Haridwar University B.Tech Review By Arvind Bisht

I see College as share prices where you have little moments where your share prices go up and what one has to try and avoid is the crash. RCOE didn't completely crash in any of the specific points in my review, but there were some tough moments. For those who have liquidated, their shares enjoyed full action, and for those who didn't have to face the crash. For management, I will give them credit for putting a team of the best people together. From non-teaching staff to the teaching staff, everyone was given a specific role and they all did that wholeheartedly. One man can't carry an entire University; likewise, one faculty or one student can't be a leader. So, the philosophy at the campus was pretty clear: enjoy each other's success and be a part of the University as a team man. In all, RCOE has formed an atmosphere where everyone wants to do well.

My English vocabulary has gone up after joining RCOE. Every faculty in the class made sure that there would be one common language for communication, and that has to be English. Indian engineers and especially Computer Science engineers are the most demanded people globally. If one has to represent their country globally, then there is only one language through which they can do that and that is English. Moving ahead from skill set, and talking about the engineering attributes, learning the languages and coding were the other skills that were developed at RCOE. As they say, good things are infectious and IIT Roorkee being 4-5 miles away from our campus, I think a lot of energy and good vibes that we got at the campus were from there.

Faculties celebrated student's success and that's what has made them my favorite. The faculties of RCOE were someone who took the students from the scruff of our necks and made us learn the things which we should as an engineer. They went all out in making sure that students who desire to learn should get all the resources and time to learn and develop. In any Institute some students don't bother because they have joined engineering under some pressure, and when they have finally joined it, be at the College for the sake of their families or someone else's wish. The faculties addressed this issue because they have seen students who have scored well at the entrances but lost all their interest in a semester. Thus, they did a lot of pep talk to such students to regenerate or reinvent their interest in engineering.

If the College manages to get 40% of its students placed, it means they have done well. RCOE placements rate was a bit higher than that, but many students blamed the College for not getting them placed. Interviews were held for one and all, and if someone gets a job worth 10 lakhs, and if someone gets a job worth 5 lakhs, it was on students to crack or kill it during the interviews. For those who couldn't, that meant they didn't have any skills. I had the placements but my elder brother did MBA and he was adamant that I will be doing the same and I had to listen to him.

The College has two boys and one girls' hostel. There were two-seater rooms in M L Bhawan and three-seater rooms facility in KD Bhawan. The girls hostel name was Prem Lata Bhawan. All the hostels were great as they were identical in structure, but the rooms were different. Each hostel had their committee, and everything about changes in the hostel food or other things were to be reported to that committee, and the things were resolved in minutes. Hostels are heavily guarded with guards and the curfew time was strict as for girls it was 6 pm in winter and 7 pm during the summers. For boys, it was 7 pm and 8 pm respectively.

Auditorium of the campus was the epicenter. With a seating capacity of 200 students, it was adept at hosting all the small and big events of the College. The spinal cord of a College lies in the library, and the central library of the College was an automated library with many sets of each book. Our College café which was fully air-conditioned helped us beat the heat which is quite big during the summers. There was a stationery shop and a PNB ATM inside the campus.

There is a recreation area which was the fun zone for the students as it had many sporting facilities along with comfortable couches to sit and relax. The College organizes picnics every year and we were taken to many places like Mussoorie, Agra, Delhi, and Rishikesh. The College fests are also amazing as not participating in fests means missing out on half the fun that RCOE offers.