Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel Global University B.Tech Review By Amar Kashyap

There are more pros than cons about BITS Vadodara. First of all because the students of diversified community study here, you can easily mingle with them all and learn a lot. The campus is huge and all the facilities that one needs can be found on the campus itself. The college is a private University but is better than almost all the colleges of Gujarat. I am from Ahmedabad and still came to Babaria as I wanted to stay far and experience complete college life by staying in a hostel. A college experience mostly depends on individual perception and from my point of view; the college has given all that I was seeking for.

Since the fees are quite high and the college is located with a serene backdrop the education is done in a peaceful environment. The college is pretty strict with attendance and most of the students are outsiders who stay on the campus only so bunking and going out is not an option. During college hours the security doesn’t allow to go out without permission. The classrooms are far and wide and even though we had 100 students in the class, the speakers in the classrooms made sure that the lecturer's voice reaches our years. If one doesn’t pay attention it’s his/her loss as the same class is never repeated and once a class is done the doubts are solved then and there itself.

I don’t think I am capable of judging the faculty as they were quite seniors and someone who didn’t even require books to teach us. The chapter was all in their mind; they would come and explain the basics of the chapters. They also kept on asking questions to students to make sure that students are paying attention. Any sort of unprofessional behavior in the class was not tolerated by the faculty and some students who tried to over smart the professors were found outside the class. The faculty is good if we listen to them but are equally bad if we don’t focus.

Some happy and some sad faces and the ones who did studies for all semesters and scored well were happy on the placement day and the ones who did more fun than studies had to be saddened on the day when placements were made. The ratio was 50-50 and the deserving candidates did get the placement. Since I did CS, almost all the students of our batch who got placed got the placement in IT companies like Mphasis, TCS, and Wipro. Gujarat and gas companies go hand in hand and therefore companies like IPCL, Gujarat Gas, and NTPC were also the ones who had their base in Vadodara recruited many students. The average salary that the students were offered was somewhere in the range of Rs. 30,000 monthly. Overall placement scenario is quite good at Babaria.

There are 2 huge boys hostel buildings and 2 girls hostel buildings inside the campus only. The number of students that apply for the hostel is more than the actual seats they have. The hostel is also allotted on a merit basis and the one who misses the cut has to stay some 5-6 km from the college as the nearest residential facility is that far from the college. The hostel has all the facilities like sports, clean rooms, and attached bathrooms. The hostel also has its own mess and in fact, there are 3 mess in all and all of them serve only the vegetarian food. Most of the students were Jain and it’s understood that why they didn’t allow non-veg food inside the college. The hostel is nice and is the right option if you are coming to Babaria.

The total measurement of the college is over 50 acres for sure. The strength of the college is nearly 5000. There are 6 institutes of BITS society inside the campus. There are nearly 50 buses on the campus for pick-up and drop facility for the students staying in Vadodara. The college is secured with CCTV cameras and there are over 300 CCTV cameras installed on the campus and the security inside the campus is adorable. The huge BITS campus has 8 auditoriums and all of them are air-conditioned. There is a huge library on the campus which is resourceful as all the syllabus and non-syllabus books can be easily subscribed from the library. The huge playground helps in developing students' skills beyond the classrooms. In addition to outdoor, all the indoor facilities are also there on the campus.

There are 4-5 fests that are regular at the college such as Navratri festival, Xitij fests, and Aahvan that is a yearly fest. Besides studies, I participated in all the fests, and performing in front of 5000 students gave me enormous confidence. Prominent personalities like Chetan Bhagat and Prahlad Kakkar were guests of honors during the fest in 2016. One year Falguni Pathak was invited and same way inviting celebrity guests was a tradition at the college. I learned a lot from college and that helped me in my Postgraduate college as well.