Manne Bharath Bhushan's Review On SASTRA University, Thanjavur

I have no bad remarks about college. As its been said that we won't realise the worth of what we got until it's gone we start realising how great our college is once we're out.

I did not take any entrance exam. Admission was based on merit 12th standard percentage. I scored 96.9% which fetched me the rank 314 given by SASTRA based on merit. I opted this college because it has got best faculty for Mechanical engineering.

Electives were divided into sets every time. 4th sem onwards we were given chance to choose electives based on our choice. One elective from one set number of sets per sem used to vary between 2-4 and we got a chance to finish the 4 subjects we have to finish in 8th semester to finish beforehand starting from 4th sem. It was called Open electives which gave us the chance to dedicate our entire 8th sem for project work. It needed us to score 75% every sem to make us eligible for open elective course.

I did my final year project outside the college in DRDO. We were given chance to do projects outside if we have finished all 4 courses previously in the form of open electives. People who did not finish also got the chance to do so but they have to come back before february to attend the classes and write exams from 2nd Mid sem onwards. However my college doesnt offer any stipend for projects done outside. For internships it depends on the company you choose.

Placements was one of the most compelling reason to make people choose SASTRA. Almost all students who scored above 60% will definitely get a job. Packages varied between 2.8lpa-14lpa. I do not remember all companies that came for recruitment. Some of them being TCS,Accenture,IBM,Amazon,Paypal,Microsoft,MuSigma,Mahindra, ELGI,Ford,hyundai,Ashok Leyland etc.

We have 2 cultural and 1 technical fests to celebrate in an academic year. 1 Intra college cultural fest called Carpedium whill be celebrated in the month of AUG-SEP and Inter college cultural fest Kuruk Sastra will be celebrated in the month of February. The south india's second largest techno management fest Daksh will be celebrated in the month of Feb.

Fee structure is on a bit less side when we joined though they increased it later. 35k for semester and 6-16k for hostel every year depending on type of room you take all are non-ac and 2800-3000 for mess every month. It counted out 7 lakh for me at the end including everything laptop and personal.

College is tied up with City Union Bank (CUB) to provide students loans based on their financial status if eligible students will get full 8 sem fees as loan with no interest or very minimal rates. Every year college gives back 10-20% of fees to the students who performs well. First 2% of merit students will get 20% scholarship as 3-10% will get 10% of fees as scholarship.

Extracurriculars were always encouraged in college. We have a very big play ground and an excellent football field. 2 tennis courts,1 near boys hostels and 1 near girls, outstanding indoor stadium for badminton,table tennis,snooker and a good gymnasium. We have a dedicated robotics club, and BAJA club,Physics club etc to engage students with practical experiences.

Hostel facilities were excellent. Though there used to be water problems our college used to bring tankers everyday to quench the scarcity at max. Though we faced some difficulties with mess food initially,it gotten better with time as caterers changed.

3 mid sem exams,2 subjects a day for 1 and half hr each with 2 hrs gap in between. Best two will be considered to calculate the internals out of 40. 10 Marks for conduct and assignments. External for 100 marks and final score in externals will be counted for 50 and added with internals to decide the grade.

No college is without flaws. Same way no college is without imperfect staff structure. My college isn't an exception. There were very few less knowledgable lecturers but still we have got great professors as well. The ones who taught subjects like Heat transfer,Metallurgy and Thermodynamics managed to create long lasting impression by their way of teaching.