BV RAJU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - [BVRIT], Assistant professor: Mr. J. Manikyam Interview

Mr. J. Manikyam is an Assistant Professor in the stream of Biomedical Engineering department with an overall experience of 6.5 years and industry experience of 1yr 6 Months (worked as Biomedical Engineer in S.V.S Medical College & Hospital, Mahabubnagar). He has completed M.tech Embedded Systems, BVRIT (JNTUH), 2013 and B.tech Biomedical Engineering, from Padmasri Dr. B. V. Raju Institute of Technology, JNTUH, 2009. He is a life member of the Biomedical Engineering Society of India (BMESI) and Force Biomedical.

What are your roles and responsibilities towards the students?

“To make students aware of the present-day importance of the Biomedical Field”

We need to educate students on the curriculum subjects. Need to make aware of present-day importance of Biomedical field in Industry & Society. Make students do a minimum of 3 projects in his/her tenure in the college. Make him/her have presentable skills, interpersonal skills which are required once they move out of college. Make students know how to prepare for campus placements with continuous training till they are placed. Guide students who want to move abroad for higher studies.

What are your views upon the placements and higher education about the students?

“Biomedical Engineering Students have a wide range of Career Scope”

BVRIT Biomedical Engineering department has Alumni all around the world Best department for Higher Studies. Plenty of foreign universities offer M.S courses in the Biomedical field. Due to this, you can find Biomedical Alumni from BVRIT all over the world. There are strong alumni abroad who can guide students for foreign studies. Biomedical Engineering students are eligible for software engineering Jobs. Capgemini recruits Biomedical Engineering students every year separately. Thanks to Capgemini. Students will participate in all software drives. This college under Sri Vishnu Educational Society has liaison offices at Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Delhi with Hyderabad as Head Quarters. Because of this strong placement team, students can easily grab opportunities. College gives training required for placements starting from 4th year 1st semester till they are placed. 

What are the approaches you bring in apart from curriculum to teaching the students? 

“Providing Students with Labs such as Texas Instrument Lab, AI & ML Lab, Embedded Systems Lab & Assistive Technology Lab”

Here in the Biomedical Engineering department, we include students in special labs which are beyond curriculum labs. Such as Texas Instrument Lab, AI & ML Lab, Embedded Systems Lab & Assistive Technology Lab (ATL is one of its kind in India which was established in the year 2009, by US Prof. Alan Rux). This exposure makes students do projects which are getting prizes in different project expos. BVRIT Biomedical Engineering students won 1st prize in USA organization RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive technology Society of Northern America) in 2020-21. 

How do you help your student to cope up with the competition?

“Providing students with a wide range of career options”

BVRIT Biomedical Engineering is lucky to have less competition, as, throughout Telugu-speaking states, the Biomedical as the undergraduate program is available in three colleges only. So, for placements, they have better chances. Truly speaking, plenty of biomedical vacancies are seen in every job portal. As far as Higher studies are considered, foreign options are highly preferred by our students. We only need to guide them based on their career options.

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Do you have any extracurricular activities to enhance the skills of students? 

“Providing students with skill enhancement programs to get the real-world challenges”

Yes, BVRIT has so many student clubs like Cultural club, Musical Club, Enlightening lives, Street Cause, NSS, etc which involve students to pursue their interest in different fields other than academics. BVRIT has very good sports facilities (one football ground, one cricket ground, one basketball court, four volleyball courts, four throwball courts, two tennikoit courts, one kho-kho court, one kabaddi court, one indoor stadium with four shuttle courts, four table tennis tables, and all indoor games facilities). With these facilities, students develop their physical and mental health. Street cause, NSS, and Enlightening lives involve students interested in social activities. BVRIT has plenty of special labs which are beyond the curriculum. Every department has a minimum of special labs catering to their department technologies. Students undergo training in these labs and do projects. These projects are presented in different competitions. These projects are published in different conferences and journals. 1st prize won in RESNA is one example. BVRIT students winning a US student design competition.

Have you introduced new programs at your college?

“We have introduced 4 new courses under Computer Science and Business System”

BVRIT started in 1997 with four branches: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science & Information Technology Engineering. Later Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering & Pharmaceutical Engineering courses were introduced. In recent years four new courses were added. They are Computer Science and Business Systems (CSBS), Computer Science and Engineering – AI & ML (CSE – AIML), Computer Science and Engineering – Data Science (CSE-DS), Artificial Intelligence & Data Science (AIDS). BVRIT has a total intake of 1350 students per year into 1st year. 

Till date, what has been your average package offer to the student?

“Average Package of the department is 4.92 LPA”

Average Package is 4.92LPA. Amazon with 32LPA, Walmart with 20 LPA, Providence with 16 LPA, ADOBE with 13 LPA, and many more such High packages. All this data is available on the website. 

What is the rate of admissions in your college?

“Admission rate is fluctuating due to lack of awareness”

Due to a lack of awareness among intermediate students and their parents’ admissions go up and down. Generally, admissions are better for this branch, even if there is some problem in EAMCET admissions, next year lateral entry students occupy those seats. 

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What advice would you like to give to the students to have a prosperous career ahead?

“Students should go to the right place to plan their career”

You have come to the right place to plan for a good career. Most BVRIT Biomedical Alumni are present abroad in different roles. Those who are in India are also in a very good position. https://www.bvrit.ac.in/bme-alumni. The above link takes you to a few alumni whose profiles you can check on LinkedIn for understanding where BME alumni are. The Biomedical Engineering branch has a lot of opportunities and few students available in India. So, every single student who has passed can have a job in hand. Present trends in the Biomedical Sector are “Regulatory Affairs” jobs, “Data Analyst” jobs, and “AI in Image Analysis” jobs are in high demand.