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Readers recommend colleges in Maharashtra
Last updated on: June 21, 2010 14:55 IST
We invited readers to share their college recommendations to the Class of 2010 -- the colleges with the best teachers, facilities, study programmes.
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Here we present the responses we recieved for colleges in Maharashtra. Share yours!
| Name_of_college: | Sydenham Institute of Management, Research and Entrepreneurship Education |
| location: | Churchgate, Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | PGDBM, MMS |
| Best_faculty: | Many good professors Some of them are Bharat Nadkarni(CSR Head, Tata Power)Prof. Kalim Khan(Director, Rizvi Mgmt.), Prof. Venkatesh(Mktg), Prof.Manjrekar(Finance), Prof. Rebello(Entrepreneurship) |
| USP: | Strategic location(heart of CBD Mumbai, lowest fees, Very small number of students, Government College and very low fees. very high return on investment. No.2 Mgmt college in Mumbai. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | Still attending, PGDBM 2nd year. Very learning oriented and practically inclined institute |
| Your_name: | tejas ekbote |
| Name_of_college: | Ruparel College |
| location: | Matunga, Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | B. Sc. |
| Best_faculty: | Chemistry |
| USP: | For its curricular aswell as extra curricular activities |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1986-1989 |
| Your_name: | Vinayak |
| Name_of_college: | UDCT |
| location: | Matunga, Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | B. Sc. ( Tech) OFW |
| Best_faculty: | Chemical Engineering |
| USP: | For the best orgainised courses |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1989-1992 |
| Your_name: | Vinayak |
| Name_of_college: | Wilson College |
| location: | Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | BSC- Comp sc |
| Best_faculty: | tarkar |
| USP: | i use to study in wilson Best college in other activites |
| Your_name: | Rajesh Alva |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | mostly in campus |
| Name_of_college: | Government Polytechnic Malvan |
| location: | Malvan, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Food Technology |
| Best_faculty: | Prof. Suryawanshi |
| USP: | Different course good stepping stone to get into a degree college of good repute / new course curricullum designed as per industry needs |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1999 to 2001 |
| Your_name: | Bravim G Govekar |
| Name_of_college: | DESs College of Engineering & Technology |
| location: | Dhamangaon Rly.Dist.Amaravati.maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.E.Computer,Mechanical,Electrical,&Electronics and Tele-communication |
| Best_faculty: | Innovative Teaching,discipline,work culture,personality development,brain storming environment to World class Engineer |
| USP: | The reason as above to create perfect Engineer. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | excellent |
| Your_name: | Dr.L.P.Dhamande |
| Name_of_college: | K C College |
| location: | Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharastra |
| Course_to_enroll: | BMS, BCOM, BSC |
| Best_faculty: | Kailash Chandak - For his super intelligence in Accounting and Simplifying the numbers for you to understand in Non Accounting simplified Language |
| USP: | Great Location, Good crowd, Great faculty, Superior facility, Close to Station esp. the theater like classroom on 3rd floor |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2000-2003 It was indeed a great college, made awesome friends for life.. staff are easily accessible, very friendly as well. 3 years went as if it was 3 months - Miss it terribly |
| Your_name: | Amar Badlani |
| Name_of_college: | Fr C R Institute of Technology |
| location: | Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Best_faculty: | Can we have worst professors? |
| USP: | You get so thick skinned in this jail, that even Tihar jail or for that matter Guantnamo looks like a dwarf against it |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2000-2004 (Mechanical Engineering) |
| Your_name: | Chatur |
| Name_of_college: | Mithibai College, Vile Parle |
| location: | Vile Parle, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Science |
| Best_faculty: | Science labs at Mithibai college are the best in Mumbai |
| USP: | Good labs for science students, Good Campus, Good canteen |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1998 and the experience was excellent |
| Your_name: | Raj Mehta |
| Name_of_college: | R A Podar College of Commerce and Economics |
| location: | Matunga, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Commerce, Vocational Commerce |
| Best_faculty: | the overall accountancy Faculty is great. podar is known to churn out batches after batches of CA's ICWA's and one know why. the other faculty are also equally deserving in cases of teaching and the resources. |
| USP: | the college is stand-alone commerce college. commerce is a field of dynamism. this college offers students the leeway it requires to be rise above the theoretical training and gearup for challenges king size. It has great oppurtunities for extra curricular development like Speakers Academy, Hikers club, Cricket tournaments. all these are regular feature on the campus |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I attended podar from 2003-2008 (5 golden yrs). this was the best time of my life. I learned how to manage studies with my hobbies. As i am a person with varying hobbies i was thankful that this college offered me the flexibility to pursue the same without sacrificing the career opportunities. |
| Your_name: | Vineet Kamat |
| Name_of_college: | New English High School |
| location: | Mahal ,Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Electronics / Gen Science |
| Best_faculty: | Prof. Dhore (Electronics). Prof.Deshpande( Physics) |
| USP: | Teaching Staff.. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | Attended this college in 1998 to 2000. The experience was great. Teachers and staff were very supportive. |
| Your_name: | Pawan Rakhe |
| Name_of_college: | Government College of Engg. Amravati |
| location: | Amravati, Maharastra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Civil, Mach, EXTC, CS, E&P |
| Best_faculty: | Most of the professors here are PhD in related feilds. |
| USP: | You will get the strong basics of engg here in this institute. Concepts developed/learnet here helps you for whole life. This is verywell known by IIT's for Mtech, IT comp for campus interviews and other core comps for receving good product |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I am a EXTC Engg, passed out of 2002 batch. I learnt a lot here. |
| Your_name: | Dheeraj Mahadik |
| Name_of_college: | Maharashtra College |
| location: | Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | Economics |
| Best_faculty: | Professor Abdul Aziz |
| USP: | If you are a Classroom to Home kind it is the best because of the teaching Staff they have |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2000 - 2005 |
| Your_name: | Rizwan Khan |
| Name_of_college: | Jawaharlal Darda Institute Of Engineering & Technology |
| location: | Yavatmal, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | BE-MECH. |
| Best_faculty: | prof. gandhewar, prof. sambhe, prof. bhalerao, prof. shrirao, prof. jirapure, prof. wankhede, prof. shirbhate, prof. kongre, prof. durgam. they are renowned professors of mech. deptt in this colg, full of talent, knowledge. superb skill of teaching. very friendly nature. |
| USP: | superb result. recommended under one of the best university in maharashtra. very good campus. superb guidance. best faculty. somewhat strict colg. & many more. unless u don't visit, u are unable to know. for any info contact me. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2008-2011 direct second year admission after diploma now i m a final year student of mech deptt in this colg. i have a lot of experience which i can't express here, u can contact me for further info. |
| Your_name: | AMITKUMAR M. SINGH |
| Name_of_college: | VNIT |
| location: | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | All B.E., B.Arch. |
| Best_faculty: | Almost all |
| USP: | Good Education, faculty, library, Sports, campus and better campus job ratio. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1996-2001 Amazing, Ultimate, Superb |
| Your_name: | Uvesh |
| Name_of_college: | SMCAPL |
| location: | Navi Mumbai, Maharashatra |
| Course_to_enroll: | CORPORATE MBA in Financial Markets & Portfolio Management |
| Best_faculty: | DEC, govt. of India approved PG DIPLOMA in Wealth management Corporate MBA program from IMSR with USA University Affiliation with practical performance monitoring. Fixed income and entrepreneur development opportunity E - Learning platform Corporate MBA Certificate from ISO 9001-2008 (UKAS) certified Institute. Real time case studies. Emphasis on business ETIQUETTES. BANK loan facility Study material developed by leading industry experts in easy to understand English Flexible programs |
| USP: | Fix Employment from SMCAPL Incentives + Profit sharing opportunity with M7 Specially configured Laptops for optimum use from SMCAPL |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | It was an excellent experience because since day I joined I started earning 12000 as fix stipend & getting practical experience too. |
| Your_name: | Jeevan Tipke |
| Name_of_college: | Sanjivani College of Engg |
| location: | ahmednagar,maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.E (Comp,mech,IT,Entc,Civil) |
| Best_faculty: | Prof Kyatanwar,Prof Kshirsagar,Prof Nagarhalli . This college is affiliated to Pune University and has constantly produced university toppers....known for its academic excellence |
| USP: | Under Pune University known for its academic discipline , constantly giving university toppers from this college |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | In the year 2000. the experience was great |
| Your_name: | Ajit Patil |
| Name_of_college: | PICT |
| location: | Pune, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.E - Comp, IT, ENTC |
| Best_faculty: | faculty is desecent wen compared with other colleges near by. |
| USP: | Companies come hunting for freshers in this college. Even in recession many students got placed. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I dint study in this college. my friends did. but i was a part of this college. its got an amazing atmosphere. i strongly suggest you to join it. |
| Your_name: | Rahul Bhatia |
| Name_of_college: | Narsee Monjee college |
| location: | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Commerce, BMS |
| Best_faculty: | Nilesh Jhaveri |
| USP: | Great college both academically and extra curicular actvity wise also. College who breds Commerce Topper of Mumbai |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I was in NM from 1999-2004. Amazing experience. Learn a lot about Commerce, Accounts and had great friends. We all ended up becoming Chartered accountants |
| Your_name: | Abhishek K |
| Name_of_college: | Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Enginnering and Technology |
| location: | Nanded, Maharshtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.Tech/M.Tech |
| Best_faculty: | Almost all profesors in department of Electronics and Instrumentataion are good. Prof L M Waghmare, Prof Kokare, Prof Gonde are excellent. |
| USP: | Highest No of Professors with PhD in any college in Maharshtra. Autonomous Institute with very low fees. Excellent Campus with good environmnent for studies. If you want to be technically sound then this is the instiute to llok for in Maharshtra |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2004-2008 awesome experience, made good friends and had a blast in final year |
| Your_name: | Amit |
| Name_of_college: | Government College Of Engineering, Jalgaon |
| location: | Jalgaon, North Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | BE |
| Best_faculty: | Not aware now since I studied long back (96-2000) |
| USP: | Best Campus Excellent Faculty Inside City limits Lots things to enjoy apart from study |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | BE 1996-2000 (First Batch) Best years in my life when I studied here, never to forget. Now it's selected for World Bank grant My best wishes to my college. |
| Your_name: | Parag |
| Name_of_college: | Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology |
| location: | Nanded, Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Engineering |
| Best_professor_and_why: | 70% and more Ph.D staff from IIT |
| Best_college: | I think its first engineering college in Maharashtra which offers Wi-Fi faculty 24 hours a day. Computer labs are open for 24-Hours with internet. sport, hostel facility. Each department have its own building. |
| USP: | If you want to be technically perfect, join this college.. you will get chance to learn engineering from best professors.. placement is also good.. |
| Extracurricular_activities: | Pragyaa.. A National Level Technical event (http://www.pragyaa.co.in).. |
| Fee_structure: | Its a government college.. fees is very nominal |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | Yes.. |
| When_did_you_attend_college_and_what_was_the_experience_like: | From 2004-2008. It was awesome. |
| Your_name: | Raman Zanwar |
| Name_of_college: | MAAC ACCDEMY CINAMCTICS |
| location: | NAGPUR |
| State: | Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Arts |
| Best_professor_and_why: | jobs |
| Best_college: | best collge L.A.D COLLGE |
| USP: | B.A.PASSGRADUTE |
| Extracurricular_activities: | YES College support |
| Fee_structure: | arts,solsogy,geography |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | yes attend the college |
| When_did_you_attend_college_and_what_was_the_experience_like: | attlend the class and experince like is a gegrophy. |
| Your_name: | anila mehrotra |
| Name_of_college: | VNIT |
| location: | NAGPUR |
| State: | Maharashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.Tech |
| Best_professor_and_why: | all were awsome,experienced.. |
| Best_college: | labs,hostels,nice campus and placement.... |
| USP: | nice exposure...to industry...overall development.. |
| Extracurricular_activities: | 2much to tell.. |
| Fee_structure: | not that costly..check out its website.. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | yes , |
| When_did_you_attend_college_and_what_was_the_experience_like: | 2003-2007,wonderfullll.....yrs of my life.. |
| Your_name: | rohit |
| Name_of_college: | FLAME - Foundation for Liberal And Management Institute |
| location: | Pune |
| Course_to_enroll: | U.G/P.G |
| Best_faculty: | 1)Prof. Indira J. Parikh M Ed (Rochester) Ph D (Gujarat) Prof Indira Parikh was a faculty member at IIM-A for over 30 years and Dean from 2002-2005. She also has taught at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France) and Texas A&M University. She has specialized in organization development and offered management development programs for managerial role effecrtiveness, training for trainers, issues of role and identity, and stress and self-renewal for men and women in organizations. She has been a consuktant to various national sectors and is also on the board of several companies. Prof. Indira Parikh has been honored with three lifetime achievement awards: The Lifetime Achievement Award for the best teacher in the Management in the January 18, 2001 at the world HRD Congress held in Mumbai. The Lifetime achievemtn Award for contribution to HR on October 3, 2003 in the second Regional HR Conference held in Pune organized by the Indira Group of Institutes, Pune. The Lifetime Achievement Award by PGP Students, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2003-2005 batch. 2)Dr. Prakash M. Shingi Ph D (University of Illinois) Dean FLAME School of Business Dr Shingi has been teaching management for over 32 years. He has been associated with IIM, Ahmedabad as Dean and Officiating Director. He has left a deep mark in management research, consulting, and training and has bagged three national awards. He has handled every aspect of academic administration and has been at the helm of management institute building. Dr. Shingi has seven books and more than 50 research monographs to his credit. Dr Shingi has completed more than 40 management consulting assignments on policy and programme related aspects in India and other developing countries for national and international organizations such as the Government of India, USAID, FAO, Ford Foundation, International Cooperative Alliance, Geneva, IDRC Canada, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, WINROCK International, and The World Bank. He has served as a member of several national and state level policy making task forces, and was a member of governing boards of some nationally important organizations and NGOs. 3)Prof. Achyut Vaze PGDM (IIM, Ahmedabad) Nuffield Fellowship (Cambridge) Achyut Vaze is a media professional and consultant with over 20 years experience of working in the media, producing over 2000 hours of highly rated television, winning several awards from RAPA and heading successful production houses in Mumbai. He is also a well known playwright-director of the Marathi experimental stage. After a successful career in the television industry, Professor Vaz joined academics to impart his professional training to an emerging field. His academic credentials include Economics Honours from Delhi, PGDM from IIM, Ahmedabad, and Nuffield Fellowship from Cambridge. Achyut Vaz 's stint at Cambridge brought him close to the concept of liberal education. He has been working at bringing this concept to India. 4)Prof. Vidyanidhee Vanarase (Prasad) PG Diploma in Dramatic Arts (National School of Drama, New Delhi) V.S. alias Prasad Vanarase a graduate of the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi. He has gained proficiency in three interrelated areas - Direction, Administration and Management of Arts and Applied Arts. He has directed more than 50 short plays, street plays and full length plays in Marathi, Hindi, Konkani, Kannada, and English. He has also translated and adapted plays in Marathi. He has been associated with organisations of national and international repute such as NINASAM theatre institute, Karnataka, Kala Academy, Goa, London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT), UK, Project Phakama, South Africa & UK and works as the National Creative Coordinator of Project Phakama in India. Prasad Vanarase has been involved in theatre training for more than 15 years and has worked as visiting faculty / guest director at several universities and theatre institutes in India and abroad. |
| USP: | FLAME School of Liberal Education School of Humanities & Social Science School of Natural Sciences School of Creative Art FLAME School of Business FLAME School of Communication Center for Organizational Growth and Excellence Residential Facilities for Faculty & Students Library Auditorium Amphitheatre Visual Art Studio Sports Infrastructure Support Facilities Ambulance & Dispensary Security Plaza Transportation (shuttle buses), etc Discover India' Program Cultural Events every Saturday Music Festivals Personal Grooming Leadership Training Summer Internships NGO Activities Yoga Multi-Discipline Sports |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | In the year 2010.It's a great experience. |
| Your_name: | Mr. Indra Parekh |
| Name_of_college: | IIT Mumbai |
| location: | Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | Computer Science |
| Best_faculty: | All are good |
| USP: | Best brains come here and we learn more from our classmates than from the faculty. Respected across the world! |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | Awesome! |
| Your_name: | abjjj |
| Name_of_college: | CENTRE POINT COLLEGE |
| location: | NAGPUR |
| Course_to_enroll: | BBA BCCA BCA BCOM |
| Best_faculty: | DR UJWAL LANJEWAR , UMA BHALERAO - DEDICATED TEAHCERS |
| USP: | PRO-STUDENT APPROACH , GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND STRESS ON OVERALL DEVELOPMENT |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2007-2010 |
| Your_name: | ABHISHEK KOTAHRI |
| Name_of_college: | Datta Meghe College of Engineering |
| location: | Navi Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.E |
| Best_faculty: | Civil and Electronics. The sheer number of toppers in university speaks for themselve. |
| USP: | Best Teachers. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I attended from 2004-2008. And it was a ride that i am going to remember throughout my life. |
| Your_name: | Nitin |
| Name_of_college: | Marathwada Institute of Technology |
| location: | Aurangabad, Mahrashtra |
| Course_to_enroll: | Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology |
| Best_faculty: | As I know all departments has best faculties. I was groomed by Mechanical Engineering Faculties. There are Professors like Prof Tated, Prof Chidri, Prof Dharmadhikari, Prof Gogate, Prof Bhalkikar who will make subjects of engineering easy and will be ready to help to students at any point of time. |
| USP: | Good facilities and infrastructure. This college has one of the best library. This college is equipped with latest technology as compared to other colleges in the city. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | During 1995-1999. This college has turned my life. Experiance was enriching. All faculties, Heads and Directors helped me to excel in life. Whatever, I'm today it is because of this college. Special thanks to Prof Kawade sir for his support. |
| Your_name: | Dattatraya Parle |
| Name_of_college: | AIT |
| location: | Pune |
| Course_to_enroll: | BE |
| Best_faculty: | Prof Karandikar |
| USP: | All round growth of individuals. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2000-2004, Best 4 years of my life. |
| Your_name: | Devinder |
| Name_of_college: | Whistling Woods International School of Animation |
| location: | Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | Diploma in the Art & Technique of Animation, VFX,3D animation,Maya |
| Best_faculty: | All faculties has production experience. If you want to do animation films, then the buck stops here !! |
| USP: | Largest film school in India. 22 acres campus in the heart of Filmcity, goregaon. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2008. Fantastic campus. Terrific infrastructure. |
| Your_name: | Merlin George |
| Name_of_college: | Walchand College of Engineering |
| location: | Sangli |
| Course_to_enroll: | BE ( mech, civil, etrx, Comp, IT) |
| Best_faculty: | There are many professor who have more that 20 years of teching experience. |
| USP: | Autonomus institue with best possible infrastructure. Better campus placements. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2000-2004 |
| Your_name: | nikhil |
| Name_of_college: | Govt.College of Pharmacy,Karad |
| location: | Karad,Dist.Satara.M.S. |
| Course_to_enroll: | Pharmacy |
| Best_faculty: | Dr.S.B.Bhise |
| USP: | Great College |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1996-2000 and 2004-2006 |
| Your_name: | Mr.Pradyumna P.Ige |
| Name_of_college: | Thadomal Shahani Engineering College |
| location: | Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.E |
| Best_faculty: | For IT, & Computers |
| USP: | Great faculty, crowd, and good overall growth of the students. Good placement cell. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1998-2002 |
| Your_name: | Gaurav Bhatia |
| Name_of_college: | College of Engg. Pune |
| location: | Pune |
| Course_to_enroll: | Metallurgy |
| Best_faculty: | Through in depth knowledge of their subjects like material characterrization, corrosion science, welding technology, Powder metallurgy science. |
| USP: | Good Faculty |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2008-09, It was a nice experience, as there is lot to do if you are innovative, self start, and of course determined. |
| Your_name: | Vipul K Kaushik |
| Name_of_college: | VESIT |
| location: | Chembur, Mumbai |
| Course_to_enroll: | Any |
| Best_faculty: | jeyalakshmi nair |
| USP: | Really good college from all perspectives |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1999-20003 |
| Your_name: | Ankit |
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