In-Depth College Review for JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, OOTY

The curriculum is very relevant. They have all the facilities for the betterment of practical skills for a Pharmacy student. Professors are always enthusiastic to teach you about new lab techniques and equipments. For every lab , they have lab assistants and also they teach about particular drugs and how to prepare Herbal and Allopathic medicines and the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of each drug. They should have book bank facility in the library. They should provide a proper study leave before exams and not engage classes for all. They should keep updating their portal for the students. Also they should provide more professional grooming to the students. They should form clubs for every activity be it Literary, culturals, sports, etc. Honestly there's no club here except for NSS and Blood Donation Camp. There is definitely a need for improvement in many fields but otherwise they have latest installed interactive panels but Wifi connection in hostels needs lot of improvement.

Students are eligible for campus placements from the 8th semester of Bpharm only. There's no internship but there is Practice School for the students. There are placement opportunities and they prioritise the students who want to do job after course completion in comparison to those who want to study further. The faculties personally help the students to get jobs in their desired fields. Average package for B.pharm students has been 4 lakhs per year or per annum. They have good Alumni network and interaction which aids in creating the employment opportunities for the current students. The faculties are very understandable and helpful in terms of job placement opportunities and they have personal strong contacts and communications in the field. The professors are highly skilled and experienced and they also have Industrial experience and contacts so this might help the students for their betterment.

Every Year Tata Scholarship is provided by the company. The College Alumni pays 20,000 to top 3 from each class in B.pharm and the only topper in Pharm.D. one thing if concern is that they increased the hostel fee without any circular l and no such special facilities has been provided. There's no such campus employment for B.pharm students. Hostel Fees is high in comparison to the facilities provided. Also a student from any other state except South India should compromise with the food habits and menu in the hostel. I'd rather suggest to take a house on rent and stay outside. There are too many timing restrictions. Even if you come five minutes late from outing to the college, the Gatekeepers will complaint about you to the hostel warden. This happens only for girls. You can't cook inside and also you cannot order food from outside. Hostel incharges are not very polite and considerate. There's a Head warden who is also H.OD. of analysis Dept. There are 2 male wardens for the hostel.

There is absolutely no campus life. Wearing short dresses can be a problem. Usually the population here wears covered dresses. They conduct NATIONAL PHARMACY WEEK CELEBRATIONS once a year which is the biggest function annually for 7 days. Also Ganesh Chaturthi, Pongal and Karthigai Deepam is celebrated. They have an annual sports day once a year for 2 days. Some literary competitions are held every month. The library needs improvement and they should provide a book bank facility. There are no cultural clubs except for a Blood Donation Camp club, NSS club and Media Club which is renewed every year. They provide a student portal which is well functioning and also they keep updating it from time to time. All the Attendance records are uploaded online. Also all the notes and slides are available online in the portal along with previous year's question papers and full pdf of books of some subjects which tends to be very helpful for the students in their academic preparations.

The Hostel fees was supposed to be 70000 every year but they increased it without any prior notice to approximately 99000 per year. The facilities provided by the hostel is not upto the mark. We have to wash our own clothes. There is no laundry facility or washing machine available. We have to wash our own plates. We are not allowed to cook inside the hostel and also we can not order food from outside. No non veg is provided in the menu. The hostel wardens signs an outpass everytime the girl student has to go out and everytime we have to take permission. There are too many restrictions regarding outing for girl students. Rice and sambar is the staple food in the hostel and is provided everyday. Breakfast is good but the lunch is the one that the Hindi speaking Students need to adjust with. It is better to rent a room or PG outside with less expenditure and good facilities than the hostel. The permission taking method is too much time taking & they question about where you're going&why.

Eligibility is based on the marks scored in 12th and also a personal entrance exam for the college. The Application fees is approximately between 2000 to 3000 for B.Pharms . Application forms and procedures are available on the Official website of the college in Google. The exams are conducted in a semester pattern for B.Pharms and in a yearly pattern for PharmDs. The entrance exam for the college is not very difficult. It's an objective type exam. This college ranks as 4th in India according to the Nirf ranking but I suggest there's a lot of improvement needed for the Bachelor's courses ranging from campus life, outing restrictions to dress codes and personal interactions with the students. There's absolutely no campus life. There's only one big annual function known as Pharmacy week organised in a year. The DJs in any function will play Tamil songs so obviously it is not very entertaining for the Hindi speaking students. Very difficult to make friends with the South Indians.

The faculty to student ratio is well managed. There are many departments in the college like PHARMACEUTICS, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Analysis, Regulatory Affairs, Biotechnology and others. They have appropriate amount of staff including Head of the Department, Assistant Professors, Professors to manage the curriculum for all, B.Pharms, D.Pharms, M.Pharms and P.H.Ds and PharmDs. The faculties are polite and well versed in their subjects. They know what they are teaching and also provide extra inputs by teaching poster presentations, making slides, and other online activities for the betterment of the students. Only thing is that some might judge students on the basis of what the girl or boy is wearing. All the faculties know English but very few know Hindi as the College is in. South India, particularly, Tamil Nadu so the maximum population is of Tamil , Kannada and Telugus with very few Malayalis. Teachers are approachable & knowledgeable except some who exist everywhere though.