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During the B.E./B.Tech application in KJ's Educational Institute they demand the following documents, original 10+2 mark sheet having 50% marks in PCM, a copy of JEE Main or MHT CET score card, caste certificate, if applicable within a period of 6months validity, and non-creamy layer certificate if the candidate belongs to the OBC category. To add on to it, candidates are required to produce a domicile certificate, a transfer certificate, and character certificate. Another prerequisite is a medical fitness certificate and if the candidate has taken a gap year the he/she needs to produce a gap certificate. All documents need to be certified and should either be in or converted to PDF format, preferably not greater than 2MB in size. All together 10-12 documents are required for application .

Actually the process of the application of KJ Educational Institute as follows; First, candidates must create an account with the specific institute and complete an application form on the institute's official website normally available between February – March of each year. The application fee is Rs 1000/ for General Category candidates and Rs 500/ for SC/ ST/ PWD/ EX tenure category candidates. Applicants require to upload their scanned copies of respective documents like 10+2 mark sheet, JEE Main/MHT CET score card and in case of SC/ST/OBC candidates, caste certificate. The institute rechecks the documents and comes up with merit list, for the B.E./B.Tech programme there are 600 seats. Students are then invited to come for counseling and seat filling, a process undertaken between June and July each year.

The marking point with reference to the KJ's Educational Institute differs according to branches and the categories of admission. The overall merit of MHT CET for general category students for 2022-23 academic year for B.Tech course in Various disciplines are as follows Computer Science & Engineering– 93.13, Mechanical – 87.45 and Electrical Engineering 83.67 percentile. For reserved category students the cutoff was 78.56 percentile for Computer Science Engineering, 73.45 percentile for Mechanical Engineering and 69.67 percentile for Electrical Engineering. For general category students, the percentile rank was 75.45 whereas for the reserved category students it was 65.67.

The K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Mumbai, will not prove very straightforward during the subsequent months in the admission process but competitive enough if eligibility criteria have been met and performance in entrance tests is quite good. Well, the gist is as below:

Entrance test: It is to be noted that undergraduate B.E./B.Tech courses have an entry based through JEE Main or even considered to, the MHT CET results. The cutoff may be different from year to year because it will depend on the number of students, the difficulty level of the exam and the number of seats available.

Eligibility: In B.E./B.Tech courses, candidates should have qualified for 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM). They have to qualify with a minimum percentage around 50% for general category candidates.

Cutoffs: The aforementioned branches have very high cutoffs because they have very good popularity among students, like Computer Science, Electronics, and Mechanical Engineering. So ranking in a good competitive range of either JEE or MHT CET is very much desired.

If you give excellent performance in entrance exams and fulfill all eligibility requirements, admission to this institute might definitely be possible.Try to know the latest trend about cutoff and apply earlier for admission.

Candidates will only be selected to the B.E./B.Tech programme at KJ's Educational Institute if they qualify through the JEE Main or MHT CET entrance examination, with 75% for general category students and 65% for reserved category aspirants. A candidate should also have cleared the 10+2 examination from a recognized, other Boards/ Councils/ Universities with Science stream with a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, English optional. The admission normally starts in April-May, and the deadline for submission of application is normally in June. Out of the total of 600 seats for the B.E./B.Tech, 30% seats are for the Management quota.

KJ's Educational Institute is providing different scholarships to the deserving students each year there are up to 200 scholarships have been offered. Currently the institute has only one scholarship based on merit as the first year students who have scored above 90% in the 10+2 examination are given 50% waiver on their tuition fees. Namely, the institute also has a campus-based merit-cum-means scholarship in which 25 percent of the tuition fee will be waved for children from financially weak families. The institute also involves in those government sponsored scholarship programs, there is Maharashtra Government's Scholarship Scheme as well which offers 100% tuition fee concessional for the selected candidates. In the academic year 2023-24, sum of 1.5 crores was disbursed by these scholarships to 150 number of students.

KJ's Educational Institute is providing different scholarships to the deserving students each year there are up to 200 scholarships have been offered. Currently the institute has only one scholarship based on merit as the first year students who have scored above 90% in the 10+2 examination are given 50% waiver on their tuition fees. Namely, the institute also has a campus-based merit-cum-means scholarship in which 25 percent of the tuition fee will be waved for children from financially weak families. The institute also involves in those government sponsored scholarship programs, there is Maharashtra Government's Scholarship Scheme as well which offers 100% tuition fee concessional for the selected candidates. In the academic year 2023-24, sum of 1.5 crores was disbursed by these scholarships to 150 number of students.

Majority of students in the hostel mess of KJ's Educational Institute are happy with the quality of food as 90 percent of the students rated the food quality to be good and excellent. The mess provides vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian dishes and after a weekly rotational basis it brings new food to the menu list. The menu is supervised by a team of competent cook and supervisors to ensure that the food is prepared in the right hygiene standards and served hot. There is also a student mess committee that offer information and improvements in the quality of foods within the institute. With a capacity to serve over 5,000 meals per day, the mess is open from 6:00 in the morning to 9:00 in the evening with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and tasty bites in between.

KJ's Educational Institute include modern built up area of 2,50,000 sqft built up area with 10 acres of land space. We have 50 sophisticated laboratories, 10 computer centers, and a central library with a collection of more than 50000 books and 10000 Online journals. This spearheaded with a 1000 seater auditorium, 500 seater seminar hall and a sports complex to accommodate cricket, Football, Basketball and volleyball courts. Further, the institute has accommodated boys and girls hostel with a bunk bed capacity of 1200 students & the mess facility produces more than five thousand meals per day. The campus is Wireless Fidelity – enabled, that is, Internet connection is available at all times.

KJ's Educational Institute to the students has over 20 clubs and committees such as Technical clubs including- Robotics club, Coding Club, Innovation Club among others and other cultural clubs- Music, Dance and drama club among others. Extra-curriculum activities include sports such as cricket, football, basketball, and volleyball, and 80 percent of students practise one form of the activity in school. The institute also conducts events such as Tech-Fest, Cultural Fest, and Sports Day and Technex that draws over 5,000 students from across the country. Currently, the institute boasts of over 500 student members in the various clubs available thus affording students every opportunity to pursue their varied interests.

Yes, KJ's Educational Institute does have a special placement department that is constantly putting its efforts for getting the best jobs for students. The placement cell functions effectively and has tie up with more than 200 leading companies both from the national and the international sector that visit the campus for recruitment every year. The institute has proudly reported a placement of 92% with 850 students were placed for the batch of 2022-23. The median salary offered to the students joining this institute is approximately 6.5 LPA for the companies and the maximum salary that has been offered is 25 LPA. The placement cell also offers training and developmental Activities such as aptitude test, group discussion, and mock interview to assist the candidate for recruitment.

There are large number of placements and salary packages for KJ's Educational Institute students and its placement percentage for 2023-24 batch has been 92%. The monthly salary offered to students in placement is INR 6.5 LPA and the maximum salary offered is INR 25 LPA. It is evident that many big companies including; TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and Accenture always visit the campus as 85% of the students get placement offers from these companies. High employability rate of 80% of its alumni placed in leading companies and other 20% who continue with further education, are the testimonies of the institute's industrial relations and its even more competitive and effective curriculum. For the 2023-24 batch the average salary package stood at INR 5.5 LPA where more than 50 percent of the students placed got salary above INR 6 LPA.

Yes through JEE Main one can take admission in KJ's Educational Institute's B.E./B.Tech courses though the following requirements, without MHT CET Minimum percentile is 75 for general and 65 for the reserved category. Those interested can also join through management quota for which the fees is between 2,50,000/-to 3,50,000/- per annum. Also admitting students who have passed the Diploma in Engineering and Technology of this University or any other equivalent examination securing not less than 50%marks in the concerned branch through lateral entry scheme in the second semester of B.E./B.Tech Courses. About total 20 seats for lateral entry scheme are available.