Anshuman Jijnasa's Review On Eastern Academy Of Science & Technology - [EAST], Bhubaneswar

The college is good with respect to amenities and infrastructure. But there is huge scope of improvment in the faculties present. Hiring some experience faculties shall help. The placement cell needs complete make over. The higher management too needs to take pro active steps for the same.

Orissa JEE. Rank 5200. EAST is a well reputed college in Bhubaneswar. The amenities provided are good. I could travel up and down from my home. The faculty and the infrastructure are OK. But the placement cell needs a lot of improvement.

I opted for Electronics ans Instrumention. It covered topics like basic and advanced electronics and basic electrical, electromagnetic theory, control systems, signals and sensors, VLSI design, Process control instrumentation, C, OOPS, operating systems, computer networks, organisational behaviour etc. The faculty for some topics were good but for most topics they were just about OK. They covered most topics but some were left out. The labs classes were well equipped with instruments, but lab classes were not strictly conducted.

The placement cell of the college is extremely poor and needs a lot of improvement. Overall only 15-20 % of the students got final placement offer. The companies which came were Infosys, Reliance and a couple of other small companies. Infosys offered package of 3 lacs per annum. The other companies offered packages in tha range of 1.8 lpa to 2.4 lpa.

Every year annual fest was organised in our college. Many cultural plays are portrayed in the same. Interested participants also showcase their talent in folk and modern dance. Several upcoming singers from talent shows like saregama and indial idol were invited as guests every year.

I had to pay course fees of 56000 per year. Now it is around 85000 per year and is at par with most of the engineering colleges in Bhubaneswar. It is not very expensive. However i feel there is need to start scholarship programme for needy students.

Our college did not offer any scholarships. However education loans were available to students who wished to do so.

The college was strict on incidents regarding ragging. As such ragging was not practiced by any of the students. The gender ratio would be 65:35 favouring boys. It is good considering lesser girls prefer engineering, particularly electrical mechanical and civil. Though many workshops and cultural activities werent conducted by the college but annual sports were done every year.

I did not avail hostel facility myself but going by my experience with friends who stayed at hostel I would rate it as OK. The hostel is very close to the main college building. The mess facilities are well maintained. But as the college is 10-15 kms away from main city so it is hectic for hostel students to avail extra classes outside college.

The senior students during my stay at college were very co operative. Generally the relationship among students of the college is cordial. Most of the students stay in touch with each other and also with the college personnel via social networking apps.

Examinations were as per schedule set by Biju Patnaik University of Technology. They were controlled well and were mostly strictly monitored. The internal exams were however a lot casual and wasnt as strict as the main ones.The lab exams were casual too.

The faculty were mostly young and less experienced. Some of them were good. More experienced faculty required. As mentioned the laboratories were well equipped with instruments but they were not strictly conducted. Most lab assistants were not up to the mark