Karunya University: Insight from the perspective of an Undergraduate

The program's curriculum includes Genetic Engineering, Metabolic Engineering, Stem cell technology etc. These courses drawed my attention towards a BTech degree in Biotechnology.

Every student is expected to complete internship for around 8 weeks atleast as part of their curriculum. There are summer internships and project internships provided by company based on duration. Companies like Biocon, RGCB etc offers internships in Biotechnology.

From the third year of the degree, the students are exposed to placement trainings and sit for placements. As for Biotechnology the placements offered in the university is limited. The core companies that coome provide a package of 3-4LPA. And for higher package we will need to apply in non-core companies. However other departments have high package up to 15-16 LPA.

Admission fee of Rs 10000 and the tuition fees depend on the field of study chosen. The tuition fee for four years of Btech programme is around Rs 11,72,000 without any scholarship. There are merit scholarship, KEE scholarships available for students. Rs 1,20,000 per year for students with 95% in PCM/PCB Rs 60,000 per year for students with 90% in PCM/PCB and Rs. 40,000 per year for students with 80% in PCM/PCB

There are annual festivals like Megaplay, Mindkraft, musical events and other activities happening around the campus. The library is well equipped. Additionally, each department maintains its own library. The college provides academic facilities, including gallery classrooms

There are variety of hostel accomodations according to different budgets and preferences like four seater, two seater, single seater rooms in both AC and Non AC configurations. There are a variety of cuisine including Kerala, North Indian, NRI and South Indian

I decided to join in Karunya because of the infrastructure, academic programs and the values the university provides in overall lifestyle of a student. I wanted to pursue Biotechnology and Karunya was one of the top universities to provide this course.

There are mentors assigned for every student and each mentor has around 12 students. The student to faculty ratio is around 6:27. All faculties are very supportive and easy to appraoch. There are 3 Internal Assessments conducted per month and the end semester examination. My favourite faculties are Dr. Muthukumar and Dr. Ridling as they are very supportive and also sincere in their work

The rules are very strict and students are not permitted to leave the hostel. Inside the hostel there are hangout spots, shops, gyms etc, which helps to keep the students occupied. There are also study hours from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm.