Sunandan Divatia School of Science, NMIMS, Mumbai

The case of Nursee Monjee Institute of Management Studies deemed to be University's Sunandan Divatia School of Science is indeed very interesting and peculiar. This school has stated in its prospectus that it will not declare the vacancies in each of the two B.Sc courses in advance but they will do so only at the time of acceptance of registration by the students. Not only this but they have further stated that if for any reason registrations for any course are less than 30 then they reserve the right to cancel that course altogether. Because of this unique and peculiar stance of the unit School knowing the position of previous years is not of much value. However just for the record, in the previous year, they declared the vacancies of 120 and 60 for the two BSc courses.

Hello Nishar Ahmed, no Sunandan Diva Diya School of Science which is part of the deemed university of NMIMS gives admissions to the two BSc courses that it runs on the basis of admission test conducted by the University. Students who have passed 12th standard or who have appeared for 12th standard or equivalent examination of any board are eligible to appear for this test with certain additional restrictions like age and marks scored in the examination. Details of the admission process where registration is to be done online and also the syllabus for the entrance examination are available on the web page of the deemed to the university. This university does not admit students directly but only through entrance examination. 

Best wishes to you.

Hello Nishar Ahmed, Nursee Monjee Institute of Business Studies is deemed to be university. It has obtained Grade 1 certification from UGC. This means academics and other systems of this university are excellent. SDSOS is affiliated/ part of this university. This means excellent in academics and all allied issues. On top of it, it's located in one of the costliest suburbs of Mumbai i.e. Vileparle. Considering all these parameters, fees of about 2L  per annum in Mumbai campus is not much. It's very reasonable. However living expenses will be quite a bit if compared with even a district place in Maharashtra. In that respect yes, pursuing BSc would be expensive but it still is reasonable and not excessive.

Best wishes to you.

Hello Nishar Ahmed, a very interesting query but I am afraid there are no clear cut answers or no clear cut conclusions. Firstly placements data of BSc courses of any college is very shaky and secondly analysis or conclusions based on very few placements will not actually reveal anything. SDSOS gives out data of placements and packages only for PG students. Some sources though give out figures of 5LPA or 7LPA as the highest package. But authentication is not feasible. Suffice to say that it needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. But all said and done, credentials of the NMIMS, the deemed to be university to which SDSOS is affiliated, are indeed impeccable and one needs not have any doubts whatsoever about the quality of staff and facilities provided to the students. 

My advice is to get admission without bothering about placements or packages at placements.

Best wishes to you.