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Want to study medicine, IT? Check these colleges out!

Last updated on: May 18, 2010 18:37 IST

We invited readers to share their college recommendations to the Class of 2010 -- the colleges with the best teachers, facilities, study programmes.

Here we present some of the responses we recieved. Share yours!

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Name_of_college: Amrita School of Engineering
location: Coimbatore, TN
Course_to_enroll: B.Tech / E&I
Best_faculty: Mr.P.V.Sunil Nag
Bcoz of his experience and knowledge.
USP: Good Infra with greeny campus and most of our college faculties has their degrees from high profile institutes like IIT's and other reputed foreign universities.Its the college well known for its Culturals
Did_you_attend_this_college: 2005-2009
Its a great feeling that I got a degree from Amrita Unversity.
Your_name: Kavin Kumar

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: Extol
location: Bhopal
Course_to_enroll: BSc, MSc Bio, micro
Best_faculty: Dr. S Bhattcharya
USP: Best teaching, university positions
Did_you_attend_this_college: Session 2002-2005
Your_name: Satyapurush


Name_of_college: MANIT
location: Bhopal
Course_to_enroll: Mechanical Engineering
Best_faculty: Dr. Rajput. Has very good grasp over his subjects.
USP: It is India's one of the premier institutes which was formed through an act of Indian Parliament in 1960.
Did_you_attend_this_college: 2003-2007. It was a great experience.
Your_name: Abhishek Kumar

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Recommedations for BE, BTech


Name_of_college: kongu engineering college
location: perundurai,erode
Course_to_enroll: all B.Tech courses
Best_faculty: Mr.Selvam/IT department
a great initiator who makes students to perform and a best guide for all needs
USP: its a green campus with best infrastructure and placements,hostel is an excellent place in the campus
Did_you_attend_this_college: 2005-09
Your_name: sivapraghasam.b
email: arsen88@gmail.com

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: Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engg College
location: Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab
Course_to_enroll: B.Tech
Best_faculty: Dr. M.S. Grewal. For his able and dynamic administrative skills and enrolling only the faculty that have experience and attitude to teach.
USP: This is the only college in Punjab to have the latest infrastructure. The up-to-date labs and machines are no-where else to be found
Did_you_attend_this_college: I am currently studying in this college. I am really impressed with the faculty and the infrastructure. The computer labs have great technology. Quad-core processors, 1gig grafix card, etc.
Your_name: Harry Pabla


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

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Want to study metallurgy, pharmacy?


Name_of_college: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
location: Bhubaneswar,Orissa
Course_to_enroll: Anything from KG to PG(B.E is d best)
Best_faculty: All faculty r very experienced and supporting.
USP: This is one of the best ranked clooege in India and the best in eastern India.Very good infrastructure and state of the art facilities.
Did_you_attend_this_college: 2004-2008
The experience cant be expressed in words.It was a dream come true.
Your_name: suvajeet raut

Name_of_college: College of Engg. Pune
location: Pune
Course_to_enroll: Metallurgy
Best_faculty: Through in depth knowledge of their subjects like material characterisation, 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: BIT, SINDRI
location: SINDRI, DHANBAD
Course_to_enroll: BE - MECH, ELECTRICAL, METALLURGY, CHEMICAL, COMPUTER SC., PRODUCTION ENGG.,ELECTRONICS
Best_faculty: ALL FACULTIES ARE BEST IN ALL BRANCH OF ENGINEERING.
USP: ALL FACULTIES ARE BEST IN ALL BRANCH OF ENGINEERING, VERY DISCIPLINE & STYLE OF TEACHING IS GOOD.
Did_you_attend_this_college: 1988-1992
Your_name: SANJAY KUMAR


Name_of_college: Jamia Hamdard University
location: New Delhi
Course_to_enroll: Bachelor in Pharmacy
Best_faculty: Dr.Rashidun Zafar.He is very supportive,unbiased and is always available for the students despite his old age.He was also Dean of Student Welfare and had a key role to play in establishing the foundation of the Pharmacy Dept.
USP: It has a global standard and the University is really rich in its extra-curricular activities in addition to its excellence in academics.The University has a lot of Foreign students which makes it culturally rich.
Did_you_attend_this_college: I was a B.pharm student in session 2002-06 and then I did MBA (Pharmaceutical Management) from Jamai Hamdard itself.Now I am working in Saudi Arabia as a faculty in Al-Qassim University and really the values and the knowledge I got from the University,I will always cherish it throughout my life.
Your_name: saba nabi


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Colleges for MBBS, chemistry


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

Name_of_college: Bankura Sammilani Medical College
location: Bankura, West Bengal
Course_to_enroll: mbbs/ md/ ms
Best_faculty: Dept . of Gynaecolgy and Obstetrics
USP: The College which is one of the first " swaraj" colleges has a rich heritage and has been praised and supported by stalwarts like Tagore and Netaji.
It provides all modern services to the folk in Bankura,Purulia,Burdwan and Midnapore. It had the best passout %age amongst all medical colleges in Bengal in the last Final MBBS.
Did_you_attend_this_college: Yes, batch 2005-2010.
It was really gr8. The 100% residential college life has been real fun and teachers were helped even in the eve of exams.
Your_name: Soumyadeep Bhaumik


Name_of_college: Virudhunagar Hindu Nadar Senthil Kumara Nadar College
location: Virudhunagar
Course_to_enroll: Chemistry
Best_faculty: Prof. Rajasekaran
USP: Good exposer about chemistry field.
Did_you_attend_this_college: 1999-2003
Your_name: C. Ganesamoorthy


Name_of_college: psg tech
location: coimbatore
Course_to_enroll: BE mech
Best_faculty: All staff
USP: total exposure in Mech engg
Did_you_attend_this_college: 1981-85
Your_name: sridhar


Name_of_college: Model Engineering College
location: Kochi, Kerala
Course_to_enroll: B.Tech
Best_faculty: All professors
USP: The amount of practical knowledge gained by the students of this college is just tremendous. And the best part is, every year's students get better by leaps and bounds.
Did_you_attend_this_college: I did my B.Tech, 1996 - 2000, in Computer Engineering. It was just awesome, and I am and will be a proud alumnus of this college.
Your_name: Sandeep Menon

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