Questions Asked On Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore

Acharya is known for its stunning infrastructure. If you want to look into the academic section, then the views will be completely different for each department.

Departments: 

• Information Science and the Computer Science department are some of the best wings in AIT.
• CS and IS faculty are better as there is a distinct expose of knowledge if compared to the department of E&C.
• Other departments like Mechanical, BT, E&E, Mechatronics are ordinary.
• It doesn't matter which branch you will choose. You will only do great if you are truly interested in it.

Faculty:

• Expert faculties and most importantly the HOD, who is one of the best personalities you will ever meet in your life. 
• The higher management is quite helpful as they will assist you in every problem.
• In engineering, if you want to learn something, you need to learn it on your own. Faculties will only guide you on the right path.

Fees:

• The college fee structure and hostel fees is quite high as compared to other private colleges. 

Placement:

• Most of the companies recruit students for IT sector from branches like CS and IS.
• A very few companies come for core branches but most of the companies allow all the departments for the placement.

Overall, the Acharya Institute of Technology is a potential choice.

From the given list of institutions, NITTE Meenakshi is highly recommended over the rest of the institutes.

Following are some reasons why you should choose NITTE Meenakshi.

• It has a great campus with decent placement records, an excellent crowd, and above-average faculty.
• The fact that it is an autonomous institution is like a cherry on the cake as the students don't have to face problems faced by VTU students. Being an autonomous university, it offers a great curriculum, student diversity, and modern infrastructure. 
• The only con is the location which is away from the city, but there is good connectivity to the college.

Given below is a brief overview of the five institutes. 

So, on the basis of the above-highlighted information, it is safe to say NITTE Meenakshi is a better alternative.

Acharya Institute of Technology is affiliated with VTU which holds a lot of value, unlike Bangalore University. Good or bad depends upon what course the student is choosing. 

Study:

• AIT has enough major courses to choose from as per your own interest. 
• The discipline is pretty strict when it comes to attendance and stuff but otherwise, the students can enjoy it a lot if they stay within their limits.
• One of the good things is the college conducts lots of different workshops for the students so that the students can get to know the different technologies that are being used in the industry or are in demand. 

Campus:

• The campus itself is pretty big spread over 100 acres.
• College also provides hostel facilities which are chargeable and free WiFi 
• It has a decent canteen with various eateries available around the college premises.
• The only problem is the transposition. If you want to roam around, it is difficult as it is not that much connected to the main city.

Placement:

• Many renowned companies come for placements, but most of them are for IT. 
• Core companies for EEE, Mech do also come but they are very few in numbers. 

The table shows a brief overview of the institution:

Overall, Acharya Institute is a great college for engineering. Ragging is prohibited, faculties are well informed, infrastructure is fabulous, and the environment is wonderful.

Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology is an autonomous college whereas Acharya Institute of Technology is VTU affiliated. Both of the colleges have excellent infrastructure, but NMIT is considerably far from the city centre as compared to Acharya.

Placement:

• Students of NMIT get placed into some good companies with some hefty packages. 
• Average packages are around 6 to 10 lacs in NMIT which is good for a tier 2 college. 

Faculty:

• The faculty for EC and CS is good in both the colleges.
• Most of them are PhD holders in their particular field and some are pursuing it. 

Department:

• Life in the EC department of NMIT is not much happening. 
• CS department in NMIT has the best scenario, a good package, and chilled out faculty.

The table shows a brief overview of the institutions:

NMIT is a good pick but placement wise AIT is better. Overall, the Acharya Institute of Technology is the potential choice. 

A friend of mine stayed at the HKG Hall of Residence at Acharya Institute. Some of the important aspects of the hostel life at Acharya Institute according to his experience are as follows. 

• The double sharing hostel rooms are priced at INR 1.1 and INR 1.47 Lakh per annum respectively.
• The rooms are spacious and come with attached bedding, storage facilities, and lights. 
• The quality of food available in the hostel mess can be better. 
• In some cases, the food items either get over within 15 to 20 minutes of being served, and at other times a huge quantity of food gets wasted.
• However, not everyone comes here for wasting food and recouping money thereafter.
• The majority of the occupiers of the hostel are students of 1st year, whereas most of these students move out of the hostels into individual accommodations or PG room services once they are through 2nd year.
• The hostel environment, room-mates, and fellow students will have a direct impact on your study and personal experience.
• It is essential to learn to develop your own skills while living in the hostel and studying at the institute in order to ensure progress.

However, considering all the above factors, you should make a firm decision while choosing the hostels. As your main aim is to study & develop new learning skills for career growth while living in the hostel and wasting your money should not be your priority.

The CSE or Computer Science Engineering course is a 4 year undergraduate programme.

All the three colleges are affiliated to VTU- Visvesvaraya Technological University and are located in Karnataka.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of all the institutes:

Acharya Institute of Technology:

Eligibility criteria: Candidates must have passed in 10+2 with 45% marks in aggregate in Physics, Mathematics and any one of the following: Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Electronics, AIT. One has to also clear the KMAT exam.

Placements: The top recruiting companies are Pingala Software, Cognizant, HCL, Hiver, HSBC, Excelacom, Edureka, Chainanalytics, Accord Software, Byju's, Sunrise Systems, Indiamart Company, TATA AIG, Subex, Mindtree, Capgemini, L&T Infotech, Tavant Technologies, TCS, Hewlett Packard, Wipro and Infosys.

Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology:

Eligibility criteria: Candidates must have cleared their 12th standard examination from any recognised board and CET entrance test.

Internships: The internship opportunities are quite well where students are paid around Rs. 30000 per month in companies like Juniper Networks, Betsol and Infosys.

Placements: Top recruiting companies for placements are TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Wipro, CGI, Betsol, Juniper Networks, IBM, Cognizant, Subex etc. and the top roles offered are System Engineer trainee and Software Engineer trainee.

NMAM Institute of Technology:

Eligibility criteria: 10+2 standard examination along with CET entrance test.

Placements: The top recruiters were Oracle Cloud Services, Analytics Quotient, Wipro, Infosys, Bosch, Dell, Accenture, Juniper, Nutanix, TCS, HP Enterprise India, Amazon, MindTree, Robosoft Technologies, CapGemini, Mercedes Benz, Infotech, Siemen and the top role offered was of associate software developer.

The CSE department at the Acharya Institute of Technology, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology and NMAMIT have placement rates of 49%-100% with 60-70% entrance of core companies. Admission to these institutes can be made with KCET or COMED-K scores.

The table below will highlight a comparison between the three institutes on the basis of CSE:

Other factors contributing to preference of these colleges are as follows:

Admission requirements:

Students aiming to apply to AIT, NMAMIT, or Dr Ambedkar's CSE must have 10+2 with 45-50% marks along with KCET score for all three colleges.

Placements:

• Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology has seen about 46% of recruitment by Amazon being the highest percentage of 2019. The highest package offered is 11 LPA. Another major recruiter with Ambedkar Institute is TCS.
• Acharya Institute of Technology's CSE department saw 80%-85% placement for the 2020 batch from the final year of 145 students. In 2019, the highest package offered by MuSigma Business Solutions ltd was INR 21 LPA.
• NMAMIT's CSE department saw 100% placement with international recruitments by Nutanix, Nissan Kiko, Yupiteru etc.

Special facts about the curriculum:

• The curriculum of NMAMIT and Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology is lesser due to its autonomous status and revision of syllabus every four years.
• Students willing to get placed at NMAMIT CSE should have a CGPA of 8.25 without any backlogs with 70% and above in 10th and 12th levels to be recruited by Infosys, Accenture, TCS, Cognizant, Robosoft or Tech Mahindra at an average Package of INR 3.6 LPA.

Faculty and Infrastructure:

• AIT infrastructure includes a 10,000 seater stadium; a 36,000 sq ft Acharya Learning Resource Centre, and smart classrooms; NMAMIT has the 5000 seater Sadanand Hall.
• The average experience of the faculty at Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology is 16 years- 24 years and have presented more than 30 papers as a department.