S G M English Medium College of Commerce and Management B.Com Review By Sandip Patel

SEMCOM is an eminent college with all the commercial courses on offer along with computer application course. With SEMCOM one thing that is guaranteed is that you have chosen your path for the career well. The college is one fortunate college that has backing of its trustees who infuse a lot of money in providing better facilities to the student. The college has produced gold medalists from Sardar Patel University. One can feel free to correct me but I am from Gujarat and trust there’s no commerce college that is better than SEMCOM. If I talk about Infrastructure the building is old but as it was built in 1977 and has remained intact since then. However, the building is lightning white as during the breaks the college makes sure that they get building painted. Talking about the educational point, it is much better than any other commerce colleges in Gujarat. The college holds a value and that is why you can see the campus placements opportunities. Furthermore, the college is nearby various educational institutes and I will have to say that student life is great and to top that there are numerous opportunities for growth as well.

This is the biggest attraction of SEMCOM as the college education system is the best. University toppers are from SEMCOM for many years now. The college has the best faculty to educate us. The classrooms that are conventional but modern pyrotechnics are eminent. The college made students realize that there’s always a room for improvement and that is why the best of students too don’t have a room for complacency. The college has not only given importance to syllabus but has regularly advised us to follow various other books as well.

Faculties of SEMCOM are immensely qualified (PdDs from Top Institutes). One thing that I know all will agree is that no matter how great the institute is you will still have some faculty members that obviously lack the skills required for teaching. We too had some of those but most of them were adept in teaching and had knowledge in abundance. One thing with SEMCOM faculty is that all the faculty members are quite Co-Operative. I was close to the faculty members during my time at SEMCOM. From the recent that I have heard that SEMCOM has started a teacher development campaign, so in future the students will have no issues or reservations with teaching methods of the faculty members.

The college has a placement cell and the numbers are just above average if we consider placements in B.Com. Big firms like Info Edge, TCS, and Bajaj Allianz have hired various students. The placement that B.Com student gets is not worth mentioning. Only a few students actually took the job as most students decided to do higher studies.

The college hostel is nearby the college building. Both boys and girls hostel are just 100 to 200m from the college campus. The boys hostel is huge and is capable of accommodating 400+ students. The girls hostel has nearly 100 rooms and is capable of accommodating 200 girls. Coming at some negatives about the college, the hostel is of no use. Anybody can come and stay at the hostel. I can call my friends to come and stay with me and there is no one who will have problem with that. You can walk in at any time of the night and you will see watchman sleeping in his chair. The girls hostel too was similar as they also enjoyed the same things. One can call it as an advantage for students but a major disadvantage for a college like SEMCOM.

Area wise the college is small in fact less than 1 acre but talking about the facilities that the college has accommodated are innumerable. The building is huge as that is the main building which has admin department, classes, auditorium, library, and seminar halls. The college also has a parking area as most of the students are outsiders and keeping bike for travel has been a common trend among students at SEMCOM.

The entire infrastructure of the campus is well-furnished. The college has also made arrangement for accommodation of boys and girls but the hostel is not at the campus. The building though old looks new as every odd year the building is painted and thereby looks new. The sports ground is common for many colleges nearby. In college campus we have no place to play or even hunch around with friends. The college infrastructure is all about one building. Space is something which is not in everyone’s control but the usage of that space has been done well by the management.

If one thinks that study is boring then SEMCOM is the place for them. There are activities going on right through the year and one can learn something new every day at the college campus. I kept myself busy with quiz competitions and study dates with my friends. There are a lot of interactive activities in the college and I had a blast for the 3 years that I spent in this college.