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I am writing this as a 3rd year Animation & VFX student so future students and parents understand the reality before taking admission in this department.
First year was actually good. We had proper labs, working PCs, decent faculty, regular lectures, and students genuinely believed the department cared about our growth.
Everything changed from second year onwards.
After new first year students arrived, our batch was shifted into a small congested lab where many systems either did not work properly or constantly had technical issues. Complaints were made many times but nothing serious was done.
Still, students somehow adjusted and continued.
The real mess started in third year.
The college started our academic year early in May saying they wanted students to stay “ahead,” complete OJT early, and get internships sooner.
That turned out to be completely false.
The faculty assigned to us from May till Diwali mostly kept teaching only one thing — a Jeep model. Instead of teaching the actual syllabus and industry workflow like:
\- Prop modeling
\- Character modeling
\- Substance Painter
\- Substance Designer
\- ZBrush workflow
students were constantly sent YouTube videos and told to learn from there.
Imagine paying full college fees just to be told:
“Watch this YouTube tutorial.”
When students complained, the response was basically that the faculty had their own teaching style and students should adjust.
Even after repeated complaints, nothing changed.
Then suddenly the department announced that students had to create a full 3D short film involving:
\- Modeling
\- Texturing
\- Rigging
\- Animation
\- Rendering
The problem was that rigging and animation had not even been taught properly yet.
Students were expected to make a full production without learning the actual pipeline first.
After Diwali, students repeatedly demanded character modeling because months had already been wasted. Faculty finally started teaching it, but by then students were already behind and stressed.
Students requested that the pending syllabus be completed first.
Again ignored.
From Diwali to December, more time was wasted while important subjects like:
\- Rigging
\- Dynamics
\- Animation pipeline
were still not properly taught.
Most learning again came from random YouTube references.
Finally students had enough and changes were made in faculty.
New faculty came in January.
For the first time, actual progress started. Students finally started understanding rigging, animation, and the production workflow properly.
But at the same time, the department kept pressuring students to complete the short film immediately.
How were students supposed to make a proper film when they had only recently started learning the actual process?
Students repeatedly requested:
“Please focus on helping us build portfolios and prepare for internships.”
Because April was our final exam period and after that we were promised OJT/internships.
Even now students constantly have to chase the department for updates. There is no proper communication, planning, or transparency.
Messages are sent saying:
“We are working on it.”
Then complete silence.
Even worse:
The syllabus is STILL incomplete.
Some software/topics were only taught for one week after exams and then stopped again.
Recently the department announced extra lectures from 2nd May and told students to stay available for the entire month. Many students cancelled personal plans because of this.
Yet there are still no proper updates regarding:
\- Internships
\- OJT
\- Lecture planning
\- Remaining syllabus
Students literally have to keep mailing the department just to get basic information.
I am posting this because students and parents deserve to know the reality before spending lakhs of rupees and wasting years.
If you genuinely want to build a career in:
\- Animation
\- VFX
\- Game Art
\- Modeling
\- Texturing
\- Rigging
\- Unreal Engine
please research properly before taking admission anywhere and do not blindly trust marketing promises shown during admissions.
From my personal experience, this department lacked:
\- Proper management
\- Proper planning
\- Seriousness toward student careers
\- Industry-focused teaching
\- Communication
\- Respect for student time
Most students survived only because of self-learning.
I will also upload a full detailed timeline from 1st year to 3rd year later because this post is still the short version of what actually happened.
There are many more incidents, delays, management issues, syllabus problems, and student complaints that I have not even included here yet.