Arun F Xaviour's Review On Karunya Institute Of Technology And Sciences - [Karunya Deemed University], Coimbatore

I batch was the first in which they tried the choice based credit system. We had a terrible time following the ever changing evaluation pattern. In my first year they changed the evaluation pattern 5 times and those who failed in the first pattern they introduced could have passed if the patterns they introduced following that were introduced first. No student or faculty or the department head had any idea how the marks are calculated. The students had no idea how to calculate the pass marks for a particular exam. Things became somewhat clear in the second year but there were changes in the evaluation pattern throughout the 4 years I studied there that were not communicated to us properly, everything came as a surprise. They force us to learn about the founding members of that university and how they reached their life changing decisions and it will come as questions for the examination. They require us to byheart values and morals spit it out in the answer sheets while they do nothing to impart such values in us. The examination structure is good. They make sure everything is secure and no malpractice occurs.

The placements and job oppurtunities are brilliant. The college does provide internship but I havent opted for one so I dont know about the stipend. The only thing I can assure you is the stipend wont be high, possibly the lowest.

Christmas will be celebrated in a grand manner. There is a technical fest called Mindkraft. But the management wont give enough money to conduct it. The money they give is so low that it only makes up 20% of the overall cost. They are such cheapos. They expect students to pool in the money for themselves but the registration fees for the events go their treasury. The registration fees for participating in the technical fest will range from Rs 200 to Rs 300. There is individual registration fees for many non technical and technical events. All of the money from about 8000 students goes to the college's treasury and do you want to know the prizes they give out for winning in an event? The first prize will be Rs 1500, second prize will be Rs 1000 and 3rd prize will be Rs 500. The students can put up food stalls and for allowing them space to do so they charge a hefty amount and it goes up to Rs 20,000. They make a lot of money through this event. And very less students comes from other colleges to participate due to the remote location of the university. And all the pain an hardwork in conducting the event is for the students. They are horrible money sucking people.

The fee structure is very expensive. There is nothing there to charge such a heavy amount. The university is not just worth it to spend such a high amount as fees. There even occurred a strike protesting against the fee structure and the reply the officials gave was "This is how colleges like this charge". Such an irresponsible immature reply. That university should never exist.

The university offers scholarships to some students who are financially backward and also the student should be above a particular grade or cgpa. I have heard about scholarships offered by the tamil nadu goverment for students who study really well, but only a particular amount will be given.

The labs are good. They dont entertain extra curricular activities except sports. Mindkraft has a cultural event called kraftnite where students perform but there are no dance, skit or music competitions. There are some really good activities for first year students like nature walk but I dont think such initiatives survived after our batch. There are music clubs, NSS, NCC, photography club, journalism club and some more. If there is passion in you, you can make use of it.

The hostel infrastruce is average. There is nothing much to comment about it. The only positive thing is they clean the toiltes everyday properly. But there are students who leave it really dirty but that is not the management's fault. The mess hall is okay. The playground is huge.

The senior students are helpful. There is an alumni network. But there is nothing much happening for alumni students. Once I got an invitation for an alumni meet a week before it is scheduled to happen. Its a busy life today with work and personal life interferring with our peace. It is not possible to attend am alumni meet if it is informed just a week before.