Soniya Nair's Review On Sree Buddha College Of Engineering - [SBCE], Pathanamthitta

All kerala entrance examinationI had a rank of 13345I opted for this college because this college was near to my house and this college had a very good academic record. The number of students passing out each year was higher as compared to other private self financing colleges under kerala university.

The course was a 4 year course. I studied the 2008 scheme. The 1st year subjects and syllabus was common for all the branches. From 6th semester onwards we had to choose our elective subject from a list of atleast 5 subjects. But only 2 electives would be taught. The top 2 electives which majority of students prefer would be taught.

Instead of internship, we had to do our industrial training which was part of our syllabus. We had to undergo training for 7 days at any civil engineering related company. And then had to prepare an industrial training report, which would be subjected to questioning by the external examiner during course viva. The training could be done in groups of maximum 9 persons.

The placements were a bit problem for us. There were no civil engineering companies that would come to our college to provide job placement. The only other company that would come for the placement drive was HCL. But it was not of any use to me since I was a civil engineering student.

The biggest celebration was the technical fest named ASTRAL. Students from various technical colleges were invited. There were numerous competitions with a good amount of prize money. Then there would be the arts day.

As I had cleared the entrance examination and had secured a government seat, I had to pay a fees of ?35000 every year. The fees for management seat was ?65000. But now the fee structure has changed.

I am not aware of any such scholarship or loan. But, there might be some scholarship for students with good academic record coming from economically backward family.

The campus life was good with good relationship between the male and female students. The number of female students would be slightly high in each branch except in the mechanical branch. Ther ewould be workshops conducted on a regular basis with equal participation from both genders. There has never been a problem based on race, religion, politics or economic status. There was tolerence towards students coming from all sections of the society.

The alumni network is very active. Alumni is conducted every year with a large number of participation. The experience with the senior students has always been a good one. I have not been able to have such a specific interaction with any senior student at the alumni since I am out of station and was not able to attend any alumni.

The exam structure was not a big burden for us. The labs and regular examinations were conducted after giving reasonable time to prepare. The only problem arised for students with backlogs. They had to face exams in consecutive days. Otherwise exams were not such a burden as there was enough time to prepare for them.

The faculty was excellent. Almost all our teachers were former students of top engineering colleges including NIT's. Our dean was a former faculty at IIT madras. The teaching standards were at par with top government engineering colleges.