Shri Guru Gobind Singhji (SGGS) Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded
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Nanded
Nanded is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once...
(SGGS, in short) is an autonomous institute set up and entirely funded by the Government of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
. The institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education
All India Council for Technical Education
The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...
, Government of 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...
. The institute is entirely autonomous - academic, financial and administrative and is one of the five such institutes in Maharashtra.
The SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology is located over a campus of over 18.62 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
, on land donated by Sant Baba Harnam Singh Langer Sahib Gurudwara trust and is named after the tenth Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
guru
Sikh Gurus
The Sikh Gurus established Sikhism from over the centuries beginning in the year 1469. Sikhism was founded by the first guru, Guru Nanak, and subsequently, all in order were referred to as "Nanak", and as "Lights", making their teachings in the holy scriptures, equivalent...
Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...
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The institute is affiliated to Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University was established in 1994. Named after Swami Ramanand Teerth, it is located at Nanded in Maharashtra, India....
, Nanded, It started with two under-graduate programmes in 1981 and presently offers under-graduate, post-graduate and doctoral programmes in science, engineering and technology.
The chairman is Baba Kalyani
Baba Kalyani
Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian businessman who serves as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany....
, who is chairman of Bharat Forge Ltd.
Bharat Forge
Bharat Forge is the world's second-largest forging company. The company is based in Pune, India and has nine manufacturing plants in India, Germany, Sweden, United States, Scotland, United Kingdom and mainland China...
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Academics
The institute is an autonomous institute and has been approved by th All India Council for Technical Education (AIICTE). In 2011 it had a first year intake capacity of 575 for its under-graduate courses which included 105 seats under AICTE's tuition fee waiver scheme.Admission to under-graduate courses
Although in 2011 admission to under-graduate courses to the institute was conducted on-line along with 309 other engineering colleges of Maharashtra, with an intake of 114000 seats, the institute has a separate merit list which includes the other four autonomous colleges of Maharashtra.Administration
The institute is one five institutes in Maharashtra State which has been granted total autonomy – academic, financial and administrative. The chairman is Baba KalyaniBaba Kalyani
Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian businessman who serves as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany....
, chairman of Bharat Forge Ltd.
Bharat Forge
Bharat Forge is the world's second-largest forging company. The company is based in Pune, India and has nine manufacturing plants in India, Germany, Sweden, United States, Scotland, United Kingdom and mainland China...
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