Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering
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The Institute Of Technology And Marine Engineering or I.T.M.E. is a private engineering college in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India
India
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. Situated on Diamond Harbor Road 39 kilometres (24.2 mi) south of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, the institute is affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology
West Bengal University of Technology
The West Bengal University of Technology, commonly referred to as WBUT or UTech, is a public state university located in the suburban satellite township of Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India...

 and approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and Directorate General of Shipping, India.

History

The Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering was established in 2002, by chairman Mr. Shyamal Bhattacharrya. From 2006 the college started a three year graduate program in Bachelor of Nautical Science. As of 2010, Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering is under the The Ambuja Neotia Group.

Campus

The college is entirely residential. There is a residential arrangement for some of the professors, faculty lecturers, and other staff members. A medical health center is situated inside the campus. There are seven hostels:
  • Hostel-1 - freshers (boys).
  • Hostel-2 - boys of the marine engineering department(2nd year onward)
  • Hostel-3 - girls irrespective of their streams or their year of study
  • Hostel-4 - boys of all the streams (except for the marine engineering and B.N.S.) from 2nd year onward
  • Hostel-5 - nautical science.
  • Hostel-6 - freshers of the marine engineering department
  • Hostel-7 - freshers of the nautical science department


The campus is spread over a 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) area, with outdoor and indoor sports facilities like cricket
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, soccer, basket ball, table tennis
Table tennis
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, carrom
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 etc.
The campus boasts of a cyber cafe and a cafeteria along with stationary shops for fulfilling the student's requirements.
The campus is Wi-Fi
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 enabled and has a swimming pool
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. There is a Gym
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 and a beauty salon too.

Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering also has a ship in campus for training the marine engineers.

Academics

The college offers undergraduate Bachelors Degree courses under West Bengal University of Technology
West Bengal University of Technology
The West Bengal University of Technology, commonly referred to as WBUT or UTech, is a public state university located in the suburban satellite township of Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India...

 in the following disciplines :
  • Electronics and communication
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Bio-technology
  • Marine Engineering
  • B.Sc in Nautical Science(3 years)
  • Mechanical Engineering


Masters degree courses is currently offered for
  • M.Tech in VLSI Design

Student life

I.T.M.E. hosts an annual cultural program Impulse along with the Freshers Welcome Abhigraha, as well as annual inter-departmental sports meets.
Higher Education

Students from ITME have been admitted to internationally acclaimed universities like Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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, Illinois Institute of Technology
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, University of Leeds
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, University of Leicester
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, University of Glasgow
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, University of Nottingham
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, University of Liverpool
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, West Virginia University
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, University of Louisiana
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, University of West Florida
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 and Indian Institute of Technology.
Industry

Top recruiters from this institute include Infosys
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, Wipro Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services
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, Mitsui & Co.
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, ISRO, Mahindra Satyam, Nokia Siemens Networks
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, Sasken Communication Technologies
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, Tata Elxsi
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, Sierra Atlantic
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, Nippon Yusen
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and many more.
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