IF YOU ARE AT niit - YOU ARE MISSING EVERYTHING. Review on NIIT, Fergusson College Road, Pune

I took up the GNIIT course not by my wish... My mother made me join it!

Not only Niit is there in list... but many coaching classes during my HSC and SSC years... which was not only mere waste of money but also MY TIME. But I enjoyed bunking all and also enjoying to see the real face of these institutes!

My batch timing was 7-9am. The lady who interviewed me left the job when I joined.

Then one lady taught me Linux (only Telnet) and C++ .... she also left the job...

Then the third was the JAVA teacher. She used to come at 7:30am for 7:00am class. I complained about that regularly, but everytime the suggestion paper was returned back to me by the management! She also tried to change the batch timings but we batchmates never allowed to. She may have problems in traveling as she stays in a far-away place, but the fact being that I stay some 1km around her house only....

Then in the Month of May 2003, when I went to pay my fees

I'd asked the cashier the amount in mid-April and he told 2800rs. According to my payment plan it was 3200rs so I took 3.2k.

When I went to pay the fees, the cashier told me to ask the amount from the teacher. And the teacher told me to ask from the cashier and this went on several times!

Finally the teacher told me the amount was 4200rs.

On further enquires, I was told I paid only 1000rs in March so some 1500rs was being adjusted but then I showed my receipts of february, where I paid 4500rs instead of 2500rs. Then the teacher realised her mistake and told me to pay 3200rs at the counter and the other 1000rs balance (For 4200) later next week.

I agreed and she said that the FEB amount will be adjusted later.

I saw the cashier feeding data of fees paid in APRIL 2003 by all students on the 4th day of MAY

2003.I could not bear it anymore. I called the CENTRE MANAGER of that branch and blasted off. Few people who had come to take the admission also left without taking the admission. I complained to him about the co-operation between the staff. And the management of the Cashiers.

Later I gave them a letter saying that I wanted to quit my course. But still that letter hasn't reached the main people. The teacher who taught me JAVA also left the institute in July 2003. I'd given my letter to her. Still the NIIT pepple call me to pay the fees, instead of asking me whether I want to continue with the course. They've called me twice last month and I refused to pay the fees saying that I've given the letter to quit the course.

They are telling me to give the JAVA exam, take the CIT certificate and quit.

I said if thats the case... then my registration is vaild till Sept. 2007. I will give the exam whenever I want. You have no right to bother me about it.

Even two weeks back they'd called up (sometime in Oct 2003) a NEW cashier had come who saw my entry in the database and called up whether I'd taken a break from the course. I'd to literally shout on the phone that I want to quit the course even after speaking politely thrice.

I know one thing about the NIIT center when I went there. More than the faculty, the people are worried about students presence.

I am gonna go and give them the application again after exams in october 2003 to the CENTER MANAGER so that I don't get phone calls from the ACCTS SECTION

I've stopped two of my friends from joining NIIT since August 2003

One of my friends wanted to join another branch, seeing my situation... he took me to that center and I talked with the faculty to know whether that branch faculty was reliable enough .... And I did that... that branch was good...

My bro Harish once told me to change the branch... but then there will be too much of travelling expenses. The one I went was near my college...

I'd also written in the letter I'd given that I paid the fees of May and did not attend a single class (so money-back for May)

I don't mind the fees I'd paid earlier and don't regret that I do not have a certificate for it, I regret for the time wasted in NIIT and not on learning the courses which was just booky and CD-y to be frank.

They never taught us anything practical... all was there in a book and thats what they taught... nothing extra....

My friends (batchmates) are still there..... one said she left after completing DNIIT as she did not have patience to continue with the management there!!! some are there still tolerating all nonsense!!!

the title of this review : IF YOU ARE AT Niit - YOU ARE MISSING EVERYTHING

is inspired by

NIIT itself : IF YOU AREN'T AT niit - YOU ARE MISSING SOMETHING

(their title for marketing some years ago)

• finally in may 2004, I recieved a letter that my name was removed from the institute students list as I had not paid the fees for a year!!!!! rather than not attending the COURSE for a year

I am posting this in jul 2004 as I am active here since july 2004 at mouthshut though my joining date is december 2002...

I wish I 'd been active since the day I joined !! I was a net freak at that time I joined. didn't know the real value of mouthshut.. now its one of my fav sites! :-)