Location:
Lokamanya Tilak College of Engineering (LTCE) is located a cool 5minutes walk from the brilliantly named Koparkhairane station.
Infrastructure:
This is probably the college’s USP. Lokamanya Tilak College of Engineering (LTCE) has a really good infrastructure, with well maintained classrooms and, more importantly, washrooms. The labs are clean and well-equipped too. To top it all, they have a Massive campus, with basketball and badminton courts, a full-size football ground and other indoor sports like table tennis and carrom.
Fees:
Rs.76,340/year - might seem a bit steep for a college in the middle of nowhere, but the infrastructure probably makes it worth it.
Grade:
The college has been granted A grade for telecom and mechanical,
and they are B for the other branches.
Faculty:
Another plus point. The faculty is experienced and quite qualified. They could probably give you a couple of KT’s if you get into their bad books, but that’s the case in most places. The mechanical faculty is supposed to be excellent, but the telecom faculty seems to have really deteriorated and is said to be pretty awful now.
Attendance:
They’re a bit strict here. A letter is sent to parents if your attendance falls short of 75%. There have also been extreme cases where students having below 25% have been detained.
Crowd:
Like most colleges in the outskirts, Lokamanya Tilak College of Engineering (LTCE) doesn’t exactly attract the best crowd. While its not bad, the majority of people come from Vashi, Thane and Koparkhairane. It’s a fairly mixed crowd though. Acceptable.
Canteen:
The food is not bad. Its sufficiently hot and most things are edible. Hygiene isn’t great, but that really shouldn’t be of much concern for engineering students.
Hangouts:
In a word, none.
Festivals:
The cultural festival Zephyr is hosted sometime in March, and the technical festival Techzephyr is hosted around September.
Placements:
2009 was a bad year, with almost NO placements, but otherwise about 75% of people do get placed comfortably. Larsen and Toubro are one of the major hirers. Average salary is about 3 lac p.a.
Contact:
Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering (LTCE),
Sector 4, Vikas Nagar, Koparkhairane,
Navi Mumbai-400 709.
Telephone nos : (022) 27541005, 27541006, 27547787
Website : www.ltce.ltjss.net
Verdict:
An amazing infrastructure does not make an amazing college.