Criteria for choosing correct and best college for securing your future

Choosing a college is a troublesome job if not guided by someone correctly.One mistake and everything is over.In this post we have tried to guide for choosing  a correct college for ug and pg programs.

The points marked with  '***'  are most important one to be taken care off

• *** AICTE/UGC approval: College or University  should be approved either by 'All India Council for          Technical Education' (AICTE) - the official governing body responsible for regulation of higher education in India; or University Grants Commission (UGC). These days many fraudulent institutes are setting up and running away with hard earned money of parents.

• Promoters/Management team: Background of promoters should be verified. As if they have any link/experience in education sector or not? Are they there just for business? Profile of Management team should be a mix of academia and corporate.

• Quality Faculty: Institute should have top-class faculty either permanent or visiting. Many institutes have recruited fresher with B.Tech as faculty. Do check ratio of B.Tech/M.Tech/Ph.D holder faculty. Faculty-led research should be done at institute, as it provides extensive, contextual and relevant study material.

• *** Infrastructure (Physical/virtual): A world class infrastructure to facilitate learning. It assures sound technical and logistical support. Learning Management system, Digital library, Databases, Wi-Fi enabled campus, residential campus are some of the features. Some colleges are running their shops in just 2 classrooms, though their fees are very low. Beware of such engineering colleges.

• *** Pedagogy/Curriculum: Pedagogy should be interactive rather than just class lectures. It should include seminars, Live projects, Experimentation, Research, Group discussions, Case studies based approach. Curriculum should be industry based.

• Industry Linkages:How well is institute connected to industry surrounded? Are there any research projects, event management initiatives, live projects taken up by students from industries, Corporates?

• Mentorship Programs: Students should be provided mentors (from corporate world or faculty), who can guide them for every step forward in their career direction.

• Internship: Summer internship statistics are important. Check as how many students got their summer internship from campus. Because even many good colleges could not get all their students placed for summer internship through campus. Students & guardians have to look for contacts for getting it through.

• Placement Committee: Do have a look at profile of Placement head. In many colleges placements are taken care of by students themselves. Be cautious.

• *** Placements Record:View list of potential recruiters, and previous year reports. Highest package, Average package, Profiles offered by companies on campus. Also speak to alumni if possible.