DTU: a good life

I chose civil engineering because of my rank, I was eligible for it. Although I wanted electrical & communication. The course was well planned and barring a few professors, the rest were not at all interested in teaching but availing their salaries on time. I believe, except few subjects within the course, I was not at all prepared for the real life application. However, college ecosystem trained me well for the society and handling real life challenges. At the end, it is about how much you learn within college than really in the classes. And for that, DTU is a fablous place.

College did not provide me much internship opportunities. But it was quite easy to get outside because of the college name. I did internship in HEICKO in soil testings and DMRC. It was lovely to be here.

There were multiple companies coming in and out throughout the season. Although, IT related branches enjoyed much of it but few core branches enjoyed excellent placements as well. I planned for government services after degree.

Okay the annual fees was 75000 in the first year. Subsequently, it decreased to 68000 for next two years and in the final year, it was just 62000. However, post 2017, I have read that the fees have cross 1.5-2 lakh barrier which I believe is not jusitified. There was hostel fees of 25000 annually along with 3000 monthly mess bills. There were availability of student loans from SBI DCE branch, which was situated within the college. The process was very simlified. There were some scholarships as well. I did not opt to sit in any placements but it did provide excellent scholarships, especially for IT related branches. Within core, that it, civil and mechanical and electrical, it was better than expected.

There was a two semesters hence two annual exams, preceded by Mid semester exams. It was quite a nice period where we interacted with all fellows as well. College had cultural fest called engifest and technical fest called Encastrer. Both had significant footfalls and attracted college students from across Delhi-NCR. The clubs cultures within the college was also prominent. There was a club for everyone needs and desires. And more or less everybody was involved here or somewhere else. There is excellent sports infrastructure as well.

Hostels were quite spacious and clean. The mess food was very average but they had options of ice-creams and shakes which was the highlights during the summers. Mess food was more or less same. I also lived in rented accommodations, which was not cheap. But we had multiple options of the cheaper food delivery, usually, a house canteens sort of things. But it was much much better than college mess food.

The admission process started two years ago, when I entered in 11th class. The next two years were hectic and quite difficult, where I was learning and failing to juggle studies, homework, pressure and teenage hoods. Because of the CCE enacted by Congress, they had some provisions for also considering 12th percentage in the overall rank. Since I scored well in 12th, my rank became more or less favourable for the admission. Application form was available online on their website, fees was very nominal and dates was also quite long.