Graphic Era University MCA Review By Arun Rana

'GEU' is without any doubt the best private University in Uttarakhand. I was always fascinated by living a life beyond home and that was the main reason for me coming to Dehradun. The city is known for lightning cafés, young crowds, and some of the best Universities. DIT, BFIT, and Uttaranchal were the other options that I kept in loop; in case I didn't get the admissions in GEU. Yet, admissions are quite easy here and many scholarships too, for students, so even the hefty fees can be cut short, if you have secured great numbers in graduation. The scholarship continues as long as you keep scoring well in semester exams. Studies are great as MCA was one of the courses that have seen regular classes and student's attendance is also pretty high in comparison to the other courses of the University. Class strength was 60 odd and it was easy to grab the attention of the faculty.

Studies were strict because attendance below 75% means students were barred from writing the exams. The fines are also quite heavy and it only made sense that we attend the classes regularly. At many private Colleges, I have seen attendance not being strict, but at GEU, it was the opposite. Education is taken care of quite well here and that's the reason why students from not just India but abroad too now have started showing interest in GEU as there were at least 4 to 5 NRIs in our batch. Only academics can take a University name offshore and GEU has done well in that regard.

Faculties were tremendous as they were qualified. Every next professor was a PhD degree holder over here. They didn't hesitate in passing on their knowledge to us. They took great care of us as MCA students were treated equal to M. Tech students here. I can praise them all day long because they have kept the momentum of education going over here. There are a lot of distractions at the University, but if there's a thing that has kept us motivated and not get distracted, it is the faculty of GEU.

At GEU, everyone gets their chance to have their luck at the placements. For those who have paid attention and prepared well during the training program can easily find themselves a job worth 5 Lakhs and above. MCA placements have gone beyond 20 lakhs at times, so if one is brilliant, there is no shortage of placements from GEU. The placement rate is still on the lower side as most students are non-serious or rather don't care about having a job in hand. For those who did and were serious, left the University with a job in hand.

The hostels inside the campus are the worst in terms of food but best in terms of living space. We had the option of having a single room and rooms were big enough and were also cleaned daily. The four-floor hostel building will never have a single dull moment as the sports ground was next to the hostel building. The best part of the hostel was that no intruding is allowed. The level of security is amazing at the hostels. First the guards, and then the warden and surprise flying squad can come at any point. Thus, never imagine or do such things if you are at the hostel of GEU. Apart from the two boy's hostels that are inside the campus, there are some hostels which are off-campus too. Sai Hostel was one of those and is one of the best boy's hostels of the University.

Infrastructure is beyond my vocabulary as it may not be the largest campus, but for sure one of the most beautiful campuses that one will see. There are two gates of the campus and one building which is CSIT building is off-campus exactly opposite to the main campus of the University. Our classes were held there and there's a bunker at the CSIT building that takes us to the main campus. There are libraries in almost all blocks of the campus, and auditoriums too are there in almost all blocks of the campus. The ground was great as it was adept for playing football, cricket or volleyball. The recreation room does have a snooker table along with table tennis tables, and carom boards.

One has to be at the classes for as long as they are held. Luckily, they were so interesting that finding interest in other activities never felt like the thing of first choice. We used to chill at the hostel post classes and have fun at the canteens of the campus. I was in the quaint town which is quite beautiful but hardly found time to go there as the campus life was too addictive to leave and go elsewhere.