An institute that makes you grow

The college ranking 11th nationwide is a well-enough proof of how well the management of the college is although the restrictions put on the students are no doubt harsh with respect to modern times, the end results is a set of brilliant minds in various academic fields who graduate with flying colours every year.

The course curriculum is well structured according to the syllabi laid down from UGC. Being an autonomous college, the syllabus was further modified to help students crackdown exams at masters and PhD levels after the course ends. The exams are held in a semester - structure, with end semester exams being held in December and May. Industrial visits, Seminars and Conferences are held at least once every month for the students.

The college, being mostly research-focused, usually discourages placement drives. Even though, the college prepares the students well enough for placement drives.

There are no technical or management festivals held in the college. The cultural festivals are held several times a year, simultaneously being held along with various religious festivals of the region and within the institution. The Ramakrishna Mission headquarters nearby also dictates over a few of the religious festivals of the institution.

The fee structure is very low, keeping in mind the below poverty line families from where most of the students of the institution come from. Also, the institution offers a full scholarship to meritious students. The fee breakdown is very much transparent, showing how no extra surcharge is taken for almost any of the facilities provided.

Although I didn't opt for any, the institute provides full-time and partial scholarships to students who are in need. The college also promotes students getting their own scholarships from the central government schemes. including KVPY and INSPIRE.

The institutions is an all-boys college. The campus life includes prayer twice a day and a no-mobile resiction throughout the campus. Debates, workshops, seminars, conferences and festivities are held hroughout the year, someties several times per week. The institute promotes a non-political campus life for the sudents.

Opting for a hostel is necessary for the institution as the option for residency is compulsory. There are 5 main hostels for the students, where the facilities provided are state of the art. The hostels are supervised under the guidance of monks of the Ramakrishna Mission order.

The alumni network of the institute is quite strong. The institute hosts an alumnus meet and reunion for all the alumnus every alternate year within the campus. The alumni are also quite active in helping out the students within the campus and even in other places including studying abroad.

I was interested in the field of CS and wanted to join research from early days. The CS department of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira (RKMV) is supposed to be one of the best within the city, and also the college is located within a short walking distance from my place of residence. After my 12th exams in March, I prepared for the admission test, which was held in the last week of May, and was placed 2nd in the corresponding results. Then I got selected for an interview session where basics of computer science and mostly mathematics were the main topic of the questions. Clearing that, I secured my seat in the admissions, with classes satrting from the first week of July.

Mostly all the lecturers of my course are permanent faculty of the department. There are 5 permanent lecturers and one visiting faculty within the department. All of them are UGC-NET qualified professors and assistant professors. Each lecturer has expertise over almost 3 subjects of the course on average.