RVITM - Everything you need to know before joining!

Personally, I was interested in ECE course since I liked working around chips and was intrigued by how they worked, which is what led me to choosing this course. The curriculum is not the best for real-world applications since the syllabus is pretty outdated. The teaching does involve smart boards and can be visual as well, but it can be utilized better by the professors. A semester lasts for around 5 months, with the last month only involving SEE (Semester End Examinations) and the first four months consisting of 2 CIE tests in the 2nd and 4th months. It also involves practical examinations.

Many companies offer internship opportunities from around the 3rd or the 4th sem. The biggest company that offered internship opportunities specifically in the ECE department was Texas Instruments (TI).There was also a course offered by Sumedha Institute on VLSI which started in the 3rd sem up until the 5th sem. Lots of opportunities are offered throughout the year.

I joined via cet(GM) and the fee for me each ear is around 90,000. Registration fee was around 2,000 which they collect at the time of admission. The lab fee, library fee and sport fee are around 500 to 1000 each year. For the students who joined via ComedK the fee will be around 4,00,000 each year. There are a few scholarships given but none directly from the college that i am aware of.

The campus life is mediocre at best although you can have a lot of fun if you make the right friends. The crowd as a whole is pretty nice which makes it easier for students to socialize. There are a lot of clubs a student can get into like Anthara (singing club), Starfleet (Astronomy), OC (Organising commitee) etc which are pretty active with events going on throughout the year. There are 2 main fests that are held each ear, the main one being SAMBHRAM which is usually during the summer. This event involves a lot of pre events and events mostly fun and non technical. It is the bigger fest that is held with a lot of events taking place. The other fest is ROBO FIESTA which is a technical fest that involves more curriculum focused activities like hakathons or robot building events. The library is one of the better aspects of the college with the range of books and journals is vast. The classroom has the smart board hence making it more involving, interactive and engaging for the students. The sports scene is also decent with the college having football and cricket teams. There is a 6-a side football turf and nets for cricket. There is also a basketball court and a tennis court. The equipment is also pretty good but it can be be better. All the clubs are student run with a faculty supervisor to oversee the activities, hence having a good impact on the social life of students.

I mainly chose this college since it has the RV logo in it as most of the students who have joined the college. The placements will be done by clubbing RVCE students and RVITM students which is what caused me to join this college over other colleges since RV is one of the biggest names in the country when it comes to education. The main reason I couldnt make it to other colleges was because my KCET rank was higher than what was required. I did make a priority list of all the colleges i wanted to get into and the same priority was used during the 2 rounds of KCET admission process. I did get into Electronics and communication at BNMIT in the first round of the KCET admission process which i was not happy with and hence also applied to the second round of the admission process. I got into RVITM on the second round. Eligibilty criteria is decided mainly by your KCET ranks and COMEDK ranks. The students who got into the college were around half from KCET and the other half from COMEDK and KCET is more preffered by the students since obviously the fee is lesser than COMEDK. The overall admission experience was smooth both at the KCET level and the college level.

the faculty is good and the professors are approachable and helpful. For each member of the faculty there are around 8 to 9 students so the faculty ratio is around 1:8. The course consists of 2 CIE( Continous Internal Evaluation) of 50 marks each of which all are theory questions with no MCQs involved although each semester there is always a 1 credit course that's only MCQ's. The level of difficulty is easy for most of the subjects and medium for some of the subjects depending on the semester the student is in. For the CIE tests most students do pass it comfortably without a lot of issues with less failure percentage.

Since the college is located along the main road the nightlife is alright. The college itself has a gym with manageable equipment. The cafeteria is also present but not open during the night. As mentioned before the library is pretty decent. There is a hostel pretty close to the college at a walkable distance and also a few PGs around the college. There are a few restraunts and tea shops around the college