Parul University B.Tech Review By Amit Mali

Gujarat may have been termed as the best state in terms of development but in terms of college, there are just a few. Many are in fact fraud and Parul has to be the biggest of them. I am still cursing my cousin who asked me to do B.Tech in Petroleum engineering and when I looked at the choices there were few. Honestly speaking my numbers were low and the college he recommended I finally did post-graduation from there. Anyways will talk about that in a different post as Parul was just rubbish. The campus, the infrastructure is award-winning which it deserves but in terms of education and placement, it is the worst. First Parul University Fees is huge and then hardly any exposure or quality education are what the Parul University is all about. The website, the ads are all just fake as I know quite a few students of other streams who are working in some local companies in Vadodara. They were not placed through campus but had to find placements on their own. There are 25 institutes on the campus and nearly 1000 teachers but trust me only 10% of them are skilled as the rest all have come through the recommendation quota.

To call oneself an engineer after passing out from this college is the most optimistic thing one can say. One has to be attentive as you will get enough hints on which questions will be asked in the exams. I seriously attended lectures because of that and students are so mean there that even though they know the question the teachers said they will tell some other question to the students who missed the classes but still kept faith in their friends. Not just the college staff but even the students were among the meanest people I have seen.

The best of judges can’t even rate them. Some of the faculty members that taught petroleum engineering were from Civil or Mechanical backgrounds. They took a year and read all about the subjects they wanted to teach and entered the college because some big guns have recommended their names. The University is literally playing with the future of the students as Petroleum engineering is not just a rare subject but also a demanding and challenging stream. For all those who want to do this engineering there are 8-10 colleges in the state, choose any but Parul.

Parul University Placement is zero, I am sorry but 0 number of students placed from our batch and the college claim that we have placed them all is nothing but a lie. The worst part is that almost everybody in Gujarat knows this but still the parents are happy to send their kids to this fake University. For all those who think, I am being harsh, trust me I am not even half harsh as I should be. The only bright spot was that I knew from let’s just say 2nd semester itself that we won’t be placed. I started preparing for future studies as luckily I had my cousin who was a postgraduate in this stream and he got the monkey out of my back and made me comfortable by saying this is not the end.

There are 16 to 18 boys and 8 to 10 girls’ hostels all inside the University campus. Both the hostels were located at a separate location and no trespassing in either of the hostel was possible. Just like a hotel tariff card, we had the hostel form that had some similar choices. Single or triple sharing, ac or non-ac rooms, balcony room or without balcony room. These were all the options that were there and fees was likewise. The name of the hostels was Shastri Bhawan, Kalam Bhawan, Tagore Bhawan, and Milka Bhawan, etc. All the hostels had 3 wings with the facilities mentioned like attached and non-attached washrooms, ac or non-ac. Likewise, the girl's hostel names were Teresa Bhawan, and Sarojini Bhawan, etc. The hostel fees was around a lakh and separate for food.

Vadodara city hardly has the space that can accommodate a University of this level. The University is built in Waghodia which is 8 km from the city. Parul University campus was huge and so well maintained that one will fell in love immediately. From the student's point of view, there were many selfie points. The Parul University administrative block needs a special mention as the University is so huge but the block was the smallest among all. There are over 1000 trees for sure inside the campus and many hangout places inside the campus after the classes. The theater hall or the auditorium hall will give you the feel of a theater as it was built exactly like a theater. A huge hospital was there inside the campus and insurance was included in the fees so whoever felt sick inside the campus were treated at the PU hospital. There’s a merchandise store at the campus and this was one of that rare thing which I have never seen or heard till date. There are many food chains like the subway and other canteens at the campus. No negative for this section as this is what is enticing 1000s of students every year at Parul University.

From the meanest students to uncaring faculty there was literally nothing that seems worthy of praise at the campus other than the infrastructure. Every other year there’s an addition of an institute at the university and when I left there were 25 institutes and I won’t be surprised if it is 30 now.