Maharaj Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering B.Tech Review By Sarella Jasmin

Overall, the college is good for infrastructure and academics, placements are also good, but not all students get placements in the college. The highest package is 25 LPA and the average 4.5 LPA for the last year. The faculties have good experience. The college encourages many extra-curricular activities and conducts sports events, competitions, and also has a GDG club which conducts programs periodically. The canteen and bakery facility are there for the students. ATM facility is also available.

The college offers a variety of courses in Engineering including Computer Science, IOT, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Electrical Communication, specializations in Data Science, Machine learning, Block Chain Technology and also offers MBA courses. It maintains strict rules around the college and no malfunctioning activities will be encouraged during exams. The academic timetable is very flexible and includes extra circular activities. Cutoff for the college starts from 11,000 for CSE course and closing rank will be 1, 36, 000 for BC candidates and 10,000 to 12,000 for OC candidates. Students should have at least 60% marks in 12th.

The faculty in my college is very professional and highly educated. The minimum criteria for them are to qualify M.Tech with 1st class. They have more than 10 years of experience based on their level of education. They are approachable with students who need career guidance and will suggest many opportunities based on our interest domain. They take good care of students who are backed in studies, during the 3rd and final year the faculty takes responsibility to give the best path to the interested students. Also, some faculty can help in higher studies and become entrepreneurs based on students' interest.

We have a separate Placement Cell in the college and have placement staff in every department. The institute offers training and placement subjects in our first 2 years of academics. Most of the students get jobs before their graduation and the number of jobs offers is based on the certain department. Compared to Civil and Mechanical, Computer Science students get more placements. Not all the students get placement but that depends on how much industrial skills the student has and if they are eligible according to their CGPA for placements.

I stayed in college hostel for 2 years and vacated it, now I am a day scholar. The food in the college hostel is great compared to other colleges, they maintain it with hygiene, but the fee is a bit high in my opinion. If there is an emergency, they take us to the hospital. They have separate hostels for boys and girls.

The college has good infrastructure with an advanced library and advanced labs in every department. They have a minimum of 3 computer labs in every department and corresponding electrical, chemical and mechanical labs in respective departments. Particularly my college has good equipped labs for the mechanical department. There is an AC facility in every computer lab and a minimum of 70 students can be accommodated in computer labs. The library has an internet facility and has up to 250 systems; it has a reading room, conference hall and loan section for books. The canteen and bakery facility. The ATM and bank facility is also there inside the campus.

The campus has many clubs in various fields, you can join one or many based on your interest. We celebrate annual day every year and department days, but the department days are cancelled this year. We also celebrate silver jubilee in 2023 every 4 years and the Mansas event will be conducted by 4th year students. This is a big event for the college since it is organised once every 4 years. Also, we have a fresher's party for welcoming freshers. Periodically many tech events and fests will be conducted and workshops will be conducted by the departments.