Chennai institute of technology (CIT) at Kundrathur has a lot to offer to its students. It is considered as one of the top colleges in Chennai. They have a marvelous infrastructure and scenic beauty. Studying here I can agree to the fact that it is considered one of the best in Chennai.

It is run by Mr. P. Sriram who himself is an industrial entrepreneur igniting a spirit of entrepreneurship among his students. CIT has given reputed engineers to the corporate industry. Here you will be encouraged to become a part of an innovative learning program, corporate training, center of excellence, soft skills learning training, technical skills learning and training. 

They include one of the best infrastructure, best facilities, well-educated and highly professional faculties providing unique opportunities to their students. 

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CIT had given tremendous placement results in various sectors being one of the best reviewed colleges. Here, you will learn the true spirit of becoming a good engineer.

You are going to experience a beautiful campus life and receive huge career opportunities. Overall career growth will be at tremendous pace. CIT is the right place that offers you the perfect guidance, motivation and support from the teachers and mentors. You will emerge as a proud alumnus of this college just like many others.

On campus, you will find that everyone has different priorities, whether it be co-curricular, extra-curricular or working out. People's priorities change depending on the day or month.

• 6 am: First runners wake up and hit the road for various reasons such as placement selections.
• 8 am: Students with 9 am classes wake up for breakfast.
• 10-11 am: Remaining students start waking up and slowly head to classes.
• 11 am-9:15 pm: Classes take place with some free periods for various activities such as catching up on sleep, studying, completing assignments, or working on live projects with industry or society clients.
• Health enthusiasts hit the gym while athletes head to their respective courts, and some may find time for other activities or outings with the help of the XLRI discount.
• 10 pm: Meetings take place for project groups, committees, and clubs to discuss academic, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities.
• 11:59 pm: Deadline for all academic and placement-related submissions.
• 12 am: People engage in various activities from assignments, academics, to parties, and athletic practice begins.
• 2 am: Morning runners go to sleep.
• 4 am: Most students go to sleep, but some night owls stay awake.
• 6 am: The cycle repeats itself

JIPMER messes serve good quality food. You can either pay the monthly fee and have your meals in a single mess, or you can visit any mess and pay for that meal. You can also change your mess monthly. This is a really good system as it helps beat monotony. 

The common mess serves both North and South Indian dishes, separately. Addons like chicken 65, fish, omelet, egg, chicken gravy, etc. can be obtained at very affordable prices. The breakfast consists of idli, dosa, Pongal, poori, bread, jam, and sometimes noodles as well. 

During lunch, you’ll get rice, sambhar, rasam, curd, one vegetable, chapati/poori, curry, salad, and papad. The messes serve good snacks with beverages. During dinner, Uthappam/Poori/chapati with rice and curry is served. Dosas, juices, cold drinks, and other food items are available in the common mess and cafeterias at very cheap prices. 

The hostel food at JIPMER is of good quality and good taste. The best part is that the meals are very affordable.

I have a friend who attended Amrita University and here’s what he had to say about life at the campus.

Academic Life:

• The course curriculum is great and the standards can be even compared to IIT.
• The faculty are knowledgeable and will help you with everything. However, self-study, your efforts, and participation in events and competitions, etc. will teach you so much more.
• The labs are great and have all the necessary equipment. They also allow you to use the labs after academic hours with due permission.
• The library is huge and they also have many online subscriptions.
• The exams come pretty fast. But if you practice daily and prepare with proper strategy, then exams become quite easy.

Campus life:

• The campus has three academic blocks (AB1, AB2, and AB3) and one business block (MBA).
• The campus is beautiful and covered with greenery.
• The campus has three major and four minor canteens. The bigger canteens are in AB1, in between AB2 and AB3, and one in the MBA block. There are also four minor canteens.
• The institute hosts a three-day tech fest called Anokha, each year in February. The college also hosts other festivals such as Adaviya, a theatre fest, and so on.

Hostel life:

• The rooms are better than many other colleges in the vicinity. The rooms are shared by four persons till the third year and only in the final year, you will get a single sharing room.
• The hostels have their own gyms, open ground, canteens, and an Olympic size swimming pool. The food quality is average.

The weekdays go in a blur from waking up in a hurry, rushing to the class with breakfast in hand, attending 4 classes, lunch break to the sleepy classes after lunch. In the evening you can hang out on campus, play some sport or take long walks.

On weekends, students usually go out to the city to catch a movie or some even go home. Life is good at the campus, you will be busy with many activities.