Pillai College of Engineering B.Tech Review By Aniket Khemnar

The college is well equipped with good Infrastructure and cleanliness. It is now an Autonomous college, so it mainly focuses on Project Based Learning which helps students to develop different types of skills. College encourages students to take part in every extracurricular activity like sports. Campus is good and properly maintained. If you want to study in Navi Mumbai then PCE should be a good choice to study. It has 4 sections and Engineering is one of them. It has 4 libraries each for a section. There are 2 open playgrounds, a gym, and other indoor game courts. It also has sufficient place for parking.

Since the college is Autonomous, it mainly focuses on Project Based Learning which helps students to learn something practically and develop new skills by applying practical knowledge. The admissions are based on MHTCET / JEE scores. Reserved category students get all the benefit in fees but not in the cutoff, cutoff is same for all except PWD, Orphan students etc. Along with the regular degree it also provides 'Value added Courses' which has a number of courses and students can select interested one to enroll. Students get certificates as well. Honestly, it helps students to gain some extra skills along with the regular studies. Actually, it also has a graded subject in the college 'Co-Curricular Course" in FE, which has 2 credits. It is a very good course where students gather together and do some projects, activities, etc. along with the team. It helps students to develop leadership quality, team working, etc. It includes tree plantation, yoga, meditations, sports, debate competition, treasure hunts, etc. Overall, the college is good with Academics and co-curricular course. The library is well equipped with all the needful books. In some other colleges students can issue a book for just 7 days, but PCE students can issue a Library book for 15 days. Along with Academics there are various clubs in the college like Rangmanch for acting, benchmark for singing, etc. Coding clubs always organise coding competitions to improve competitive coding skills of the students.

Faculties are very much supportive and encouraging. They always treat every student calmly. Their teaching styles and interaction with students are all good. All the Faculties are well experienced and some of them are even IIT Graduates. They ensure that there is proper study environment in the classrooms. They are always ready to solve doubts about studies and not even studies but students can discuss some other things. All the faculties are friendly while talking to students. They always encourage us to take part in some co-curricular activities. They inform us about different useful courses on internet that we should enroll in. Some of the faculties also provide information about ongoing hackathons, coding competitions, etc. so students can participate in it and improve their skills by solving problems. Overall teaching style is good and all the faculties are calm and experienced.

Yes, the college does have a Placement Cell that regularly guides students about ongoing trends, things to do for getting a good job, etc. I have passed FE this year. But even in the FE a program was organized by the Placement cell named as 'Placement talk' only for the FE students which shows the efforts of the Placement cell guiding students from the very first year of the engineering for a better outcome. It has its own Aptitude test website where students are always welcome to take a test. They arrange industrial visits, seminars, workshops, mock interviews, and group discussions.

When it comes to Infrastructure It's far better than other colleges. Everything is properly maintained, clean and neat. For FE students the structure of the buildings might be confusing at beginning. All the classrooms are well equipped with Projectors. There are separate labs for different things. College has its own canteen which provides all the types of food. It has an Auditorium with 300 seating capacity along with 2 conclaves. About Sports Infrastructure, It has a separate gymkhana, Badminton court, kabaddi court, carrom, and other sports facilities along with. The Infrastructure is the best thing of college.

Campus life is amazing. It has different clubs for different activities. Students can join clubs for their hobbies. Coding, dancing, acting, singing clubs are there and some others as well. They always perform in each event organized by the college. It has 2 open spaces between the buildings which is a great place to spend some time in between the breaks. Students are always allowed to do whatever they want to in the Campus without disturbing others. 'Alegria' is the annual cultural fest of the college which is considered as biggest college cultural fest in Navi Mumbai. All the types of activities like gaming, technical workshops, singing, dancing, Sports matches, and tournaments are always organized in the Alegria. Honestly, it is a very joyful and enjoyable fest that should not be missed.