Kristu Jayanti College Review By Deepak Kumar

KJC is not a decorated name in Bangalore but still its PGP course should be acknowledged. After working for 8 months after engineering, I decided to have one more shot at studies. The college has an entrance test to get admitted and mind you that’s the only way you can get here. Yes, there are some management seats but they are far expensive for a middleclass family to bear. College is run by a missionary society and people who are not from Bangalore should learn that such schools and colleges of Bangalore are quite strict. College uniform should be worn neatly and one has to be ready with I-card in their hands if not wearing them around the neck. The college location made it difficult for me to travel daily but attendance again is quite strict here.

PG course needs a lot of attention and staff and management made sure they develop all the skill set in students to get them in a better space. Markings were a little biased and I wish I could share some incidents but that would be a long story then. Prior work experience is must for PGP program here and luckily industry for all domains come at the campus so your prior work is of quite help. The course was changed during our final semester and that created chaos but hard work needs no escaping. So, if you are ready to toil hard and adjust with the things that are changed just in nick of time, then boss KJC is a great choice.

The number of professors for our course were just too much. As they say too much of advice can create a lot of confusion and that’s what happened at least with me. You had experts alright but too many minds will only lead to confusion. Some students were happy though with such things but I was definitely not. If they can cut out that because the student teacher ratio that high is also not good. Professors were available for the students and most of them being outsiders just like students had no issues in staying back till late. I would cut some numbers here not because of the professors but because of the number of professors.

Since everything was prepared well in advance, we didn’t have to worry at all. Industries from almost all the field have come and we were already asked for choices. We straightaway went for the interviews and almost all the students cracked those as we had past work experience. I believe that one should do management studies only after some work experience as it’s easy to understand the studies then. Placements were great and I will credit the management of the college for personally helping out students getting the best of placements. In short, the placements were amazing and all left the college happily.

Most of the students were from other states but the campus doesn’t have enough area to accommodate a hostel. Many colleges have made hostels available outside the campus but KJC has asked students to manage it on their own. Thus, KJC doesn’t have or provide any such facility to their students.

Cleaning starts from morning and every day we entered, it felt like we are seeing the college for the first time. It was always tidy and neat. The classrooms were huge and had individual benches for each one of us. PG building has four floors and has coffee vending machines on 2nd and 4th floor. Boys and Girls washrooms are there on each floor. PG building was also equipped with a modern library. The building also has a relaxation or recreation room. There was also a canteen in PG block that had enough eating options. There’s a huge garden at the centre that is always full of life. Sporting facilities are not there as college is compact and student strength is high. This is the only drawback about the infrastructure otherwise there’s no flaw whatsoever.

One gets to gel with students of various states and communities of India. Not just in KJC but that’s in Bangalore as a whole. Meeting new people and learning new culture was always my passion and I was glad to have that a lot over here. The coffees during the breaks and conversations with the seniors and professors made life so wonderful. Even a 45 minutes traveling seemed so fun because I used to travel with a lot of my classmates. Every day was a new chapter and for two years I have written so many beautiful chapters of life that they are inherited in me. If institute was a living thing, I would have considered it the kindest soul that I have ever met.