An amazing opportunity for a student to change his/her life

I applied for Bharti Vidyapeeth Pune but was refused because of their placement record as well as the salary. It wasn't satisfactory. For students from the General category, like me want to take admission to the Manipal Institute of Technology, have to clear their own entrance exam MET(Manipal Entrance Test). The eligibility criteria (for Indian boards was that the student should be 10+2 pass or equivalent with Physics, Mathematics and English as compulsory subjects along with Chemistry/biotechnology /biology /any technical vocational subject as optional, from a recognized board, with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks taken together in Physics, Mathematics and any one of the optional subjects. MET has 4 sections Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English. Each section has 200 marks each so a total 800 marks test. We got our results in 2-3 weeks and were asked to fill in details for the desired branch.

Chemical engineering is a growing field in these times. Especially during these times where new diseases are on a spree and quick medicines and vaccines are required, the soil is becoming infertile for agriculture, plastic pollution is becoming an interesting problem and various other elements are yet to be discovered. There's going to be a lot of opportunity and creativity for chemical engineers. The student ratio is about 6:1 which is very impressive. The teachers are extremely fluent and well-read about the subject. Almost every teacher has done Masters in their subjects and their explanation is excellent. Our doubts are cleared immediately. Our terms exams were at a moderate level and the questions were targeting our understanding of concepts. The checking of paper was done accurately and correct marks were given.

There are several student projects that deal with solar mobiles, satellite making, Robo Manipal, and several others. Students work rigorously on it and every student has to seriously participate in the development of the project.

The fees are very high. Every course per year fees is more than 4 lacs and it's increasing every year. Not everyone can afford to pay this amount. The students who were amongst the top rankers in the MET were given a scholarship. The fees can be paid in installments per year. Their aren't any campus jobs. But enthusiastic students start their own start-up from their initial years in the college and if the college finds it interesting they provide them with heavy funds to develop their business.

The annual fest is Revels which happens at the end of March. The tech fest is called the Techfest, which for the 2020 batch happened in November. They have a huge library and there are a lot of books of various genres and journals. The classrooms are very big with speakers in every corner for the students to hear when teachers use the microphone. Every classroom has a projector. There are 2 basketball and badminton courts each, a lawn tennis court, table tennis, football, and cricket ground, running tracks, and 3 volleyball courts. There is a 7 storey building Marena, specially dedicated to all sports and games and gym. There are various clubs for dancing, singing, literature, dramatics, film making, fashion designing, anime, psychology, debate, and quiz clubs. Students can join any club based on their interests. Some of them are Blitzkrieg, Chords, and co. RedX(adventure club), ada dramatics, aaina, manga, curiosity, her, blank 101, goonj Manipal etc.

There are various options for the rooms. Common room, triple bed non-ac common bath, double bed ac/non-ac common bathroom/ attached bathroom. Single ac bathroom attached. The rooms have study tables, a wardrobe, and a mattress. The room is cleaned every alternate day. The food is delicious and healthy. The registration for hostel room booking can be done through their website. The rooms with more facilities like ac and attached bathrooms are extremely expensive also the rooms with sharing and common bathroom are expensive. Many students in their 3rd year choose to move out from the hostel and rent their own apartment.