Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology- Postmortem by insider

Course Curriculum includes 8 semesters in total 4 years i.e., 2 semesters in each academic year. Each semester has 5-6 theory courses and 4 practical/Lab Courses. Each theory course has 5 units. It is easy to score I we study with a proper strategy, which was my motivation to choose the curriculum and score well. The course curriculum is oriented to explain the theoretical aspects of a subject and make the students comfortable with the basics of a discipline. It also equips the learners with some practical demonstrations of the subjects being taught. I think focusing more on problem solving will help students apply the theory in real-world. Exams are conducted in two categories:- 1.) Internal Exams - Two Mid Semester or Sessionals(C.A.E.s) 1st C.A.E. covers 2 units while 2nd one covers all 5 units of theory course. Also Internal practicals are conducted. 2.) External Exams- External Practicals and End Semester Exams.

I may not be the right person to tell this as I am in my second year only and currently I am not eligible to sit for internships so whatever I write here shall be based on what I got to know from the seniors (3rd year students) . The students of third year can apply for internships made available by the placement cell. There is a Mini-project in 2nd Year and in 3rd year there is a major project as I heard from my professor of Python Programming which is compulsory for all the students. However some skilled and motivated students also apply for off-campus internship opportunities and grab them with both hands. But internships and placements have been affected by the recession going on in the market of IT industry.

The average placement of a CSE branch is 4-5 LPA. Some of lower core branches like mechanical, civil, electrical have poor placement record. The major recruiting companies are - TCS, Infosys, Autodesk, Capegemini, Wipro, etc. Students can visit website of college for the exact data. Some talented and skilled students have secured good placement offers like - 39LPA, 30LPA ,25 LPA etc but those students are few in number (10-15) out of the total batch. Almost all the students of CSE core branch have been placed as per previous record and students of allied branches will sit in placements for first time this year as allied branches were introduced lately in 2020 batch of freshers if I am not wrong. In 3rd year of B.tech students can apply for internships and in 4th year the companies come for placement. However I have noticed slight decrease in no. Of companies visiting the campus maybe due to recession.

Tuition Fees per year for B.Tech is 1,09,603/- which is the lowest among all private colleges affiliated to A.K.T.U. Also Students need to pay 7200-7900/- per year to A.K.T.U. as Exam Conducting fees. However students are provided scholarship by U.P. Government if their family income falls in the eligible category. Sadly I don't fall in that category.

There are various technical, cultural and non technical clubs and societies of each department. They conduct various activities, seminars, competitions, webinars etc for holistic development of the students. There are multiple technical clubs like - GDSC-GCET, GFG-GCET, Extreme CSE, etc. which are involved in conducting coding, web development , AI , ML competitions and seminars on latest technologies like cybersecurity, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, etc. There are also cultural clubs for interested students like- StudioD, Kalakriti etc. There is large playground for football, Cricket, separate courts for Basketball, Badminton etc. And various sports events take place annually. Classrooms are decent. E-block classrooms are air conditioned, while A,B,C,D,G block classrooms don't have that facility. Overall they are good. Campus is also nice spread in 20 acres.

The campus hostel is not so good in terms of food compared to other private hostels. A canteen is near the hostel in the campus and stationary service is also available. The campus hostel also lacks AC Facility for boys hostel while AC rooms are available for girls hostel. Room of the campus hostel has -Almirah , bed, study table, chair separate for each student and there is a fan and cooler in each room for summers.The bathrooms are shared with two big bathrooms on each floor. The mess offers 4 times of meal in a day including- breakfast, lunch,snacks and dinner. There are two water dispensors on each floor. Students when come for offline reporting to college have a choice to register simultaneously for Campus hostel also as Campus hostels are filled immediately. The fees for 4 seater boys room is INR 90,000. For 3 seater is - INR 1,00,000. For 2 seater is - INR 1,10,000. The fees for girls hostel is somewhere between INR 1,30,000- 1,50,000.

I got admission in November,2022 on basis O my JEE Main 2022 rank through UPTAC Counselling 2022 conducted by A.K.T.U., although direct admission for 15% of seats was available for 12th Board toppers or students ready to pay Donation. Now also admission for 85% seats is done on basis of A.K.T.U. counselling and 15% are filled by direct admission and Management Quota. Counselling provides reservation benefits to Category students. Student need an AIR of 1.2 Lakh in JEE Mains to get top branch(CSE) and AIR>1.2 lakh can get CS allied branches like Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence although major subjects in the semester are same. Jee Mains is conducted by NTA in two sessions and UPTAC Counselling is conducted by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University(A.K.T.U.) where students must pay application fee of 1000/- (Rough estimation) and prepare a choice filling order of colleges affiliated to A.K.T.U.