Integrated Dual Degree B.Tech M.Tech Program at IIEST, Shibpur

Integrated Dual Degree Programs are offered in several national and international institutes of repute along with the more traditional Undergarduate Degree Programs. These programs are gradually gaining greater acceptance from the employers, as students are equipped with greater skills required for today's knowledge-based industries. Engineering Science is a new concept of multidisciplinary program that emphasizes enhanced understanding and integrated application of engineering, science and mathematics. IIEST, Shibpur is now the only institute in the country to admit students only for Integrated Dual Degree Programs since 2014.

The Dual Degree Programs at IIEST, Shibpur are being carefully crafted after integrating inputs from leading national and international experts both from industries as well as academia. Here are some of the highlights of the program.

• Departmental subjects are introduced from 3rd semester onwards. The curriculum is based on a unique mix of basic sciences, humanities, core engineering, and discipline-specific subjects.
• There are many choices of elective subjects, which may or may not be related to the parent discipline.
• Huge emphasis is given on the industrial projects to address real-life issues and problems faced by the industries. Students are encouraged and facilitated to undergo training and internship during summer vacation to industries and/or national and international universities/research laboratories.
• The students need to select specializations of M.Tech degree only after completion of six semesters, when they havesufficient knowledge of the discipline.
• The tentative M.Tech specializations that may be available for each discipline are given below. In most of the cases, the specializations are interdisciplinary in nature.

Other than B. Tech and M. Tech, there may be option for B. Tech and MBA for all engineering disciplines.

• The Master’s level courses will commence from 7th semester and there will be seamless integration with the Bachelor’s level courses.
• All students will be given scholarships in the 9th and 10th semesters.

UG Programme (4 year B. E. Programme)

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur has started a 5 year Dual Degree programme from the academic session 2014-15. Programme in the B. Arch course offered by Department of Architecture, Town and Regional Planning, being a 5 year programme, remains unaltered and runs in parallel with the new 5 year dual degree (B Tech and M Tech) programme and old 4 year (B. E.) programme.The institute proudly acknowledges the presence of the last two batches of the old 4-year B. E. programme in 9 Engineering Departments.

Ph.D Programme

This Institute is one of the earliest to offer Ph.D in Engineering in this country. Presently there are over 400 research scholars pursuing Ph.D programmes in various Departments, Schools and Centers under the three faculties, namely, Engineering and Technology; Basic and Applied Sciences; and Humanities and Social Sciences. Fifty two Ph.D degrees were conferred in the last convocation held in March 2015. The number of recipients of the Doctorate Degree in the next academic year is expected to be more than seventy. The Ph.D programme in IIEST is a full time programme and though there is no mandatory residential requirement, the scholar is supposed to participate in other academic activities of the Institute, in general, and in the department in which he/she is enrolled, in particular. Moreover, the scholar must register himself/herself within two/three semesters after enrollment. A prerequisite for the registration to the Ph.D programme is the completion of the course work suggested by the Doctoral committee of each scholar. Registration is valid for five years and may be extended by two years in a step of one year each.

Master of Engineering/Technology Programme

Master of Town and Regional Planning Programme

Master of Business Administration Programme

Master of Science Programme

The University offers AICTE approved 4-semester post graduate courses leading to Master of Engineering degree in 8 disciplines, namely, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Metallurgy, Mining, Electronics and Tele-Communication, Computer Science and Technology, Engineering Mechanics and Mining and a 4-semester post graduate degree course in Master of Town & Regional Planning.

In addition to above, the Institution also offers the following Post-Gradute Cources

• 6-semester course in Master of Computer Applications(MCA).
• 6-semester part-time evening Post-graduate courses in Civil Engineering in three areas of specialization namely Structural Engineering, Geo-technical Engineering & Environmental Engineering.
• 6-semester part-time evening course in Industrial Metallurgy.
• 4-semester full time course in Master of Business Administration (MBA) under the aegis of BECSOMS.
• 6-semester part time course in Information Technology, under PDSIT.
• 1 year post-graduate diploma in Bio-Informatics.
• 4 semester full time course in Master of Science in Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Applied Mathematics and Applied Geology.
• 4 semester full time in Materials Engineering leading to Master of Technology.

Admission to Integrated Dual Degree B.Tech M.Tech Program at IIEST, Shibpur

Admission of students takes place in one of the parent Engineering Departments- Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Architecture and Town Planning, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy and Material Science, and Mining Engineering. The curriculum for the first two semesters is common across all the departments except the Architecture and Town Planning. After first year, limited number of students of all departments except Architecture and Town Planning, based on their academic performance and choice, get the option to change parent department.

Admission to Master of Engineering/Technology (ME/MTech) Programmes

The University, under the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, offers full and part-time time postgraduate courses leading to M.E. /M. Tech Degrees from nine departments and five schools. The departments offering these programmes are given below.

• Aerospace & Applied Mechanics
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Technology
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
• Information Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
• Mining Engineering

The Schools offering PG courses are

• Material Science
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Purabi Das School of Information Technology
• Safety and Occupational Hazards
• VLSI

University offers 25 full time and 4 part-time post-graduate programmes through the above mentioned departments and schools. The total number of AICTE approved seats are more than 250 in the PG programme.

Admission to all PG courses are done by the University directly on the basis of GATE qualification as well as our own screening (test/interview). Other than the GATE qualified students we also offer the PG programme to a number of sponsored candidates. Provision is being made to offer PG courses to our project staff and technical assistants for the better prospects of these contractual and permanent staff members. Announcement for admission to the PG programme is usually done in the month of April each year. Only on-line application is accepted.

Accommodation is arranged in one multi-seated PG hostels for the boy student. Girl students share their accommodation with the UG students in the two girls’ hostels. Due to paucity of accommodation some PG boy students have to be accommodated in the UG Hostels/Halls as well.

Financial Assistance is available to all the GATE qualified candidates.

Admission to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programmes

The University offers PH D programme through all of its departments and a number of schools and centres under the faculties of

• Engineering and Technology
• Basic and Applied Sciences
• Social and Management Sciences

Ph D programme is offered through the department of

• Aerospace & Applied Mechanics
• Architecture
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Technology
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
• Human Resource Management
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Information Technology
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Physics

The Schools/centres offering PH D programmes are

• Community Science & Technology
• Management Scinces
• Material Science
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Purabi Das School of Information Technology
• Safety and Occupational Hazards
• VLSI
• Centre for Green Energy and Sensor Systems
• Centre for Healthcare Science and Technology

Admission to the Ph D programme offered by different departments/schools and centres are done twice in a year. Announcement for admission to the PH D programme is usually done in the month of April/May and October/November each year. Only on-line application is accepted. Accommodation is arranged in a shared basis with the PG students. University is converting a UG hostel, which is no longer used to accommodate UG students, exclusively for the research scholars. Financial Assistance is available through different agencies like DST, CSIR etc. as well as limited number of Institutional scholarships. For more information please see the Ph D prospectus.

Admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme

Admission to AICTE approved 2 year fulltime MBA Course

Admission to Master of Science (MSc) Programme

The University, under the Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, offers full time time postgraduate courses leading to M.Sc. degrees in the following disciplines.

• Physics (M.Sc. in Physics)
• Chemistry (M.Sc. in Chemistry)
• Mathematics (M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics)
• Earth Sciences (M.Sc. in Applied Geology)
• Community Science and Technology (M.Sc. in Food Processing and Nutrition Science)

The total number of seats in each of these programmes is 25.

Admission to these programmes is on the basis of merit. Candidates will be selected on the basis of their academic record and the performance in the interview conducted by the University.

The list of the candidates called for the interview along with the schedule for interview (Date and time slot) will be published in the notice board of the University, respective Departments and the University website normally in the 3rd week of July.

The relative weight of the academic record and interview as follows: B. Sc. (H) = 50%, H.S.= 20%, Madhyamik= 10% and Interview= 20%. The academic record will be calculated based on the absolute percentage of marks of the candidate, not on the basis of percentile of marks.

Based on the performance in the Interview conducted by the University and academic record of the candidate, a merit list will be published in the University website and University notice boards.

Library

The Ramanujan Central Library has the distinction of being one of the oldest and the largest resourceful technical library in the south east Asia. The total area of the library is around 3,000 square meters. The library not only caters to the basic information needs of faculty members, research scholars and students of this institute, but also provides information services to research workers of neighbouring universities and research institutes in the state.

The library provides online search facilities (OPAC) through eight nodes out of which four are dedicated for the users. The library is connected with the networking facilities (LAN) of the University and providing Internet browsing facilities to the users of the library. Its networking facilities have enabled the library staff to provide efficient and speedy service to its users. The present collection of books is about 1.3 lakhs and 40,000 bound volumes of journals, besides it has a huge collection of non-book materials, such as patents, standards, technical reports and pamphlets. It has also many rare publications of the 19th century. The Library subscribes nine subject collections of Elsevier’s Science Direct. The Library is a member of Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science and Technology (INDEST) consortium and INFLIBNET Digital Library Consortium and providing access to the following online electronic resources to its users.

Main Academic Building

The main academic complex is a four storied building covering about 22000 square meters area that accommodates most of the engineering departments, department of Human Resources Management, Office of the Dean and Office of Examinations.

Science and Technology Building

The newly constructed eight-storied Science and Technology building with 14400 square metres area accommodates some of the existing engineering departments, science and management departments, and various centres and schools. Office of the Director, Offices of the Deans, Registrar, and other financial and administrative offices are also located in this building. Annexes to this building are now being constructed to accommodate future departments, schools, centres and offices.

Workshop Complex

The old Workshop complex where the former Bengal Engineering College was originally started in this campus is now a heritage building. Part of the workshop is housed in the adjoining building. The workshop complex is quite large, encompassing an area of about 8500 square metres. The Workshop Complex has nine engineering shops to offer trainings in different basic shop practices including Carpentry Shop, Smithy Shop, Welding and Painting Shop, Fitting Shop, Machine Shop, Foundry and Pattern Shop, Boiler Shop, Electric Shop, Automobile Shop and Project Model Shop.

Health Services

The Institute has a hospital to cater to the needs of the campus inmates with medical officers and other supporting staff. It provides 24 hours ambulance service. Besides, the hospital has an ID Ward to effectively isolate students suffering from infectious diseases such as chicken pox, mumps, measles etc. Outdoor treatment is available in two shifts: morning and afternoon except Sundays and holidays. Serious cases are generally transferred either to any city hospital or to the Students' Health Home, Kolkata, the institute having Universal Membership for the latter. The institute hospital provides 24 hours ambulance service.

Banks

The Campus has branches of three banks - United Bank of India (UBI), UCO Bank, and State Bank of India (SBI) - along with associated ATM facilities.

Printing Press

The Institute has a modest printing press with necessary staff and machines. The press is utilised to print Institute news bulletins, seminars proceedings and other miscellaneous materials.

Campus Services and Management

• The Institute is provided with uninterrupted power supply from the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited.
• Water supply is provided by the Howrah Municipal Corporation. In addition, the Institute has its own captive generation plant and also water supply sources.
• There are three agencies which look after the maintenance of various services in the campus:
  
  • The Public Works Department (Maintenance) for maintenance of all buildings and roads
  • The Public Works Department (Electrical) to look after the maintenance of electrical services
  • Public Health Engineering Department for maintenance of water supply and sewage disposal

Halls of Residence

The Institute, with a student population of more than 3200, has 17 hostels including two girls’ hostels for UG students and one girls’ hostel for PG and Research Scholars.

There are 9 multi-seated hostels for boys:

• A. C. Roy Hall (Hostel 7)
• D. Banerjee Hall (Hostel 8)
• A. K. Seal Hall (Hostel 9)
• Hostel 10
• Hostel 11
• Hostel 13 – exclusively for PG and Research Scholars
• Hostel 14
• Hostel 15
• Hostel 16

There are 5 single-seated halls for boys:

• Richardson Hall
• Macdonald Hall
• Sen Hall
• Sengupta Hall
• Wolfenden Hall

There are 3 girls' hostels (single and multi-seated):

• Sister Nivedita Ladies Hostel
• Pandya Hall
• Lt. William Hall of Residence - for PG and Research Scholars

Games, Sports & Refreshment

Sports Grounds

There are two main sports grounds - named after the famous English stadiums - the Lords, and the Oval. Lords ground is for general purpose games and sports, and also serves as main venue for the Convocation Ceremony and the College Fest - REBECA. The Oval Ground is more well-maintained and is used for Physical Training, Sports Meets, and inter and intra-college Cricket and Football matches.

Basketball Court

The institute has a basketball court near the Hospital Building, opposite to Oval Ground. Basketball enthusiasts flock here in the evenings for friendly matches.

Alumni Swimming Pool

The Alumni Swimming Pool is a wonderful gift from our alumni assocation, GAABESU, to the residents of the institute. It started operating from April 2013.

Gymnasium

The centruy old heritage athletic club building houses the gymnasium. GAABESU, our alumni association, recently renovated the building, bought new equipments, and inaugurated the upgraded gymnasium in August 2014.

Students' Amenities Centre

This is a common-room for students, just beside the Lords Ground. It serves multi purpose, and also houses the Drama Club of the institute. It was initiated with generous contribution from an alumnus of 1948 batch.

Slater Hall - Students' Centre for Creative Expressions

Slater Hall houses some of the clubs and societies of the institute, most notably the Music Club, the Debate Club, thr Photography Club and the Innovation Centre.

Spiritual Development

The Vivekananda Youth Circle (for boys) and Sister Nivedita Study Circle (for girls) help in holistic personality development of the students. A meditation centre for students - Prasanta Neer (BABTECH Meditation Hall) – was designed, funded, and constructed in the year 2013 by an alumnus of 1974 batch.

Water Bodies

The campus has three large water bodies which add to its beautification. Of these, the Bidisha Lake has a connection to the River Ganges, and hence experiences the rise and fall of water level throught tides.

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur owes its origin to the erstwhile Bengal Engineering College, the history of which goes to the nineteenth century when industries in the sense we understand today, were practically absent. Prompted by the idea of meeting requirement of trained engineering personnel for the Public Works Department, the then council of Education, Bengal, decided to open Civil Engineering classes and a Professorship in Civil Engineering was created at Hindu College, Calcutta, in the year 1843-44. A College of Engineering was started by the name of Civil Engineering College on 24th November, 1856, in the premises of the Writers Building, Calcutta.

With the establishment of Calcutta University on January 24, 1857, the college was affiliated to this university in May 1857. The first-degree examination in Bachelors of Civil Engineering was held in 1864 in which only 2 students graduated. In 1865, the college merged with Presidency College, Calcutta and from 1865 to 1869 the college functioned as the Civil Engineering Department of Presidency College. In 1880, the college was shifted to its present campus at Shibpur, Howrah, and was christened the 'Government College, Howrah,' in the premises of Bishop's College. It started imparting training in Civil as well as Mechanical Engineering. The college became wholly residential from the year 1889.

In 1921, the name of the college was changed to 'Bengal Engineering College' (popularly known as B.E.College). During 1921-43, the various departments of the college were reorganized on the recommendation of the 'Mukherjee Committee' under the Chairmanship of Sir R.N. Mukherjee, one of the most distinguished ex-students of the college. The first batch of students in Mechanical Engineering appeared in the degree examination in 1932. The degree course in Electrical Engineering was introduced during 1935-36 and that in Metallurgical Engineering in 1939. The department of Humanities started in 1945, Applied Mechanics in 1947, and Architecture, Town and Regional Planning department in 1949.

With the end of Second World War, the necessity of further expansion and the development of the college was felt and a 'Committee for the development of Higher Engineering and Technical Education in Bengal' under the Chairmanship of the Director of Public Instruction recommended two plans - one 'Immediate' and the other 'Five Year Plan' for the college. Under the 'Immediate' plan the committee made recommendations regarding the increase of student strength from 300 to 520, an improved curriculum, better teaching staff, a greater range of degree courses and a close liaison with industry. The objective of the 'Five Year Plan' was to upgrade the college to the status of a modern and well-equipped institution with facilities for postgraduate study and research.

A new building was constructed in the year 1949 and all academic departments were moved to the new building. In 1954, postgraduate courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Metallurgical were introduced. A postgraduate certificate course in Naval Architecture was also introduced during this period. Doctoral programs were also introduced at this time and approved by Calcutta University to enhance research activities (which started as far back as 1901) in the college. During 1954-55, an agreement was concluded by this college and the University of Wisconsin, USA, whereby six guest professors from the USA joined the college and in exchange, five teachers from the college went to the USA as Research Associate. This scheme, known as Technical Co-operation Programme of the USA, helped the college in developing laboratories, postgraduate programmes and research facilities.

The college celebrated its gala centenary function inaugurated by Dr. B.C. Roy on the 25th of December 1956 and PanditJawarlal Nehru graced concluding session on 14th January 1957. The department of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering was sanctioned in 1956. The department of Mining Engineering started functioning in 1956. The introduction of a Teachers' Training course during 1959-60 was a noteworthy event. The college started its first Computer Centre in 1976-77 and a Microprocessor Laboratory in this centre in 1979. The 125th Anniversary of the college was celebrated in December 11, 1981, with inauguration by Sri N. Sanjiva Reddy, the then President of India.

In 1982, a new degree course in Computer Science & Technology was started and with modernization of the facilities, this department started offering the Master of Engineering courses in 1988 and Master of Computer Applications courses in 1991.

The college was selected as a participating institute under the World Bank EIDP Project and an endowment in theamount of Rs. 200,000,000 was received for upgrading the teaching facilities and laboratories in the Electronics and Computer Science Departments. An E-mail facility was offered by the DOE under this project through which the university can have install access to information super highway.

The alumni of the college have occupied or are occupying top positions in various national and international organizations. In recognition of its yeoman's service to the nation for 143 years of its existence with its well organized infrastructure, the college was elevated to the status of a "Deemed University" in 1992 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India on the recommendation of a UGC Expert Committee. As a result, Dr. SankarDayal Sharma, the President of India, inaugurated the University in March 1993.

In 2004, B.E. College (Deemed University) was converted into a full-fledged university by an act in the West Bengal Assembly and renamed as Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur. In addition to the tradition engineering disciplines, the university started M.Sc curriculum in basic sciences.

In March 2014, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur was taken over by the Government of India and converted into an Institute of National Importance through an act of parliament and renamed as Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur.

The Second Oldest Engineering College in India

The Roorkee Engineering College established in the year 1847 AD and recognized as the first Engineering College in India. The Government Engineering College, Pune established in the year 1854. The Bengal Engineering College established in the year 1856. The first batch of degree course in Civil Engineering turned out in 1912 from Pune Engineering College whereas the first batch in Civil Engineering passed out from B.E.College, in the year 1864. Therefore, if we consider the year of establishment the B.E.College will be the third engineering college in India. However, considering the year of graduation our B.E.College stands as the 2nd oldest Engineering College in India. Please find enclosed the relevant documentary evidence from the University Website for your ready reference.

"The Govt. College of Engineering, Pune, which was established in the year 1854 is one of the oldest and premier engineering institutions in the country. Initially it started as the Poona Engineering class & Mechanical school to train subordinate officers for carrying out public work. Later the school became Poona Civil Engineering College and subsequently in the year 1911 the name was changed to the College of Engineering, Poona popularly known as COEP. The first batch of degree course in Civil Engineering turned out in 1912. Degree courses in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering were introduced in 1914 and 1932.

Roorkee College was Establish in 1847 AD as the first Engineering College in the British Empire. The College was renamed as THOMASON COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING in 1854. It was given the status of a University by Act No. IX of 1948 of U.P., Govt. in recognition of its performance and its potential and keeping in view the needs of post-independent INDIA.Pt. JawaharLal Nehru, the first Prime Minester of India, presented the Charter in November 1949 elevating the erstwhile college to the first Engineering University of independent India."