Dear aspirant,
As you have mentioned that you want to know about which year does autocad is taught for civil engineering students in nit/iit so let me tell you that autocad is taught in 1st year or 2nd year depending upon the college you choose.
So, as per my view you need to keep a laptop as you are going to college. You would need the laptop for these kind of softwares.
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