Fee Structure at Sathyabama Institute for B.Tech

I am a student at Sathyabama University. In general, our campus is huge but there is no availability of bicycle to use inside. A very huge campus which consists of all departments in their own blocks. The surroundings are well maintained and yes, there are lots of plantation which actually makes our summer better and this gives us a warm vibe to relax during our break hours. There are proper maintenance of restrooms, cafeteria and also mess halls too. Though the distance to walk is a bit more, we personally like the atmosphere here in our college. The campus and placement made us select this college. Overall I would rate my college campus around 9/10.

So to start, I chose B.Tech in Information Technology, and pursuing 3rd year right now. The basic criteria needed was 60% in our 12th grade and an entrance examination (but I don't think so this was conducted for all, as my friends didn't attend it), and the admission wasn't that high when compared to the other colleges. They conduct a continuous assessment exam (CAE) every 1 and 1/2 months and there will be semester exam at the end of that sem. There will be two CAE exams conducted in between the semester exam. So in total there are three main exams which are being conducted.

As I chose B.Tech Information Technology, I paid an admission (our college admission confirmation fees) of Rs.50,000/- and the first year fee was around Rs.2.00 lakhs (I am not sure about the exact amount - but there may be any changes around 10k up and down). For the remaining years it was 1.5 lakh rupees. There was no additional payment during the years. But in case of any placements or training we may need to pay the fee accordingly (This differs from course to course). There wasn't any specific discounts for students. Once the scholarship is being calculated for the students, the student may receive around (R.10,000/- to Rs.60,000) according to the level there are in. Basically our scholarship is calculated by the total marks gained in the entire year by the students of the same department. There is sports quota or some other scholarships to be applied when joining as there are many but not known to all. You can enquire all this at the admission desk and they would surely help you.

In general, I am not sure about the faculties from other departments, but our Information Technology is most reliable with staffs. Even if you need any kind of guidance in your project, your startup, venture ideas, business ideas, and also if need guidance in placement, all are ready to help you without any hesitations. Even if you need help from other departments or from research studies, there are many staffs appointed to help you regarding those. They general use a blackboard or some staffs prefer ppt. slides to make explanation simple. There are projectors in every class, to make it simple for students. Mostly, all the professors here have completed Ph.D with distinction. Not just that, all staff continue to study and write exams along with us. For example Professors attend NPTEL exams and be updated along with us. In case of any queries always just feel free to go and approach your staff because they will always be ready to support and guide you. As per the student teacher ratio, there are enough staff for us to make sure there is no gap.

As per the placement, one of the most important thing in our college is that the placement here is very good. The training of placement for students starts from second year itself. Each training is held by special staff of the placement cell with all the trained professionals. They charge us Rs.25,000/- each semester for placement fee. There are many companies recruiting from our college such as IBM, Cisco, Infosys, HCL, Temenos etc. They all send a trained HR personnel for our training and they do conduct lots of mock interviews so that a student does not hesitates or get nervous on their first interview. They make sure, we learn everything clearly and perfectly. They start with the basic English, tricks of math to solve in MCQ’s for the first year of placement. And then they move onto the programming languages, which is mostly needed by the companies and end up with the soft skills. They make sure you attend a mock interview, group discussion, solo explanation, and many to improve your confidence and stage fear. Which, to be simple, is that they turn you into a totally different and confident person.

I actually am not a hostel student at our university. There are availability of hostel rooms for students up to 3rd year, and 4th year students will be moved out as there will be lots of projects to go with. This information is gathered from my hostel friends. There are 2 types of rooms. The AC one and the Non AC rooms. Non AC rooms charge around 1 lakh with breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be provided for all the students at mess for free and there is a cafeteria to have fun with. The AC room is around Rs.1.70 to Rs.2.00 lakhs. There are separate block for girl’s and boy’s. They are located at extreme opposite ends at two different corners. I am not sure about the quality and hygiene maintained there. As per hostel rules, there are around 4 / 5 outing and they must need a proper permission letter to go out.

As per the infrastructure, the entire university is huge. There are separate blocks for each department and each department block has a staff room along with a HOD room. Every block has restroom at either end, one for women and the other for men. Classroom capacity is around 60-70 students. Ground floor classes are gallery view and the classes on the other floors are normal classroom with desks and chairs. Each classroom has a projector attached, so there is no issues with advanced teachings. There is a central library, at the centre of the campus which contains sections for all the department. There are 2 floors in library, the ground floor and the first floor contains the books and sitting areas for students to sit and study. The law and higher studies students have a separate area for studying and books are placed separately too. On the second floor of library, they have the placement cell and interview rooms along with few conference rooms. There are 3 auditoriums with a huge capacity in which one of the Auditorium is an open auditorium. There is a medical clinic in both boy’s hostel and girl’s hostel, in case of emergency we can go there, or else there is a hospital near the dental block which has an entry for the outsiders too. So for my favourite part of the college, there are lots of trees which is much needed during summer times, and we need them during our break time to make ourselves relaxed. Along with that there are sitting areas near all the departments. In total, the infrastructure here is great. There is a canteen too which doesn't limit the food, as it contains all kind of foods like noodles, burgers, wraps and so on. They will be open for breakfast too.

Overall , I love my college as it provides lots of facilities which are better when compared to the other colleges. College crowd is basically high, as this is a university. They provide us more than 150 buses, as the admission increases day by day. There are cultural event every year around Jan to Feb month and there will be traditional events happening too. Else, they will conduct events but only within the department.