Want Feeling Difficulty in 'Engineering Studies', Don't Worry - At 'Projects Bazaar' You will Get Everything 'Readymade' Projects At Rs.3000 Only In Hyderabad!

From live projects, documentation to viva training, there is nothing engineering students can't buy at Ameerpet's `project bazaar' in Hyderabad. 

For engineering students in Hyderabad, Ameerpet is a lot like the Education Bazaar. The only difference being, students go shopping for engineering projects there. This time of the year, the one square kilometer stretch alongside Maitrivanam is teeming with third and final year engineering students hunting for the best deal on their mini and major projects, respectively.


We went to the `engineering project bazaar' posing as engineering students recently to find out that it really is the one-stop shop for custommade engineering projects. Every building complex in the locality has at least 10 different `shops' with loud name boards jostling for your attention. We walked into the office of one swanky looking `engineering project consultant' (that's what they all call themselves) office and were handed out an exhaustive menu card listing out project ideas classified under various streams of engineering -mechanical, computer science, information technology, electronics and communication, civil... et al.

The rates range from `3,000 for simple simulation projects to `50,000 for complicated working models of quad copters (a multirotor helicopter that is lifted and propelled by four rotors) and other such machines. “We can deliver whatever projects you want even if they are not in the list. We will also train you for viva,“ assured Suman*, who claimed to be a computer science engineer.

When asked about the credibility of the certification given from the institutes once the project is completed, the owner of another institute assured us saying, “We are a registered company that handles projects out-sourced from other companies. So if your faculty calls us to verify your certificate, we'll just tell them that you worked on your project here; the fact that you bought it will remain confidential.“

Apparently, some of these institutes are run by engineering professors who direct students to these institutes. “The faculty themselves refer students to us,“ added the owner.

These institutes hire B. Tech and M. Tech graduates who double up as project managers during the project season. It's quite a lucrative opportunity, reckons Ashish*. “I make a lot of money during this project season. It's usually enough to last an entire year depending on how many projects you can deliver. That's much more than what we'd get by teaching at an engineering college. It also gives us free time to explore other profitable avenues,“ he says.

That's not all. Most M. Tech graduates who work here supplement their income by going to understaffed engineering colleges posing as faculty members during official inspections at these colleges. “This gives us an opportunity to earn about `5,000 a day,“ adds Ashish.