LIFE AT RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA UNIVERSITY

The application form is available on the RKMVERI website just filled the form and apply for the course. The eligibility of the course is 50% marks needed in the B.Sc course and anyone from any discipline from B.Sc can apply to the course of Agriculture and Rural Development. During the time of admission, it is needed only 150 rupees to fill out the form.

The course which I have chosen is agriculture and Rural Development which have given me an opportunity to get in dept knowledge about the society and the people of different communities and it is needed to have knowledge about the rural areas as 60% of the people resides in the rural areas. I especially wanted to explore the new societies and communicate with the new communities, especially the tribal communities that's why I am taking the course. All of the faculty members used smart methods to teach and they offered a good field exposure to the student which helped to develop them as a development professional. The student-faculty ratio is good, each and every student are given full care and attention

The university has given me the opportunity to do an internship at Child in Need Institute a leading NGO in India as well as in West Bengal where I have learned how to work on a project, especially in women and child development and it also helped me to enhance my documentation skill.

There is a placement cell in the university which is dedicated to providing placement to all of the students of the course. Mostly the placement is at NGO sectors and it provides placement of on an average 30 thousand per month.

The university course is quite affordable to all the students from all backgrounds as it is only 36000 per year. It also assisted students in getting scholarships like Swami Vivekananda Merit cum means scholarship, Single Girl child scholarship etc which is helpful for the students.

Life on campus is very good. It is a very disciplined campus life as it follows the ideology of Vivekananda. The classes have all smart setup. The university gives the opportunity the students to participate in extracurricular activities and explore themselves.

There is a written as well as a Personal Interview session. Based on the marks of these two one can be shortlisted. I had prepared for admission by following the syllabus that the university has given and it is a basic preparation which consists of rural development programs, agriculture-related issues in India