Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology
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Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi (commonly known as BIET Jhansi), is a government-funded engineering college in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is a constituent college of Gautam Buddha Technical University
Gautam Buddha Technical University
Gautam Buddh Technical University is a state university in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the biggest universities in terms of number of affiliated colleges. Gautam Buddh Technical University was formed on 1 May 2010 from the bifurcation of the erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Technical University...

 (erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Uttar Pradesh Technical University was a public university in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on May 8, 2000...

). It is recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education. AICTE.

It was established in 1986 by the government of Uttar Pradesh to provide technical education in the state and was the fifth government engineering college in the state. The first batch of the college was admitted in 1989 and graduated in the year 1993.

The highest executive body of the institute is the Board of Governors (BOG) with the eminent academician as its Chairman. At Present Prof N.S.Ghajbhiye, Vice Chancellor, Dr HSG University Sagar & Professor Chemistry at IIT Kanpur is Chairman of BOG.

Prof. Harvendra Singh is the Director of BIET.Whose term is going to be end on Dec 3rd, 2011 as his extension has been disapproved by BOG on November 4th, 2011.

Management and administration

BIET Jhansi is funded by the government of Uttar Pradesh. However, new projects are being funded by the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...

 under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Project (TEQIP).

Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology is a registered society under The Society Registration Act 1860, at Jhansi. The Board of Governors is the governing body of the society. The Board includes:
  • Prof. N S Ghajbhiye, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University, Sagar (MP)as Chairman
  • Sri Sanjay Prasad, IAS, Secretary, Technical Education' Government of Uttar Pradesh as Vice Chairman
  • Prof Sanjay Dhande, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur as Member
  • Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee as Member
  • Nominee of the All India Council of Technical Education as Member
  • Prof. Kripa Shankar, Vice-Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Technical University
    Uttar Pradesh Technical University
    Uttar Pradesh Technical University was a public university in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on May 8, 2000...

     as Member

Academic history

The foundation stone of the institute was laid in May, 1986 by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, Vir Bahadur Singh
Vir Bahadur Singh
Vir Bahadur Singh was an Indian National Congress Leader from Gorakhpur and a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Union Cabinet Minister of Communication.-Political career:He participated in Quit India movement in 1942....

. The first director of the institute was Prof. Ram Singh Nirjar, who went on to become the Chairman of All India Council of Technical Education AICTE. He assumed office as the first director of the institute (then known as "Bundelkhand Engineering College") in 1988.

The institute started with two branches - Computer Science and Engineering, and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, with an intake of 30 students in each. Now the institute has seven undergraduate. courses and five postgraduate courses with annual intake around 475 in each year.

The campus added two additional branches - Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering - with an intake of 20 students each in 1990. In 1996, Chemical Engineering with an intake of 30 students was started and in 2000 Information Technology with intake of 40 students was added. In the same year, the intake of Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science and Engineering, were raised to 45 and 60 students respectively, and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering was rechristened as Electronics and Communication Engineering and intake was raised to 60. In 2006, the intake of Civil Engineering was increased to 45. From 2007 a four-year B. Tech programme in Electrical Engineering with an intake of 60 students was added to the existing B. Tech programmes.

In 2005 two postgraduate programmes in Environmental Engineering and Construction Technology and Management (in the Civil Engineering Department) and one in Manufacturing Science and Technology (in the Mechanical Engineering Department) with intake of 18 students each, was started. In 2006 an M. Tech. programme in Digital Communication System (in the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department) with an intake of 20 students was added to the list of postgraduate programmes. In 2007, a two-year management programme leading to an M.B.A. degree with an intake of 60 students, was started. The total intake of students in the institute, including M. Tech. programmes, is 474.

Admissions

The institute admits students for its Bachelor in Technology (B.Tech) programme from all over India through the competitive Common Entrance Test SEE-UPTU
SEE-UPTU
The State Entrance Examination - Uttar Pradesh Technical University is an annual college entrance examination in Uttar Pradesh for engineering, architecture, pharmacy and management courses...

.

Ranking

For the academic session 2008-09 the institute was ranked 3rd (next to Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur is an academic autonomous engineering college under the Uttar Pradesh Technical University. Its programs have been conferred autonomous status under the university. It is the second engineering institute in Uttar Pradesh after the former University of...

, Kanpur and Institute of Engineering and Technology
Institute of Engineering and Technology
The Institute of Engineering and Technology Lucknow is a state government-funded engineering college in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a constituent college of Gautam Buddh Technical University .- History :The IET was established by the government of Uttar Pradesh in 1984, for imparting...

, Lucknow) in terms of university results declared by UPTU among all the state level engineering institutes affiliated to the university.

Courses

The institute offers its B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) programme in the following disciplines:
  • Chemical Engineering
    Chemical engineering
    Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

     (CH)
  • Civil Engineering
    Civil engineering
    Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

     (CE)
  • Computer Science and Engineering (CS)
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
  • Information Technology
    Information technology
    Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

     (IT)(Under Self finance scheme)
  • Mechanical Engineering
    Mechanical engineering
    Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

     (ME)
  • Electrical Engineering
    Electrical engineering
    Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

     (EE)( Under Self finance scheme)


The institute offers M.Tech(Master of Technology) in following specializations:
  • Environmental Management
    Environmental management
    Environmental resource management is “a purposeful activity with the goal to maintain and improve the state of an environmental resource affected by human activities” . It is not, as the phrase suggests, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of the interaction and...

  • Construction Technology Management
  • Manufacturing Science and Technology
  • Digital Communication System


Apart from the technical courses, the institute offers asters in Business Administration](Under self finance scheme) ].

The institute is a nodal centre for Indira Gandhi National Open University
Indira Gandhi National Open University
The Indira Gandhi National Open University , known as IGNOU is a national university with its headquarters in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 2000 crore, when the Parliament of India passed...

 (Study Center Code: 2766(P)) and runs its courses.

Accreditation

The B.Tech degrees in Civil, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, Computer Science and Chemical branches of the institute have been accredited by the NBA (National Board of Accreditation). The CS and ME branches have been re-accredited for a period of three years, starting 2004, whereas the CE branch has been accredited for a period of five years.

Affiliation

The institute is affiliated to the Gautam Buddha Technical University
Gautam Buddha Technical University
Gautam Buddh Technical University is a state university in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the biggest universities in terms of number of affiliated colleges. Gautam Buddh Technical University was formed on 1 May 2010 from the bifurcation of the erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Technical University...

 (GBTU, Lucknow)for the award of its B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA degrees.

Location

BIET is located in the historical city of Jhansi
Jhansi
Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...

 in the Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand anciently known as Chedi Kingdom is a geographic region of central India...

 region of the state of Uttar Pradesh in north India. The institute's campus is located around 12 kilometers from the Jhansi Central Railway Station, on the Jhansi-Kanpur National Highway (NH 25).

Campus

The institute has excellent physical infrastructure with lush green campus sprawling over 240 acre (0.9712464 km²).Total built-up area of the institute building is 28700 m². The inside of the campus resembles a city, with gardens, lawns, residential complexes and wide roads. The campus has its own water supply and backup electricity supply along with shopping centers to cater to the daily needs of residents.

The campus is divided into four zones:
  • Student Residential Zone
  • Faculty and Staff Residential Zone
  • Student Recreational Area, that includes the Student Activity Center (SAC), cricket ground, basketball courts, hockey field
  • Academic Zone that includes department offices, lecture halls, central library and workshops.


The Central Library spreads over 1100 m². The Administrative block houses the Director's Office and the Central Library. Each department has its own separate block which houses the lecture halls and respective labs.

The student residential zone is divided into two main sectors—one for men's hostels and another for women's hostels. There are 6 hostels (four for boys and two for girls). The hostels are named after the books/ compositions of the Hindi poet Maithili Sharan Gupt
Maithili Sharan Gupt
Maithilisharan Gupt was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered among the pioneers of Khari Boli poetry and wrote in Khari Boli at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of Brajbhasha.- Early life :Born Chirgaon, Jhansi in a Gahoi family...

.
  • Vrindavan (For 1st Year students)
  • Saket (For 2nd Year students)
  • Panchwati (For 3rd Year students)
  • Jai Bharat (For Final Year/ MBA/ M.Tech students)
  • Yashodhara (For Girls)
  • Vasundhara (For Girls)

Faculty

Faculty list(incomplete)
The Teacher Student Ratio stands at 1:20. Faculty with post graduate qualification stands at 100% whereas the percentage of faculty with PhD is 68%.

The institute employs senior technical personnel as guest faculty following the trend of industry-academia collaboration. The institute encourages industrial trips to, and closer co-operation with, government and private industry.

Central Library

The Central Library has a collection of 28,000 books including 8,300 books by the World bank. It has 86 journals and 580 back volumes of IEEE, ASWE, ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...

, ACM, ACI, etc. International journals and technical papers are accessible to students through the Indian National Digital Library in Engineering INDEST-AICTE consortium. INDEST

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering was established in 1989. The department is a member of the Computer Society of India (CSI). The department has a Software Development Lab, Information System Lab, Computer Graphics Lab, UNIX and LINUX Lab, and a Database Management Lab.The unique feature of college is SUN Java Lab, which is not available in any other college of UPTU. The department gives internet service to students through ISDN line provided by BSNL. These computers are connected to each other through LAN and these are supported by a SUN server with EM 64T (extended Memory 64 bit Technology Intel Xeon processor) with 800 or higher MHz front side bus and hyper threading support.

The systems are equipped with operating systems such as LINUX, UNIX, Solaris, Windows NT, Windows XP and software packages that include Java, Oracle 10i, Developer 2000, C++/C, Visual Basic, ASP, SQL Server etc and open source software packages.

Department of Information Technology

The Department of Information Technology was established in 2000. It hosts Digital and Computer Graphics Lab which consist of 15 Logic Trainer Boards, performing logical testing facilities. The Department is equipped with 64 bit RISC Based IDNY (R400) silicon graphic server. The Department has Image Processing tools, Meta Labs, and other graphic facilities.

Department of Chemical Engineering

The Department of Chemical Engineering was established in 1996. The department has organized training programs under World Bank Assisted, Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP).

The department has Chemical Engineering lab, Fluid Mechanics Lab, Fluid and Particle Operations Lab, Heat Transfer Lab, Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab, Process Dynamics and Instrumentation Lab, Chemical Technology Lab, Energy Lab and Mass Transfer Lab. The department has a CAD lab with Chemical Engineering software like ASPEN, ORIGIN,and PROSIMULATOR.

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was established in 1989. The department has a Microprocessor Lab. The Digital Electronics Lab is used for study of encoders and decoders, multiplexers and demultiplexers, flip -flops, counters and shift registers , and parity generators and checkers. A brief idea of digital I.C. is also provided.

A Fiber Optics Communication Lab is established in the department, provides education on fiber optics communication, analog and digital link, attenuation: banding, and impurities. Other labs include Printed Circuit Board Lab and Electrical Machine Lab.

The Department contributes to IEEE by doing research.

Department of Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering was established in 1990. The department is engaged by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India and U.P. Jal Nigam to train field and sector professionals for government departments. The department does research projects sponsored by AICTE/DFT/CST.

The department has Transportation Lab, Fluid Hydraulics Lab, Soil Mechanics Lab, Environmental Engineering Lab and Surveying Lab,Auto-Cad lab,Concrete lab,Engineering drawing lab

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in 1990. The department has a CAD Lab equipped with Pentium IV 2.8 GHz, plotters etc. and software packages such as Pro-e (Wild Fire), Catia, Autocad 2000. The department has a Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Lab, Fluid Machinery Lab, Machine Lab, Heat Transfer Lab, Automobile Lab and Materials testing lab.

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

The department of electrical engineering was established in 2007.The department has a Microprocessor Lab. The Digital Electronics Lab is used for study of encoders and decoders, multiplexers and demultiplexers, flip -flops, counters and shift registers , and parity generators and checkers. A brief idea of digital I.C. is also provided.

A Fiber Optics Communication Lab is established in the department, provides education on fiber optics communication, analog and digital link, attenuation: banding, and impurities. Other labs include Printed Circuit Board Lab and Electrical Machine Lab.

Placement record

The institute has an excellent placement record. The entire class of 2010 were placed in multinational and national companies. Some of the past recruiters at BIET include Adobe Systems(India),Aricent Technologies, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC India
CSC India
Computer Sciences Corporation India Private Limited is a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation operates as an information technology services company in India....

), Infosys Technologies, Accenture(India), Sasken, Reliance Industries Ltd, Samsung Electronics, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, Pepsi, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam, GlobalLogic, NTPC, SAIL, EIL, Vizag steel, Hindustan Unilever, Jaypeee Group, Larsen & Toubro, Jindal Group, Syntellent, Era Constructions, DSCL, Soma Enterprises among others.

Summer Internship

The students of the new MBA programme underwent an intensive two months summer training at ITC, Coke, Reliance, Godrej, Blue Star, LML, HAL, BAJAJ, BHEL, Hindalco, IFFCO, HDFC, ICICI among others.

Student Branch Councils

  • CEA (Chemical Engineers Association)
  • ACE (Association of Civil Engineers)
  • COSSCO (Computer Science Students Council)
  • FEE (Federation of Electronics Engineers)

  • FIT (Forum of Information Technology)

Interest Clubs

  • CSC (Cultural Sub Council)
  • FAH (Fine Arts and Hobbies Sub Council)
  • LSC (Literary Sub Council)

Annual Cultural Fest - 'Utsav'

Utsav provides opportunity to the budding talent in the institute to showcase their talent to a larger audience.

Annual Technical Fest - 'Sandhaan'

Sandhaan is the annual technical fest which allows students to showcase their technical abilities beyond the ambit of academics. Many colleges of repute are invited to take part in Sandhaan. Technical symposiums and guest speakers from many areas of technical research and development mark this event.

Open air theatre and movie-screening add spice to an otherwise completely technical event.

Annual Sports Fest - 'PACE'

PACE is the annual sports fest which promotes a spirit of friendly competition among the branches of the college. The overall winner branch parades through the institute campus.

Annual Alumni Meet - 'Kutumb'

The institute organizes Kutumb every year to celebrate the success and growth of its alumni and to share their experience with present students.

There are chapters of the alumni network in industrial bases like Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

 and Noida
Noida
Noida , short for the New Okhla Industrial Development Area, is an area in India under the management of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority . Noida came into administrative existence on 17 April 1976 and celebrates 17 April as "Noida Day". It was set up as part of an urbanization...

.

Bencolites

The institute was formerly known as Bundelkhand Engineering College. BENCOL is an acronym for Bundelkhand ENgineering COLlege. Hence the term Bencolites refers to the students (current and graduated) of the institute. Though BENCOL was formally changed to BIET (in around 1994-1995), the term Bencolites is still used by alumni.

Notable alumni

  • Manish Sharma, Head - Strategic Banking Unit at iGATE Global Solutions
  • Shuktij Singh, Head - Program Management (Asia-Pacific) at Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Himanshu Goyal, Country Manager - Developer Works and Globalization at IBM India
  • Deepak Mittal, Member of the Board of Directors, Innovative Scheduling Inc
  • Anurag Gaur, Director at Mahathi Software
  • Deepesh Bhandari, VP Operations Technology at Nomura Holdings, Inc. (erstwhile Lehman Brothers)
  • Gunjan Agarwal, Director at Amdocs Limited
  • Alok Kaushal, CEO at Deepija Telenetworks
  • Shyam Gupta, CEO at S-Tech Realtors Pvt
  • Indrajeet Singh, DVP at IndusInd Bank
  • Rajesh Mago, Open Source Technology evangelist
  • Aniruddha Kumar, Head - Contracts at Era Infra Engineering
  • Amit Khanna, former AVP (Marketing Analytics) Genpact
  • Sachin Gupta, Director (Technical Services), SPX Corporation.
  • Dheerendra Maurya, Developer, Stock Exchange.
  • Anil Kumar Yadav(Dubey), Developer, Facebook India.
  • An alumnus from the institute, Nitin Vats was featured in the Limca Book of Records
    Limca Book of Records
    Limca Book of Records is a record book of Indian origin. First published in 1990, when the Limca Brand was owned by Parle Group. The book continued to be published by Coca-Cola, when they bought the Limca Brand. The 20th edition of this book was released by Amitabh Bachchan in March 2009...

    for his mathematical abilities.



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