Dissecting excellence : a critical examination of Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya

Name: Dissecting excellence : a critical examination of Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya
Item: Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya
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Author: Agnik Dan

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Agnik Dan

Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya Bardhaman, B.Sc {Hons.}, Mathematics

Reviewed on Feb 11, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

What Students Say

Likes

The rooms are sapcious. A smart room is provided. Drinking water facility is also installed

Dislikes

Faculties are not up to the mark. Professors are not that much helpful. Library is not accomodated with various new books. Before 10 days of semester exam we have to stand in a long queue for 3 hrs to fill up the form.
We are told to have free wifi but the also we must give charges for that. The website quality is extremely bad. We make payment for out admission and it got cancelled but amount was debited from bank.

Course Curriculum Overview

I chose the course due to the diverse field I can enter through this field and also mathematics is ver interesting as a subject. There are one teacher for every eight students in our department. Three senior professor have Phd and two others have done masters in math. The teaching method is more or less fine but one of our senior professor is not so helpful to the students and his behaviour is not also as expected. Sometimes he is very rude to the students and also favours his favourite students. There is no such time period between the semester exams. University organises exams according to the political situation and its own financial condition. Our first semester was delayed by two months and third semster has been advanced aby 2.5 months. Question of 2nd semester was pretty hard.

Class Size: 800Course Fees: INR 5000 per year

Fees and Financial Aid

The cost is alright for lower middle class and middle-class students. Swami Vivekananda Merit cum Means scholarship and Oasis scholarship are available. No job is coordinated from our college. I do not know about any other financial assistance provided by our college

Campus Life

Every year an annual fest is conducted in month of December but no tech fest is organised. Most of the books referred by our syllabus are not available in the library. The fans are not properly working in our class room . There is a smart room in our department. We play within ourselves but no official sport is conducted. Some dance practices happen for the sake of yearly fest. There is a political union in our college but I don't know any other group or website ran by students.

Admission

Someone wants admission must pass out Higher Secondary with a minimum percentage of 40 percent. Then the can apply through the online portal of University of Burdwan and college website. The website should be maintained properly. Sometimes it is very slow and conjested.

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2.6

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Campus is nice. There's greenery and all
SOME of the faculties are really good and those said teachers will actually look out for you and care
Mentors are appointed for each students who are responsible for their final year project, publications and LORs. If you are lucky, you'll get a good mentor.

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Classrooms are less compared to the number of students. Students have to wander around the building after each classes to find seats. Classrooms are very dirty
There's literally NOTHING in the labs. Experiments take way long to prepare and perform because reagents and equipments are never available.
Hardly a 2 week summer break (because of MAKAUT). Students cannot even apply to good internships because no lab would take in external students in july or august.

Placement Experience:

People who major in my department usually opt for masters over placement not because of this college but because overall industrial or academic opportunities are better with a pg degree. Masters from this college is not recommended as i have heard so from my seniors. Some of my seniors managed to crack competitives and secure MSc seats at great places. Training and Placement cell had a good coordinator previously but now its almost non existent. Companies do come and hire Bpharm, Mpharm and MSc candidates. Packages are below average. Only Nestle pays well. But if you do well you'll eventually climb up the corportate ladder. From the time i am here i have not heard of any BSc candidate getting placed. Most go for higher studies.

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Good enough

Likes

The faculty members are knowledgeable and supportive. Most teachers explain concepts clearly and are approachable after class for doubts and guidance, which helps a lot during exams.
The college has a disciplined academic environment with regular classes and practical sessions. Laboratories are functional and help students understand concepts through hands-on learning.
The campus environment is calm and student-friendly. Various seminars, cultural programs, and academic activities help in overall personality development.

Dislikes

Industry exposure and internship guidance are minimal, which could be improved to make students more job-ready after graduation.
Infrastructure can be improved, especially classrooms and laboratory equipment. Some facilities feel outdated and require modernization.
Placement opportunities for BSc students are limited. The college focuses more on academics, so students need to prepare for higher studies or competitive exams on their own.

Placement Experience:

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Dislikes

There is nothing as such that I disliked because I am a first year student so I haven't been so much involved yet , I think that the washrooms should be cleaned properly to maintain the hygiene apart from thjs everything is fine.

Course Curriculum Overview:

Subjects offered in the college as well as the minor and idc subjects are well adhered to the curriculum and future aspects. The subject combinations are apt and futuristic. It moderately prepares one for real world situations.

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Reviewed on Nov 18, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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Dislikes

I do not like the multidisciplinary courses that we have to study in the first year making it little burdened for the students.

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Likes

College is under Ramakrishna Mission so you can imagine the discipline. Fully disciplined college no ragging.
Good . You have to balance with disciplined college.
Faculties are highly qualified and interactive. You can just go to teachers room and ask questions as school.

Dislikes

Full attendance i don't like so much. You have to attend all seminar s

Course Curriculum Overview:

Completely relevant. As the college is autonomous it has its own syllabus. Which matches with the net gate jam exam syllabus. When someone came our college for seminar they strange that we know this much. Exam are quite difficult in 2 months interval.

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2.0

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Likes

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The library is huge and the content of books is very good
College life and fests are good but not great

Dislikes

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Reviewed on Mar 20, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Asutosh In the eye of AJ

Likes

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Faculties and Facilities are good enough.
College and evaluation system is good enough.

Dislikes

Timings of examinations per semester is reduced.
Examination centres are given far away from college.
Fees is little bit Higher for many poor students.

Placement Experience:

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Dislikes

Our college doesn't provide hostel facilities
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