Vivek Tahiliani's Review On Amity University, Kolkata

It is a good place to be in. The crowd is very vast and more or less tolerant. Students politics is banned, so this place is politically calm. The region is quite green and has an awesome landscape. The college is trying to upgrade to all the facilities in which it is lacking.

You must have a valid score in CAT/MAT and a minimum of 50% in graduation. There after you will be called for a round of group discussion and interview. Final selected candidates are called.

Both theoretical and practical methods are used to teach the students. We have one faculty member for every four students which is quite impressive. We are taught what the industry and the outside world requires from us and we do have industrial visits to the nearby industries. The course curriculum is useful.

A maximum number of students have got their internships from our college. The highest stipend offered was rupees 30,000 per month, lowest stipend offered was rupees 10,000 per month and the average stipend offered was rupees 15,000 per month.

Overall, the placements are good. About 60-70% of the eligible students get an offer. Last year, the highest package offered was 18 lakhs by Flipkart. The average salary ranges from 3.75 - 4.25 lakhs. A whole lot of companies visit the campus for placements, the popular ones being Mercedes (which hired 25 students last year, providing a stipend of 6 lakhs to most of them), Flipkart and other MNCs.

Our college has been organising extra circular activities like atl lab where innovative ideas from different students are understood easily and provide them with the required guidance until they complete their task.

Fees for MBA is very high which comprises to be 12 lacs approximately but the ROI is comparatively good.

Scholarship is granted on annual basis and continuation in second and further years of the program is subject to scholarship policy. To continue availing 100% scholarship students must secure position in top 5% of the merit list for the program. For continuation of 50% scholarship, students will have to secure position in top 10% of the merit list for the program.

The classrooms and labs are very good. Most of the classes have ACs and labs are well-ventilated. Sports, games, and fitness facilities are top-notch. There are many basketball courts, lawn tennis courts, and 2 badminton courts.

There are table tennis rooms in every hostel. The hostel rooms in most blocks are very good, except a few very old ones. They are very clean. The Wi-Fi speed isn't that great and leaves you disappointed at times. There many messes and a food court for eating. The messes are good, but the food court is unpredictable. It can be awesome at times and sometimes bad too.

Alumni meets are there every year where the alumni are asked to describe their perspective about the importance this college holds in shaping up their career.

Because of the exams, the course is sometimes too hectic to handle. Tests, quizzes, viva, practicals, assignments, live projects are all part of the evaluation.

The faculty is a mixed bag. Some are very good and some are not. The teaching methodology is somewhat primitive. Sometimes the teachers are rude. But they are quite helpful if you have a genuine problem. As for the qualification of the teachers, a good number of them have done Ph.D. and most are post-graduates.