Honest Review (Plaksha)
Graduating from Plaksha University has been a deeply disappointing experience for me, and one that I genuinely regret. As a relatively new institution, many foundational aspects were missing there was no vibrant coding culture, minimal extracurricular opportunities, and almost no sense of an engaging social environment, leading to a constant feeling of missing out compared to peers at more established institutions (IIITH, BITs, IITs , Vit, thapar etc.). I have recently got placed and doing my internship right now. From what I see in the industry even people from vit manipal are working at the same companies so there is no clear advantage in placements. All the companies visiting plaksha go to other colleges as well [https://www.thapar.edu/placements\](https://www.thapar.edu/placements) (Can check the link for Thapar , VIT etc.) and companies visiting at plaksha are mainly from founders group none of the major big mnc like google,amazon, apple etc. visits the campus by itself (They visit VIT, Thapar). This year Apple has visited Thapar and VIT for hiring, mainly for folks who claim plaksha is superior (Placements is not at all comparable to most of the top tier institutions of India or even prominent private institutions). Also from what I have noticed alot of kids joining are from rich background and get placed based on their own personal connections which later on is advertised by the institute itself.
While the faculty credentials and curriculum may appear impressive on paper, the actual quality of teaching often fell short, especially for advanced subjects like machine learning and deep learning (Started past major selection), where clarity and guidance are crucial. Instead of enriching learning, these courses often became unnecessarily difficult due to poor delivery. A major concern throughout my time was the lack of accountability from the leadership, particularly the Vice Chancellor and the academic administration. When students raised concerns about grading, teaching quality, or course structure, the responsibility was often shifted back onto students, with labels like “weak student” being used rather than addressing systemic issues. They also don't care much about students who are lack behind in any of the semester or face issues academically. I had a 8+ cg in the first 1.5 years of my bachelor's later on I struggled due to poor deliver and support from Plaksha side. It felt very depressing since there was insane level of comparison going on within the institute for grades and it felt more of a cram school rather than any real learning happening. (This is personal choice some people might like the cram and learning through assignments/quizzes etc. other's might like more practical and hands-on approach through clubs/societies which actively participate in competitions they should any-day go-to other private institutions with established clubs/societies). Often a lot of exceptionally well doing students from the start used to team up together leaving weak or avg doing students with no support in academics (Some of them had this ego and there was always a team bias). The grading also was super biased.
There was little to no meaningful support provided to help students improve academically—no structured guidance, remediation, or clear pathways to recover or improve grades. (I tried to requests them repeatedly to provide the improvement examinations but didn't get any support) This inconsistency in teaching, evaluation, and administrative response significantly impacted my GPA and created sustained mental pressure over time, to the point where it affected my overall well-being. It often felt like the system lacked empathy and was not designed to support students through challenges.
Additionally, there was a noticeable lack of concern when it came to placements for the broader student body. Support and attention appeared to be disproportionately directed toward already successful students, while others were largely left to navigate the process on their own. The placement is not better than other private colleges either top percentile of students from other colleges also get similar placements you can check thapar and VIT placement reports. Some Mnc's might visit them as well. Apart from that as stated above alot of students get placed personally through their own connections but then Plaksha puts the same companies in their report. They also do tempering with their reports and report a higher stats for placement whereas some people do even remain unplaced.
At present, as I plan to pursue a master’s program, I am facing the long-term consequences of these issues. The institution and faculty have provided little to no guidance or support in this process, while my GPA—impacted by the factors mentioned above—has made the path significantly more challenging. This has been particularly disheartening, as I see peers from other universities progressing more smoothly in their academic and professional journeys, which at times leaves me feeling discouraged. Professor won't give you an LOR easily and some of them over there have big ego's. They might result in biased grading as well. A foreign phd doesn't means they teach well and instead could make course unexceptional harder. (Could be very hard to get LORs from them too unless you really impress them and work with them for more than year or have a very good gpa)
In hindsight, I believe choosing a more established institution like VIT or Manipal would have provided a far more balanced experience in terms of academics, exposure, and campus life. At plaksha academics is all about exams, assignments and scoring grades. It feels more of a cram school where they are trying to dump alot on students. Other colleges have more hands-on approach through societies/clubs where peer learning happens and you get more exposure as an engineer by participating in prominent competitions. At plaksha people used to stress alot over grades all the time and there was too much peer pressure for nothing. Even the outcomes didn’t feel justified according to the pressure. (Except the exceptional students who scored 9+ cgpa after sitting and studying all the time in their room for all four years of their bachelor's). I strongly urge prospective students to look beyond marketing narratives (Foreign professors, Modern Curriculum and better/tempered placement reports posing they are better then other and carefully evaluate the ground realities before making such an important decision. Please think twice as they won’t take any responsibility after the damage is done and as a student you only will have to suffer the damage done by poorly taught/managed courses. At last everything depends personally on the student but I have had a hard time with the administration over there. They are not at all flexible and have made it worse for the student who are not able to perform well or slack in any of the semester. It might feel like that Plaksha's exceptional curriculum/professors with foreign phds might help but in long run it only helps if you are able to get a high gpa and manage the academics well over there. A normal graduate from a normal private college could do better and get to better places with more balanced experience since getting better gpa over there and making a more balanced profile is much easier. Most of the people commenting here are making comments based on the top 1% of the batch.
I did the course in 1/4th of the cost since I got scholarship. I never understand how and why people join at full fees or without scholarships above 50% since at the same cost they could get much better universities abroad in the European region.
(I’m not a paid promoter like most of the people who post and comment here and again there are pros and cons of every college)