It is not good to pursue B.Tech food technology here as there are no proper faculty and labs.
Placements: None of the companies visited the campus for placement at our time. There was one company visited the campus to hire the students of the third year when we were in the 1st year. The salary offered to them was Rs.10,000 per month. The post offered was not of the food technologist, and the students were offered some roles in the quality control domain. Our HOD refers to some jobs to the students that there are some vacancies you can go and talk. The jobs were a quality chemist, and some are even the job of machine operators, which is not related to the B.Tech students. They don't have any plans for their students future. If they know any job, they will inform you without even knowing the job role. There is no such things exist as proper campus placement, while they have almost 30-50 students in a batch. There are no internships provided by the college. You have to arrange for yourself. HOD will provide the internships to students whose parents have some link with the HOD. Even if you arrange the internship on your own in your 2nd or 3rd year, they will not give you the letter of recommendation by saying that you can't go for internship other than your 7th semester. They provide the internships to students who have some kind of relationship with them like with their parents or they are knowing them previously. Other than that, you have to go to the HOD and then ask for that. But they don't have any plans to arrange internships for all their students.
Infrastructure: There is a Wi-Fi facility with a speed, i.e., lower than that of 2G. There are several Wi-Fi networks here, but they are not accessible to students. Even some faculty members change the password of student Wi-Fi so that students can't use it. If they see that you are using the Wi-Fi in the corridor, they will shout on you and even humiliate you that why are you using Wi-Fi, just get lost from there. Labs are just too old they are not updated even some equipment doesn't work at all. Even lab attended don't know how to use them. They also don't issue the things for the practical easily. They always threaten you that they can influence your degree by a complaint to the HOD. There are some new instruments also, but they are inaccessible to the students. There is no one to teach microbiology practicals which is a very important subject for food technology. Labs of fluid mechanics are the worst, and you will never know what is going on there. When you go, there is not enough space for 30-40 students. When you go there, nothing is available, and even the lab attended will always threaten you for attendance short and marks manipulation. In your dissertation, you have to outsource for some basic testings because they are not available in the department. Equipment is available but there is nobody to tell you how and what to do. Even chemicals are not available there. If you outsource for the testings, the department will not fund you, all you have to arrange by yourself because you want your degree on time. There is one mini hospital, and the doctor is also available as he can give you first aid. You can play cricket on your own on the ground. Some students organise cricket tournament on their own. They are no such thing like annual sports day. There are games which are taught by PT teacher, but they are only for the students of physical education students. There is an NSS unit also, but they don't allow B.Tech students, and I don't know why. There is no particular classroom for any branch you have to move all day from here to there for the classes. Some classes are held by combining other branches. There is an old way of teaching as no use of PPTs or internet. Canteen is average. The library is the worst and there is no internet facility. The librarian reissues the books to their known only and even hide the books for them. They also humiliate the students. There is no online system for the maintenance of book management. The book can be found in any unrelated subj
Faculty: There is only one permanent faculty in the college, and the rest of others are guest who changes every session. The HOD is not even from food technology properly as he has done his B.Tech from agriculture engineering, and his master's degree is from food technology. He doesn't have a PhD though. He is not supportive and always threaten them that you all are of no use. He never listens to you even if you are right, he always thought that he is right, no matter what. He doesn't have knowledge of all fields of food technology and even doesn't know about the competition exam of food technology so don't even discuss to the students to the future perspectives of the branch. Every session there are maximum 3 guest faculty choose by the HOD. He can choose even the most undeserving person and that blame the students that you are of no use. He can appoint agricultural engineering studied student to teach food technology students. They never took the students to industry visit. They invite some random people as a guest speaker which may be or may not be related to your subject. Even they humiliate students in front of the speakers also. The HOD only takes 3-4 classes during the entire session and the question he gives in the exam are always doubtful. How many numbers you get in the exam you don't know because he can give any question in the exam which he doesn't even teach. The food technology syllabus is not updated since 1991. Even we have to study subjects which are not useful for our branch. The way of teaching is not modern. Even classes are not running properly. There is not even a single day when all the classes held together. The teachers have an ego problem, if they teach wrong you can't tell them because they thought that how can you teach them. There is no proper guidance because they don't know about the branch. Many appointed guest teachers don't have a bachelor's degree in food technology. If you are not self-aware, there is no chance of getting knowledge by the college. Some guest faculty members are very good, but they changed in every session.
Other: There is only an engineer's day which is celebrated in the college in which teachers don't have much interest. You have to arrange your funds. There is food day also, but it will hold every year or not, it is questionable. There are no such things like tech fest. There are some events organised by the university, but the B.Tech students remain unaware of that. The department does not convey the message properly if some invitation comes from other institutions for fests/programs. There will be no funds provided if you go outside. The campus crowd is good. The campus is surrounded by nature. There are a few options available for food, daily needs, etc. You have to go 1-2 km for the proper market. If you want to purchase some big things like B.Ed table, chair or the thesis work, you have to go 10 km ahead. There is no special scholarship provided by the college. There is a scholarship which provided to OBC/ST, SC students by Madhya Pradesh government. The student welfare department doesn't provide any information regarding other scholarships if students go there, they will try their best to irritate you by saying that these schemes are not available here. So students come with disappointment. There is no facility to pay the fee online, and you don't have any student login ID. Results are not published on the website, they just announced on display board. The evaluation system is not transparent, which type of result will come you can't say. There is a foundation day celebration as an event. There are no specific extracurricular activities in academics. Some activities can take place, but very few are reached to B.Tech students.
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