GITAM University B.Tech Review By Maadhu Sumanth Reddy

I choose this college because my father liked this college. I also got a scholarship of 50% which made me choose this college. It was also because I could go to home immediately if I wanted to since it was near to my house. Unlike other colleges, it is near to vizag city which is a major reason why most students join this college. It is also a very popular college because of placements as well as the student life here.

Academics are average, but I feel pretty good in here. I am an average student from the start, which made my life here with academics very comfortable. There are not very difficult problems and questions in here, which is a major reason why most students don't have backlogs here. Also getting scholarship here is very easy and mostly all students get into CSE course.

Faculty is very friendly. Although some say they don't teach well, I feel not all teachers are like that, most are very nice teachers who are friendly. They have very high qualifications on paper; some teachers are even from IIT. We are assigned a mentor teacher who is helpful in our academics; my mentor interacts with us very well. Teacher to student ratio is also good ranging from 1:20.

Placements are not bad, average is around 5LPA. Highest of previous year is 50 LPA as far as I heard. This year it's 12 LPA till date. Compared to other deemed colleges even in this recession period GITAM successfully provided placements.

Hostel is nice in this college. Compared to other colleges of same tier, hostels are very nice in this regard. There is option of both ac and non ac. Mess has centralized air conditioning system. Every year various sports activities occur between different hostel blocks which are very fun. Girl’s hostels are also very good; the Watchmen there are very strict, they close the gates strictly by 9pm. Very much safety is taken for girl students. After 10pm, all the hostel gates are closed and no one is allowed to roam in the college for safety reasons. Bikes are allowed in the college, cars are also but need to pay fee and should take a prior permission which can be applied online. Overall hostels are nice and mess food is also pretty good.

Infrastructure is the strong point of GITAM. Although campus is old, infrastructure is well maintained and also re modified regularly. All our classes are air conditioned along with the mess in hostel. There are extensive gardens in the college which is reason for getting many movies shooting in here. Recently south Indian superstar Ram Charan's movie shooting also happened in here.

Campus Life is very good probably the best in vizag. GITAM is famous specifically for its campus life. The various groups of students make up a diverse life in GITAM. There are various exchange students from different countries mainly Africa, Nepal. Clubs have students from all different groups of the students. We can interact with all of them. Ragging is also very less compared to other colleges, we have Watchmen pretty much everywhere leading to very less ragging. Fests are also very grand probably the best in whole of vizag, fests are taken very seriously by the college students and also most importantly all run by students.