senior Apple/Google/OpenAI speakers.
93%+ of students secure paid internships by their second year (certified by B2K Analytics, IIM Ahmedabad's placement auditors). Highest stipend recorded is ₹1,25,000/m. Average earned is ₹23,066/m, with the top 10% averaging ₹40,714/m. Hiring partners include Razorpay, Sarvam AI, Allen Digital, ISB, Zoomcar, PhysicsWallah, and DRDO.
Five NST teams qualified for ICPC Regionals 2025; one secured Rank 22 at Chennai and advanced to ICPC Asia West Finals. Six first-year students were selected for Google Summer of Code, and two joined the Linux Foundation's LFX Mentorship Program with a $3,000 stipend.
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Per semester: ₹1,56,250 tuition + ₹50,000 upskilling fees. Semester 1 also has a ₹50,000 seat block fee and ₹50,000 refundable caution deposit (so ₹3,06,250 in S1, ₹2,06,250 in every semester after). Hostel & mess starts at ₹1.1–1.2 lakhs per semester and is updated by 31st May 2026.
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