Dronacharya Group of Institutions (DGI), Greater Noida

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Admission: For B.Tech courses, the JEE Main 2024 exam date has been released. The session 1 exam date is January 24 to February 1, 2024, and the session 2 date is April 1 to 15, 2024, for Dronacharya Group of Institutions BTech admission. The NTA has also released the CUET UG and PG 2024 exam dates. The test date for CUET UG is from May 15 to 31, 2024, and CUET PG is from March 11 to 28, 2024, for DGI admissions.

The DGI Greater Noida courses are offered at UG and PG levels. The programmes include B.Tech and MBA. During the first year, Applied Science and Humanities is also offered. The total Dronacharya Group of Institutions fees range from Rs 1.92 lakh to Rs 3.80 lakh.

The placements at DGI are organised by the dedicated T&P cell. In the batch of 2019-2023, a total of 177 students secured job offers from reputed companies like W3villa Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Hexaware Technologies, Nagarro, etc. The Dronacharya Group of Institutions placement packages offered were around Rs 2 LPA to Rs 18 LPA.

Dronacharya Group of Institutions course admissions are based on both academic merit and entrance exam scores. JEE Main, CUET and UPCET are accepted for admission. 

Dronacharya Group of Institutions (DGI) was established in 2006 and is a private college located in the Delhi NCR. It is affiliated to AKTU Lucknow and approved by AICTE. It is recognised in the band ‘Excellent’ by ARIIA, MHRD Govt of India.

Dronacharya Group of Institutions (DGI) Greater Noida was established by Smt Anguri Devi Charitable Trust. Its goal is to provide quality education, enabling progress for learners, and preparing them to meet the changing trends and demands of the corporate world as efficient engineers and managers. Here are some of the highlights of the Dronacharya Group of Institutions.

DGI Highlights

The courses offered at DGI Greater Noida include engineering and management programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The engineering course is provided under eight specialisations namely CSE, CSE (AI & ML), CS & IT, ECE, IT, Electronics & Computer, EEE and ME. The institute has authorised centers for C++Germany, BOSCH Training Center, AutoDesk, CISCO, Virtual Labs-IIT Delhi, e-Yantra Robotics Lab, and, CADD Centre. For its students, DGI has also established a special Apple IOS centre of excellence. The Dronacharya Group of Institutions fees structure for the programmes offered ranges from Rs 1.92 lakh to Rs 3.80 lakh. The details about the fees and eligibility are provided in the table below:

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Courses List and Eligibility Criteria

The Dronacharya Group of Institutions admission process includes candidates to meet the basic eligibility criteria stated by the college for each programme, along with passing the respective entrance exams for the programmes. The entrance exams accepted for admission to DGI Greater Noida are Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main, Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination (UPCET). Other than this, the Common Admission Test 2023 (CAT) is accepted for admission to the MBA course. The DGI admissions are conducted on the basis of these parameters. The admission dates for the required exams are given in the table below:

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Admission Dates 2023-2024

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Application Process 2023

The applications for the Dronacharya Group of Institutions admissions are done online on the official website of the institute. Candidates must register online and pay the fees to complete the DGI admission process. The details are provided below:

• Visit the official website of DGI Greater Noida.
• Click on the ‘Apply Online’ button from the ‘Admission’ tab.
• The Dronacharya Group of Institutions application form will be displayed on the screen.
• Fill out the required details carefully and accurately.
• Then click on ‘Submit’.

For online fee payment, candidates must go to the ‘Admission’ section on the official website and then click on the ‘Online Fee Payment’ button. The payment portal will open and you have to fill in the details and click on ‘Pay’.

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Documents Required

• Mark sheet of classes 10 and 12
• Diploma/ degree mark sheet
• Migration certificate
• Medical certificate
• Character certificate
• Reservation certificate (if any)
• Aadhar Card.

One of the most popular private institutes in Greater Noida, Dronacharya Group of Institutions has won numerous awards from reputable groups and ranking agencies. It has secured awards from Computer Society of India (CSI) Mumbai, NPTEL (IIT Madras) and has been ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), along with the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) as well. The table below lists the Dronacharya Group of Institutions rankings:

DGI Greater Noida Ranking

The placements for the batch 2023, observed a total of 177 students securing multiple job offers from various companies and organisations. The Dronacharya Group of Institutions highest package offered to the students ranges from Rs 12 LPA to Rs 18 LPA. The dedicated training and placement cell conducts placement drives, job fairs, etc. through which students are hired. Adobe, Samsung, Josh Technology, Capgemini, Jindal Group, Byju’s etc. are some of the top recruiters at the Dronacharya Group of Institutions placements. Here are the placement statistics:

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Placement Statistics 2023

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Top Recruiters

The scholarships offered by the institute are both merit and mean-based. It also offers education loans. It offers national scholarships that give the students financial backing to support their higher education. Based on national schemes, the Dronacharya Group of Institutions awards scholarships to deserving students. Every year, students will be required to pay university fees, and they will be eligible for a scholarship of Rs 50,000. Some of the DGI Greater Noida scholarships are:

• AICTE PG Scholarships.
• British Scholarships.
• National Scholarships.
• Centralised Scholarships.
• Medhavi National Scholarship Scheme. 
• IET India Scholarship Awards 2022
• National Level Common Entrance Examination (NLCEE) Scholarship 2022
• LIC HFL Vidyadhan Scholarship 2022
• The Tata Capital Pankh Scholarship Programme.
• Rolls-Royce Unnati Scholarships for Women Engineering Students.

Dronacharya Group of Institutions is among the reputed colleges for engineering in the country. It offers several provisions and facilities in order to uphold its standards of academic excellence and student life. Some of the facilities offered to students include

Library: The institute is a member of British Council Division Library, New Delhi, American Information Resource Centre, New Delhi and National Library and Information Services infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST). Students can avail Library and Information Services of these centers for their specialised information needs. 

Innovation Entrepreneurship Development Cell: The cell was established by the college to integrate a culture of innovation that will help budding entrepreneurs to perceive their skill and dream to start up their own enterprises. The entrepreneurial skills like business modelling, idea generation, cash flow, negotiation & sales skills are enhanced through hands on training, activities and events

R & D Cell: At the DGI Greater Noida campus this cell aims to promote research culture in challenging and emerging areas of technology. The cell encourages faculty members and students to undertake the research in emerging frontiers and motivates students for research publication in Scopus and SCI Journals, patent filing, Project Competition and many more.

Transport: The college has a fleet of 30 buses that it employs to all students and employees between different neighbourhoods in the city and the college and back home. Every student will be expected to avail the transport facility to enable him/her to be punctual to come to the college. 

Go Green: The Dronacharya Group of Institutions campus promotes green practices in and around the college to ensure minimal carbon footprints. A special initiative has been taken by the college to instil awareness of environmental responsibility among students and staff.

Automation lab: Automation lab provides an environment where students can explore autonomy in manufacturing systems. The Lab advances the fundamental understanding in autonomous mobility and provides computational algorithms for increasing cooperative mobility of mobile robotic systems.

Dronacharya Group of Institutions Greater Noida has been awarded by several reputed organisations. Some of the awards received by the institute are as follows:

• The Computer Society of India (CSI) Mumbai Chapter awarded DGI as the "Best Institute of the Year" under the category "Innovative pedagogical approaches and tools”.  
• The institute has 5 stars rated remote centre of NPTEL (IIT Madras). 
• Dronacharya Group of Institutions is recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

DGI Greater Noida offers a variety of clubs for the students to participate in a wide range of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities. The clubs present are as follows: 

• Sports Club
• NSS Club
• Coding Club
• Tourism Club
• Technical Language Society
• Cultural Club
• Robotic Club