The college was founded as the Civil Engineering College on November 24, 1856, in Writers' Building, Calcutta (now Kolkata).[10][11][12] The college was established as an independent entity in 1880 as Government College, Howrah, on the premises of Bishop's College in Shibpur, Howrah. In 1921, the name of the college was changed to Bengal Engineering College. B.E. College was previously affiliated to the University of Calcutta. At that time it contained only civil and mechanical engineering departments.[13] Several other departments were created subsequently over the years, the last among them being that of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2010.
On 1 October 2004, the institution was conferred the status of a full-fledged university.[14] It was formally inaugurated as Bengal Engineering and Science University by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India, on 13 July 2005.[15] In November 2003, the Government of India announced that the S K Joshi Committee[16] would guide the selection of the five institutions to be the five new IITs.[17]
Post 2010edit
In Oct 2010 The union cabinet approved a proposal for the conversion of the Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) at Shibpur to an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, it will be an Institution of international standard and will produce quality manpower for the strategic sector of the country, research laboratories and quality teachers for the institutions of engineering and science education.[18] An amount of ₹ 592.20 crore has been earmarked for the project and it will be completed over a period of five years.[19]
In March 2014, the institute was conferred the status of an INI and was renamed Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur by the Govt. of India by suitably amending the National Institutes of Technology and Science Education and Research Act, 2007. The conversion process of BESU to IIEST was mentored by IIT Kanpur.[20][21] President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated it as IIEST on 24 August 2014.[22][23]
In May 2017, the Government of India sanctioned a grant of ₹11 crore to the Institute for conducting Dr. Bholanath Chakroborty Fundamental Research Laboratory on Homeopathy under the ‘Ayush’ project to undertake focused, evidence-based research on homeopathy formulation and validate their mode of action.[26]
Organisation and administrationedit
Governanceedit
Just like all NITs follow the same organization structure which has The President of India is the ex officio visitor of IIEST Shibpur, at the top of the hierarchy. Directly under the president is the Council of NITSER. Under the Council of NITSER is the board of governors of IIEST, Shibpur. The board of governors consists of the chairperson, director, and twelve members, which include government, industry, alumni, and faculty representation. Under the director, in the Senate Standing Committee, the director and the Secretary to the Senate, deans, department heads, and registrar. On Sept 2023 T Kumar appointed as Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Institution for a period of next three years.[27]
School of Advanced Materials, Green Energy and Sensor Systems
Purabi Das School of Information Technology
School of Community Science and Technology
School of Disaster Mitigation Engineering
School of Ecology, Infrastructure and Human Settlement Management
School of Management Sciences
School of Mechatronics and Robotics
School of VLSI Technology
Centresedit
Following are the multi-disciplinary centers located in IIEST Shibpur:[29]
Center of Healthcare Science and Technology
Centre for Excellence for Green Energy and Sensors System
Academicsedit
The Clock Tower, IIEST
Libraryedit
The institute's Ramanujan Central Library occupies 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) and houses 158,000 books, 41,000 bound volumes of journals, and a collection of documents, such as patents, standards, technical reports and pamphlets.[30] The library has old and rare books and journals of the nineteenth century.[31]
Admission procedureedit
Undergraduate programs to the various engineering disciplines (4-year B. Tech. programs) and architecture (5-year B.Arch. program) are granted via JEE Main, taking 50% students from the home state (West Bengal) and 50% from other states.[32] Students from any discipline other than Architecture, on the basis of their performance, are allowed to change their disciplines at the end of the 1st Year (i.e., second semester) and may opt for dual degree (B.Tech.-M.Tech.) courses extending over 10 semesters as per terms and conditions specified by the institute.[33] For PG programs admission is through GATE for M.Tech. courses and Joint Entrance Screening Test for MSc.[34] Students are also admitted in Ph.D programs twice a year through online applications.[35]
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^Mukherjee Pandey, Jhimli (6 May 2017). "IIEST starts cancer research based on homeopathy tenets". The Times of India May 6, 2017, 02:23 IST. from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^MAZUMDAR, JHINUK; CHOWDHURY, SUBHANKAR CHOWDHURY; RAKESH, K.M (5 September 2023). "Karnataka BJP leader's appointment as IIEST-Shibpur board chairperson draws criticism from teachers". The Telegraph (India) 05.09.23, 07:26 AM. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur abbreviated as IIEST Shibpur locally known as BESU is a public university located at Shibpur Howrah West Bengal Founded in 1856 3 it is recognised as an Institute of National Importance under MHRD by the Government of India 4 5 6 It is controlled by the Council of NITSER 7 8 9 IIEST ShibpurMottoUttiṣṭhita jagrata prapya varan nibodhataMotto in EnglishArise awake and stop not till the goal is reachedTypePublic technicalresearch universityEstablishedc 1856 167 years ago 1856 Budget 171 43 crore US 21 million FY2021 22 est 1 ChairpersonTejaswini Ananth KumarDirectorParthasarathi Chakrabarti 2 Academic staff284 2023 1 Students4 493 2023 1 Undergraduates2 779 2023 1 Postgraduates885 2023 1 Doctoral students829 2023 1 LocationShibpur Howrah West Bengal India22 33 21 N 88 18 20 E 22 55583 N 88 30556 E 22 55583 88 30556CampusUrban123 acres 50 ha Websitewww wbr iiests wbr ac wbr inIIEST main entrance in Shibpur Howrah Contents 1 History 1 1 Post 2010 2 Organisation and administration 2 1 Governance 2 2 Departments 2 3 Schools 2 4 Centres 3 Academics 3 1 Library 3 2 Admission procedure 3 3 Ranking and reputation 4 Noted people 4 1 Notable faculty 4 2 Notable alumni 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Bishop s College HowrahDirectorsAjoy Kumar Ray 2014 2018 Parthasarathi Chakrabarti 2018 The college was founded as the Civil Engineering College on November 24 1856 in Writers Building Calcutta now Kolkata 10 11 12 The college was established as an independent entity in 1880 as Government College Howrah on the premises of Bishop s College in Shibpur Howrah In 1921 the name of the college was changed to Bengal Engineering College B E College was previously affiliated to the University of Calcutta At that time it contained only civil and mechanical engineering departments 13 Several other departments were created subsequently over the years the last among them being that of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2010 On 1 October 2004 the institution was conferred the status of a full fledged university 14 It was formally inaugurated as Bengal Engineering and Science University by A P J Abdul Kalam the President of India on 13 July 2005 15 In November 2003 the Government of India announced that the S K Joshi Committee 16 would guide the selection of the five institutions to be the five new IITs 17 Post 2010 edit In Oct 2010 The union cabinet approved a proposal for the conversion of the Bengal Engineering and Science University BESU at Shibpur to an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology it will be an Institution of international standard and will produce quality manpower for the strategic sector of the country research laboratories and quality teachers for the institutions of engineering and science education 18 An amount of 592 20 crore has been earmarked for the project and it will be completed over a period of five years 19 In March 2014 the institute was conferred the status of an INI and was renamed Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur by the Govt of India by suitably amending the National Institutes of Technology and Science Education and Research Act 2007 The conversion process of BESU to IIEST was mentored by IIT Kanpur 20 21 President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated it as IIEST on 24 August 2014 22 23 In June 2014 Govt of West Bengal appointed IIEST Shibpur as the Mentor Institute for the Indian Institute of Information Technology Kalyani which was inaugurated in June of the same year 24 25 In May 2017 the Government of India sanctioned a grant of 11 crore to the Institute for conducting Dr Bholanath Chakroborty Fundamental Research Laboratory on Homeopathy under the Ayush project to undertake focused evidence based research on homeopathy formulation and validate their mode of action 26 Organisation and administration editGovernance edit Just like all NITs follow the same organization structure which has The President of India is the ex officio visitor of IIEST Shibpur at the top of the hierarchy Directly under the president is the Council of NITSER Under the Council of NITSER is the board of governors of IIEST Shibpur The board of governors consists of the chairperson director and twelve members which include government industry alumni and faculty representation Under the director in the Senate Standing Committee the director and the Secretary to the Senate deans department heads and registrar On Sept 2023 T Kumar appointed as Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Institution for a period of next three years 27 Departments edit Departments of IIEST Shibpur Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics Architecture and Planning Chemistry Civil Engineering Computer Science and Technology Earth Sciences Electrical Engineering Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Human Resource Management Humanities and Social Sciences Information Technology Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Mining Engineering PhysicsSchools edit Eight schools of excellence in IIEST are 28 Schools of IIEST Shibpur School of Advanced Materials Green Energy and Sensor Systems Purabi Das School of Information Technology School of Community Science and Technology School of Disaster Mitigation Engineering School of Ecology Infrastructure and Human Settlement Management School of Management Sciences School of Mechatronics and Robotics School of VLSI TechnologyCentres edit Following are the multi disciplinary centers located in IIEST Shibpur 29 Center of Healthcare Science and Technology Centre for Excellence for Green Energy and Sensors SystemAcademics edit nbsp The Clock Tower IIESTLibrary edit The institute s Ramanujan Central Library occupies 3 000 m2 32 000 sq ft and houses 158 000 books 41 000 bound volumes of journals and a collection of documents such as patents standards technical reports and pamphlets 30 The library has old and rare books and journals of the nineteenth century 31 Admission procedure edit Undergraduate programs to the various engineering disciplines 4 year B Tech programs and architecture 5 year B Arch program are granted via JEE Main taking 50 students from the home state West Bengal and 50 from other states 32 Students from any discipline other than Architecture on the basis of their performance are allowed to change their disciplines at the end of the 1st Year i e second semester and may opt for dual degree B Tech M Tech courses extending over 10 semesters as per terms and conditions specified by the institute 33 For PG programs admission is through GATE for M Tech courses and Joint Entrance Screening Test for MSc 34 Students are also admitted in Ph D programs twice a year through online applications 35 Ranking and reputation edit University and college rankingsGeneral internationalQS Asia 2021 36 301 350General IndiaNIRF Overall 2023 37 66Engineering IndiaNIRF 2023 38 35IIEST Shibpur has ranked 301 350 among the top 650 Universities in Asia category by the QS Asia Ranking 2021 36 In India IIEST Shibpur was ranked 66th overall and 35th among engineering institutes by the NIRF rankings in 2023 38 Noted people editNotable faculty edit John Samuel Slater principal 39 Sankar Sen professor of the electrical engineering department 40 Joseph Allen Stein professor and head of the Department of Architecture 41 Notable alumni edit This article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations July 2020 Bimal Kumar Bose scholar in Power Electronics Chondra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee member of National Academy of Engineering 42 Rajen Mookerjee industrialist co founder of Martin Burn amp Co and founder of Indian Iron amp Steel Co Ltd 43 Shankar Nath Rimal Nepalese civil engineer designer of the modern Nepalese flag 44 Jatindranath Sengupta poet and writer 45 References edit a b c d e f NIRF 2023 PDF IIEST Shibpur IIEST Shibpur director s term extended for 6 months The Times of India May 6 2023 11 15 IST 6 May 2023 Retrieved 6 May 2023 Our History Our History IIEST Retrieved 20 August 2022 The Gazette of India PDF Retrieved 9 February 2020 Department of Higher Education Government of India Ministry of Education www education gov in Retrieved 17 January 2021 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AMENDMENT ACT 2014 PDF Council of NITSER Retrieved 17 April 2023 Council of NITs COVID 19 Research at NITs amp IIEST Shibpur nitcouncil org in Retrieved 24 August 2020 Identity crisis hurdle to IIEST success www telegraphindia com Retrieved 24 August 2020 Ministry of Education Government of India www mhrd gov in Retrieved 24 August 2020 Rose John Holland Newton Arthur Percival Dodwell Henry Benians Ernest Alfred 1929 The Cambridge History of the British Empire CUP Archive Our History IIEST www iiests ac in Retrieved 9 August 2021 Director s Desk IIEST www iiests ac in Retrieved 9 August 2021 Our History IIEST IIEST Shibpur Retrieved 3 May 2020 Bengal Engineering And Science University Shibpur The University becs ac in Archived from the original on 7 February 2012 Retrieved 20 October 2010 The Institute Upadhyaya Yogesh K 23 March 2005 The making of new IITs Rediff com March 23 2005 12 23 IST Archived from the original on 24 March 2005 Retrieved 23 March 2023 Joshi Committee identifies 7 Institutions for Upgradation Press Information Bureau 23 March 2005 13 4 IST 23 March 2005 Archived from the original on 24 July 2023 Retrieved 23 March 2023 Upgradation of BESU Shibpur to an IIEST Shibpur at Howrah West Bengal Press Information Bureau 12 October 2010 17 52 IST Ministry of Human Resource Development 12 October 2010 Archived from the original on 1 July 2023 Retrieved 12 October 2010 Now an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Education Times October 14 2010 05 34 PM New Delhi 14 October 2010 Archived from the original on 1 July 2023 Retrieved 14 October 2010 Pranab nod to Besu upgrade www telegraphindia com Press Information Bureau pib gov in Inauguration of IIEST Shibpur by Shri Pranab Mukherjee the President of India on 24th August 2014 Archived from the original on 25 March 2015 Retrieved 23 October 2018 Press Releases Detail The President of India Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Bengal s first IIIT in Kalyani to start from July Times of India The Times of India IIIT Kalyani About IIIT Mukherjee Pandey Jhimli 6 May 2017 IIEST starts cancer research based on homeopathy tenets The Times of India May 6 2017 02 23 IST Archived from the original on 6 May 2017 Retrieved 6 May 2017 MAZUMDAR JHINUK CHOWDHURY SUBHANKAR CHOWDHURY RAKESH K M 5 September 2023 Karnataka BJP leader s appointment as IIEST Shibpur board chairperson draws criticism from teachers The Telegraph India 05 09 23 07 26 AM Retrieved 5 September 2023 Schools of Excellence Multi Disciplinary Centers Library IIESTS newlibrary iiests ac in Ramanujan Central Library library iiests ac in Retrieved 10 February 2020 Admissions Undergraduate Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2020 josaa nic in Retrieved 2 February 2021 Admissions Masters of Science Ph D Programme oldwww becs ac in a b QS Asia University Rankings 2021 QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited 2020 National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 Overall National Institutional Ranking Framework Ministry of Education 5 June 2023 a b National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 Engineering National Institutional Ranking Framework Ministry of Education 5 June 2023 Narratives J S Slater Museum of the History of Science Retrieved 10 February 2020 Former Bengal power minister Sankar Sen passes away Outlook 9 February 2020 Retrieved 9 February 2020 Life and works of Joseph Allen Stein 31 July 2019 Bimal K Bose IEEE Author Details Sir Rajen Mookerjee Archived from the original on 9 January 2016 Retrieved 25 August 2013 र त प ट यसर बन क थ य र ष ट र य झण ड क ड ज इन चन द र स र य र त र क णक अर थ क RatoPati in Nepali Retrieved 28 February 2022 Ahmed Wakil 2012 Sengupta Jatindranath In Islam Sirajul Jamal Ahmed A eds Banglapedia National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Second ed Asiatic Society of Bangladesh External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title IIEST Shibpur amp oldid 1179584911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
