College at its best

Days spend in KJ somaiya were the best days of the life. So many memories with this institute that will last throughout my life.

No entrance exam was required at that time. It was only PCM score which was considered. For my MBA college i undertook MH CET in which i scored 93.2 percentile

Course for mechanical engineering for mumbai university was excellent. After having similar course for first year for all the branches, the subjects become more branch oriented from second year. Topics like metallurgy kinematics of machinery, strength of materials, KOM, DOM 1 and 2, Hydraulics, Power plant engineering, Fluid mechanics, Finite element analysis, RAC were few excellent subjects which were covered during the course

No. College did not provide internships. So there is no question of general stipend. However placement opportunities were excellent

As mentioned above, the placement opportunities were excellent. Specially for IT sector. Companies like TCS, Infosys, L and T infotech, Wipro, Siemens, Vistaar, Amdocs, Patni etc pulled large number of students from the college and placed them with ample salary.

Abhiyantriki was a technical event which was conducted in the first half or for odd semesters. Robotics was the main event for abhiyantriki. Apart from robotics there were lot of other technical debate, seminars and quizzes which were conducted. Symphony was the cultural festival which was conducted for the second half or even semesters. It was the festival of songs, dance, DJ, food, fashion and friendship.

Fee structure was ok till the first year. I was 15000 per year for general category. However students who were admitted in 2003, got exponential hike in their fees. It was hiked 4 times wrt current fees structure. Later on the fees got hiked so much that it went beyond the control of common man

No. No loan facility or scholarships were offered by college. All the expenses were to be done by students.

Somaiya has a gender ratio. Male to female ration might be round 60:40. Their were no incidents of sexual harassment, ragging and racism. Somiaya staff never entertained religious or political debate and always encouraged patriotism and communal harmony.

Hostel facilities were good enough for a student to stay. Mess was pure vegetarian and was maintained extremely well. Mess facilities were extended to other students also. The cost was very less and food was good and tasty. Lot of memories with hostel canteen related to cricket matches.

Senior students were backbone of college administration. They helped the juniors with proper guidance. Students helped their juniors by providing notes and old text books.

Exam structure was hectic during those days. There was hardly any relaxation between the consecutive examinations. In case if you have any back log, then it would be more dangerous. It was semester pattern and aggregate of 60 was considered for placements.

During those days every one has to queue themselves in VJTI campus for admission rounds. Each candidate need to check where he/she got the seat allotment. I was also admitted into the college in the same manner. I got the admission in first round itself.

Quality of professors was excellent. Staff was very well qualified for teaching subjects. There were industrial experts along with professors from IIT and other paramount educational institutions. The labs were fully equipped with the required apparatus to give practical knowledge to students.