How Good Is CMRIT: A Brief Overview

I have taken admission to CMRIT through the KCET counseling. The cutoff for the CS, and IS departments are very competitive whereas the cutoffs for ECE and EEE are moderate, which may lie around 25k.

As CMRIT is affiliated with VTU like most other colleges in Bangalore that is not deemed, so it follows the VTU syllabus. The core subjects and syllabus hardly see any changes but the new and emerging topics and subjects are included as electives such as Electrical Vehicle Technologies, Data Science, Artificial Neural Networks, etc. In recent years more importance is being given to internships, projects, and social service, as VTU has made it mandatory to earn at least 100 activity points to receive the degree at the end of 4 years. The faculty members are one of the best, who are always ready to help and assist whenever you need them. Different techniques and used to teach like flip classes, seminars, and guest lectures. The notes provided by the faculty are soo good that even other colleges faulty use our notes, one of them is NHCE. The examination pattern: There are three internals 50 marks each which is reduced to 10 marks and 10 marks for assignments and 10 for projects, 100 marks external.

Internship opportunities are available from the placement department, but it is mainly for the CSE and ISE as many companies that visit are IT and service-based. Other departments usually find internships on their own by using their contacts and network. Internships are a part of the course and are given a credit in the 6th sem.

CMRIT has an amazing and dedicated placement department that provides placement training right from the first semester called the TYL( Tie Your Laces) program, which are fun and interactive classes, where they train students in communication, soft skills, and aptitude. The Placements are amazing for CSE and ISE, where 10 students got into Amazon at 25lpa full-time with an internship stipend of 80,000 per month. 14 students got into PhonePe with 14lpa full-time and an internship with 30,000 per month. Of those 14 students, 4 are from ECE and 1 from EEE. Most EEE students get into a diverse range of companies like TCS, Wipro, cognizant, Deloitte, Pepsi, Eurofins, DELL, BYJU'S, etc. to name a few, around 5 core companies do visit like Philips, Bosh, etc which take EEE students, and a good amount people try off-campus for the companies that don't visit or their dream job, and many even target for gov jobs, GATE, and higher studies in India and abroad.

There are three kinds of fee structures: KCET, COMEDK, and MANAGEMENT (quota). At the time of my admission, the fee structure was approx. 56000 (KCET),230000 (COMEDK), 300000 (MANAGEMENT). The fees have since increased significantly in the KCET quota as the gov has revised the fee structure, have remained more or less the same for COMEDK, and have increased in the MANAGEMENT quota as the placements of the CSE and ISE have been amazing this year as many students have bagged offers from companies like PhonePe, Amazon, DELL and few international offers have also come. There is a dedicated cell for the scholarship and financial assistance for the needy and deserving. They provide information regarding the different scholarships offered by the gov every semester and even some of those offered by the private organizations.

The CMRIT campus is a very vibrant one with students from all over the country and even from over 5 countries. To speak about the social life and student clubs, there are so many clubs that you would be confused to deciding which club activity you want to participate in. The clubs range from the departmental or technical clubs which conduct activities related to the core department like the Google Developers Club, CodeChef, Rotaract, and EnSav club which anyone can participate in even if they are not from that department. Then there are cultural clubs which include music, dance, art, photography, theater, etc to name a few. The most exciting part about these clubs is that you get to attend competitions in other colleges if you are a part of these club. The library is stocked with all the required books for engineering, journals, papers, and project reports and has a dedicated computer zone with an internet connection. Fun fact: The famous Kannada movie Dia was shot in CMRIT.