COEP: BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE

The days I spent is this college were really worth while, it was my inability to do more. The college offered me so much, that I would never regret taking admission their. It was an lifetime experience. It groomed my personality. It changed me for good.

Entrance- MHT-CET' 09 Score- 175/200 Reason- I heard about this college from my seniors and teachers. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious technical education intitutes in India. So when I got a chance to get into this college, there was no second thought and I took admission.

As this is an autonomous institute, they decide their syllqbus and exam system. We went through a continuous evaluation every year, every semester. Also, every even semester (4th, 6th and 8th), we had to take electives(subjects offered by other branches). I studied one of the metallurgy elective in 3rd semester, in 5th semester I studied ERP from production and 8th semester I studied bioinformatics.

I did not work as an intern at tge end of third year, as it is not mandatory. Some of my friends worked at EATON. They were offered Rs.8000 per month as stipend. Some of them also got pre-placement opportunity from the same company.

There is almost 100% placement each year. Most of the compnies are MNCs. Tcs, Cognizant, wipro, infosys, symantec, barclays, citibank, credit suisse, mind tree, tata techonogies, eq technologies, oracle, tata motors, general motors, force motors, commins are some of the recruiters. Packages and posts offered are also good. I had got an offer from MindTree of 5 LPA.

In the month of october, there is Mindspark, which is a national level technical event, there are robotics competitions, coding competitions, over 10000 students from different colleges visit during this 3 days event. In the month of January there is Zest, which is an sports event, that goes on for 3 days. It is also an intercollege event organized by COEP. In the month of march, we have Regatta organized by COEP boat club, which has Punt Formation, Mashal dance, Kayak races etc. During the same time we have our cultural event. Also their are different clubs, which participate in differebt competitions across the country. Coep drama club and coep street play group(mad adds group) are some as examples. Also there is SpicMacay, which allows students to enjoy the presence of world famous artists like Pt. Biraju Maharaj.

As it is an government supported institution, fees are not that high. Hostel fees are very affordable. Fee strucure is not that expensive. Middle class families can also afford the fees.

The government provided freeship and scolarship systems are in place. There are also leela poonawala scolaships provided to girls. Book bank system is provided for students. I have always seen my institution helping financially week students to complete their education.

There are various groups, clubs for different activies, they organise competitions, events and keep the campus alive. Debate competitions are organised by debate club, members participate in the outside competitions every year. Robotics group is a very large group. They work really hard and make the college proud throught different competitions. Labs are of really good quality and there is quality check maintained by the institution.

The hostel accomodation provided is good. It is very neat and clean. Required security is there. Mess facility is also provided. Thevrates are very reasonable. There is a committee of students, who keep a check on quality. 9/10

COEP always stays in touch with their alumni. There are alumni meets every year. Alumni give sponsorships for different events. They help institution grow further. And wherever you go the brand tag and your seniors are their to help you. The support and role of alumni is very important. I am an proud COEP alumnus. They bring placements. They support BHAU institution. They are the inspiration for currebt students.

There is an continuous evaluation process. There are written as well as practical exams and viva. Each semester can have 4 to 5 exams for each subject.

Dr. Anil Sahasrabuddhe was our director. He is a very intelligent and happy go lucky kind of person. All other faculty(Vandana Inamdar-Project Guide, Sudhir Agashe- Academics Dean, Kumbhar, etc) were always on their toes and helpful.