Life at G.C College, Silchar

The course of Biotechnology (B.Sc) solely prepares you for the lab work and gives you the fundamental knowledge of how a lab works and how to work with microbes. And this course has a wide scope all over the world, for example, biotechnology is one of the course which pharmaceutical companies prefer whole hiring. This course focuses on improving your fundamentals regarding biotechnology which can aid you in your further pursuits.

I pay 29000 (approx) yearly for this course and no scholarship is available for this course as it is a semi-private course under my college Gurucharan college, Silchar. And this fees is same for everyone, regardless of which category you belong to.

Gurucharan college hosts a variety of fests, such as the grand Saraswati Puja in february, where people from over the silchar come to celebrate, or the annual function day. Apart from this all the department hold their own programs from time to time, such as farewell. The departments also host outing for the students majoring in their subjects. We also have a library one can go there to sit and study and can get any book regarding their subject issued under their library card. We have projector in our class, sometimes with the help of which they teach us while showing real time pictures. Gurucharan college also holds an annual sports festival for all the departments.

Apart from this college I also applied to Assam University, Silchar but the campus is too far from my home and Gurucharan college, Silchar is nearer to my home and due to that I chose my current college. To get admission in Gurucharan college, Silchar, you need to apply at samarth portal of Assam government first then after fullfilling all the procedures you can go to college website and take admission to in any of the desired course and if you missed the chance, at the end of July if seats are still unfilled the college starts an on-spot admission process where you have to visit college and on the basis of first come first admit they start admitting students until seats are fulfilled. If you have a decent percentage that is above 60% in your 12th you can be guaranteed a seat in college in any of your desired department without any worries.

The biotechnology department has 5 experienced professors and they are very understanding and we are able to approach them even after our classes and can contact them via whatsapp. All the 5 faculties of mine are best and helpful in one way or another as they have helped with different things just within a year. I like my faculties, I was heavily unsure whether I have taken the right decision by taking admission but after interacting with the faculties, I have no regrets. There are mainly 2 exams per semester one is unit test which consists of 20 marks, for this the faculties may also assign us assignments rather than taking exams and the other one is end-sem exams, it is done like any other final exam and it is usually of 70 marks. In every semester the total marks is 100 marks out of which you get 20 from Unit test 10 from attendance and 70 from end-sem exam. And these exams are usually easy to moderate and anyone who studies regularly will be able to pass with flying colours. The marking system/checking system is same as Assam State board so anyone coming from cbse board might find it a bit difficult to adjust in the initial days as the writing and marking system differs a bit.

I am a day scholars student so I cannot tell you about night life in Gurucharan college, Silchar. Although we do have a gym for both girls and boys. Along with that a cafeteria is also available inside the campus. Students are also provided with common rooms, separate for both boys and girls. And we have a famous tree and one of the oldest tree in the town in our campus, so usually students in the day spend their time around that tree, while waiting for the next class.