Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute - VJTI Mumbai

Placements - 7/10
Placements are really good. There is not a single day when the Training and Placement office is empty. Once the placement season starts in August, companies offering really good packages keep coming till July end. If you are good at what you like and what the companies demand, you are sure to get a good job. But, this is valid mostly for IT jobs. Very few core companies visit the campus. The placement officer is more interested in improving the statistics rather than understanding what the students are interested in. Most of them end up with an IT job irrespective of their branch. Research - 2/10
This would have got a zero if it were not for the Center of Excellence and a few other research laboratories at place in VJTI. These facilities have provided students good exposure to practical solutions with world class equipments and guidance. However, that's it. Leaving aside these facilities (only available to a few departments), there is nothing done in this area. Students who are interested in research are most often left disappointed as there is no proper guidance or infrastructure provided. Research requires huge funding and this is where VJTI lacks. Opportunities - 6/10
There are a lot of opportunities students get in various forms. The exam schedules are such that students get enough time between semesters to do some thing extra. Most of the students prefer doing an internship, which a few get on campus as well. There is more focus on independent study as teaching is almost absent here. So students get to learn a lot on their own. Festivals help students develop soft skills and give them some managerial skills. These opportunities would have been much more useful had they been well structured.