Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE), Yelahanka, Bangalore

Location:

Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE) is located off Bangalore International Airport Road, a little beyond the air-force base in far-north Bangalore’s Yelahanka. It’s a 15-20 minute walk from the highway where the BMTC buses drop you, so not totally inaccessible but difficult to reach, yes! The college also provides bus facility for those who want to be dropped right at the college gate, but it comes at a price (about Rs. 15,000/- per year) and since you need to stick the specific bus timings while coming to & from college, there are few who opt for this service.

Infrastructure:

Students here don’t have much to complain about the college’s infrastructure. Most other things seem to be in place. Even the hostels are pretty well taken care of. However, some feel that the rooms ought to be a little bigger. Something everyone unanimously feels is that the mess food needs a total makeover.

SVCE has a well established - fully computerised library with 25630 titles covering all major fields of Science and Engineering. The library covers an area of 1338 sqm, spanning the ground floor, first floor and second floor, with conference room and an ample study space. The ground floor is Air-conditioned. The Library has the following facilities for the faculty, staff and the students: Conferencing, Multimedia, Internet, Reprography and a CD-ROM collection.A book bank for deserving candidates is also being maintained.

The college subscribes to most of the major technical journals including IEEE, IEE,ASCE, ACM, ASTM,J-GATE,MCGRAWHILL ,NATURE and ScienceDirect journals. The total number of volumes available is: 93935. The total number of Print and Online journals subscribed is: 896. Total number of CD's is 1725 and the total seating capacity is 230.

College is an institutional member of The British Council Library, CIPET, and MALIBNET. We strongly believe in e-learning. Towards this we have provided Multimedia Computers with internet connectivity, CBT, CDs, e-books, e-journals etc.

Faculty:

Students from most departments are not satisfied with the teaching. Except the CS and Mechanical departments which are a notch better than the rest, others are either said to have a majority of junior professors with little or no experience or very strict HODs.

Attendance & Discipline:

Now that’s where Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE) screws up your college life. Every day turns out to be more stressful than the previous until this becomes a habit. The gates are closed with the beginning of the first lecture and no one is allowed to sneak out until lunch. As the lunch time nears its end, a loud warning siren is blown and hundreds of students are immediately seen approaching the college gates from whichever corner they may have wandered to just the way you see factory workers march to their workplace after lunch hours. Again, once you’re in, you can’t come out till the end of college.

Those with short in attendance are levied fines ranging from Rs. 200-500 to as high as Rs. 2000-20000/-

Crowd:

Since SVCE is remotely located, it draws a lot of students from nearby rural areas. Some do come from proper Bangalore but the ratio is relatively less. “It’s difficult to find like-minded people here” says a disappointed student. “Interaction is less” she continues.

Canteen:

The canteen of Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE) is on the opposite side of the road. It’s pretty huge but the food continues to be horrible even after repeated complaints. “And there is no other place to eat nearby so we are forced to eat this ‘jail’ food” comments a frustrated student.

Hangouts:

NONE

Festivals:

‘Udyukta’ is the technical festival organized at Sri Venketeshwara College of Engineering (SVCE). Although, the fest is inter college, low participation from other colleges ultimately make it an intra college affair. 'Kalavaibhav' is their cultural festival which recieves warmer response than Udyukta. Other events include 'Shrusti' a one day event for students to canvas their talent.

Placements:

If you keep your academic score above 60% overall, you can expect to get placed, at least if you’re from the CS or IS departments. On the whole, only a few companies visit the campus for recruitments and most students have to rely on pool-campuses wherein a company comes to more reputed colleges and you have to go to that college at the prescribed time. Ultimately it’s upon the students’ calibre and the college puts in little efforts.

About 30-40% of the students get placed with few recruitments in Civil and Mechanical departments.

Placements are likely to hike up in coming years due the recent appointment of new TPO.

Contact:

Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE)
NH 7, Vidyanagar,
Bengaluru International Airport Road,
Bengaluru - 562 157.
Website: www.svcengg.com

Verdict:

Extreme strictness and unjustified discipline have compelled the students to consider SVCE to be a prison of sorts. And with inept faculty and no reliable placement scenario, this college doesn’t win many hearts.