Seriously, what are AKTU officials thinking?
According to the activity-point guidelines for the 2026–27 batch and beyond, regular four-year B.Tech students need 100 activity points to receive their degree, with a maximum of 20 points per activity. That means completing at least five different activities.
Each activity requires 80–90 hours of engagement over a minimum of two weeks. Do the math, and that's potentially 400–450 hours of additional work, on top of college classes, assignments, practicals, exam preparation, projects, and internships.
And the best part? Our teachers have explicitly told us that we're responsible for finding and completing these activities ourselves. The college isn't obligated to arrange them.
Then what exactly is the university's role in implementing this requirement?
Look at the activities listed: developing water management systems, waste management, promoting tourism, teaching rural school students, and so on.
I'm a CSE student specialising in AI and ML. I don't mind teaching underprivileged students or contributing to society. But why can't these activities be designed around our actual skills?
If AKTU wants us to promote water conservation or waste management, why not ask CSE students to develop websites, applications, data dashboards, or AI-based solutions to address these problems? That would let us contribute to society while applying what we're actually learning.
Instead, some activities may require us to organise campaigns, arrange resources, coordinate with local communities, and find organisations willing to let us participate. Who's supposed to arrange the dustbins, posters, transportation, and other resources? Are we expected to pay for everything ourselves? And what happens when we can't find a suitable organisation?
We're already spending a substantial amount on our education. My four-year B.Tech expenses, including college, hostel, and other costs, will be around ₹8 lakh. Not everyone can afford additional expenses for activities that the university expects us to arrange independently.
I understand the importance of social responsibility. My problem isn't with social work; it's with making hundreds of hours of potentially unrelated work mandatory for graduation without providing proper guidance, opportunities, or support.
We already need to attend classes, prepare for exams, build projects, develop technical skills, and pursue internships. Now we must independently find and complete five different activities as well.
If AKTU genuinely wants us to contribute to society, it should partner with NGOs and local authorities, provide clear instructions and logistical support, and offer activities relevant to different engineering branches. Let CSE students build technological solutions, and let students from other branches contribute their expertise where appropriate.
We're engineering students. Why not make us solve social problems using engineering instead of making us independently organise activities with no clear connection to our degrees?
Am I missing something here, or is this requirement genuinely poorly planned? I'd like to hear what other AKTU students, especially those from the 2026–27 batch, think about this.