My proud college

It is one of best Institutions even today & students from this college were always preferred over others.The college management was very good & all were frequently getting feedbacks about faculty & other facilities.

It was a prestigious college where Dr. Sir M Vishweshwariah the Dewam of Mysore & he who constructed KRS Dam studied.

Course curriculum was impressive. For first two years there was no specialization & I had exposure in all faculties such as civil, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical engineering. In 4th year I got admitted to specialization on merit in Electronics & communication engineering.

At that time there was no internship .But college had very good name & there was no problem in getting jobs as the course was new & plenty of opportunities were there.

As college was famous world wide getting placements was no problem. Every Industry had open offers for the out comers from this college. We had lot of offers from abroad also & many of my friends joined various companies abroad such as NASA etc.At that time the salary was not so big & that was the reason many opted to go abroad.

We had annual day celeberations every year when we used to assemble in common & enjoy cultural activities.As said earlier we had little time to give attention for extra curricular activities since the exam was there every 6 months & we had to write internal assessment every month.We however managed both & participated in several activities such as singing, dancing etc.

As I got a seat on merit basis I was eligible for annual merit scholarship of Govt of India & my fees was subsidized by Govt.Instead of paying fees I was getting income every year & I gave no burden to my parents. I saved the money from scholarships & used later for applying for jobs.Though engineering was a costly course since I got Govt help I could make to top in the exams & get distinction in exams. The teachers also helped a lot & there was no need for any tuition.

The college was prestigious one & was recognized for central govt scholarships besides state govt subsidies.I my self was a recipient of central Govt scholarship & state govt fees subsidy. There was also many donors who had instituted funds for helping poor.There was no educational loan at that time & parents had to struggle for payment of fees.

There were very few girls opting for engg at that time. I had only one girl in my batch & in the entire college there were not more than 10 girl students.Particularly for mechanical engg there were no girl students.The work shop included welding ,plumbing,carpentary etc.There was no religion based discriminations & it was purely merit based.Of course there was management quotas & influential people had access to those seats.

I was a native of Mysore & there was no need for any hostel facility for me.I was travelling from home by bicycle & college was very near. I am told that hostel facility was good & food served was also of good standard. There was no ragging at that time & hence hostel mates had cool time throughout.The hostel was located just behind the college & warden was very good.

We have an alumni association & we meet once a year.We have also Institution of Engg where the graduates had access to become members. There were regular discourses by eminent engineers in different fields.We had nice interaction with elders in the field & exchange of ideas.

It was a semester course & we had exam every 6 months.There was internal assessment & we had to get min 18 marks It was tough to meet the target & we had tough time in getting the min required.It was also difficult tom prepare for exams every 6 months & we were almost engaged throughout the year. We had less time for extra curricular activities.Of course we had one education tour in 4thh year & we visited several industries incl BEL

Merit seat. I got scholarship & fees waiver. I got one year exemption also as I had completed BSc degree also. I was directly admitted to 2nd year course. The faculty was very good & lab facilities were extremely good. My class mates were all very good & good mannered. There was no ragging & I had a smooth go throughout the course.

It was a second batch in Electronics & faculty were almost our seniors only. We had pleasant time. Teachers were almost like friends & we had opportunity to discus every aspect. The lab was also upcoming & was slowly being equipped.We had opportunity to see installation of many equipments & had opportunity of directly discussing with suppliers.