Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering
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The Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering (BUIE) is located in Bankura
Bankura
Bankura is a city and a municipality in Bankura District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura District.-Etymology:...

, 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
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...

. Jyoti Basu
Jyoti Basu
Jyoti Basu was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any Indian state. Basu was a member of the CPI Politburo from the time of the...

,the then Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal inaugurated the institute on 19 September 1998.BUIE 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...

 (WBUT).
The college is approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 and Directorate of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal.

Board of governors

  • Chairman - Upen Kisku, Minister-in-Charge of Backward Classes, Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.
  • Secretary
    Secretary
    A secretary, or administrative assistant, is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication & organizational skills. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit...

    - Prof. Protip Mukharjee
  • Principal -Dr. Ashok Kr Majumdar
  • Members -Director of Technical Education ,Government of West Bengal; Prof. N. K. Kolay, Regional Officer, E.R.C, All India council for Technical Education; Prof. P. B. Dutta Gupta Nominee, All India Council For Technical education; Jnan Shankar Mitra Chairman, Bankura District School Council; Prof. Biswanath Kayal Ex-Chairman, West Bengal School Service Commission (Western Region) Govt. of West Bengal;Shri Basudev Acharia Member of Parliament, Bankura; Smt. Susmita Bauri, Member of Parliament, Vishnupur, Bankura; Prof. Pratip Mukherjee Member Professor, Bankura Sammilani college; District Magistrate, Bankura; Prof. Nihar Hajra Rector, Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering; Subir Chatterjee Member, industrialist; Arun Poddar Member, industrialist.

Academic programmes

The following undergraduate degree programmes are offered
  • Bachelor of Engineering
    Bachelor of Engineering
    The Bachelor of Engineering is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at universities in Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland , Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea,...

     in Computer Science and Engineering(C.S.E)
  • Bachelor of Engineering in 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...

    (I.T)
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering(E.C.E)
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics
    Electronics
    Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...

     and Instrumentation
    Instrumentation
    Instrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control of process variables within a production, or manufacturing area....

    (E.I.E)
  • Bachelor of Engineering in 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...

    (E.E)
  • Master of Computer Appliation (M.C.A)


The duration of all the above programs are four years except MCA.It is a 3 years course The syllabus and curriculum is structured by W.B.U.T
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...

.

Admission procedure

Admission to the courses happens on an annual basis. The number of seats allotted is based on the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WB-JEE is a state-government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation courses...

(85% of the total intake)conducted by the Central Selection Committee Engineering and Technology. Qualified candidates are taken through AIEEE/CET (state conducted test/university tests)/Association conducted test separately.Through AIEEE entrance(15% of the total intake).

Annual intake

BUIE has an annual intake of 300 students divided among the five branches as follows:
  • C.S.E:60
  • I.T :60
  • E.C.E:120
  • E.I.E:60
  • E.E :60

The campuses of BUIE are located on a sprawling 42 acres (169,968.1 m²) land adjacent to the municipal area of Bankura Town, the district headquarters of Bankura District. The institution has all educational amenities such as lecture halls, library, laboratories and computing facilities. The college building of 23500 sq ft (2,183.2 m²) is located on 9.625 acres (38,951 m²) of land. The academic sessions of the institute are held at the permanent institutional building.

Hostel campus

Separate accommodations are available for men, women, and the faculty. There are two Boys Hall of Residence to provide accommodation for 450 students at the residential campus of the Institute. The ladies Hostel accommodates 140 girls and part of Teachers' hostel accommodates 50 students. The Teachers Hostel accommodates faculties and Laboratory Assistants in eight flats. There is a guesthouse with six beds for guardians and ex-students.

History

Jyoti Basu
Jyoti Basu
Jyoti Basu was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any Indian state. Basu was a member of the CPI Politburo from the time of the...

, the then Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal inaugurated this degree Engineering Institute on 19 September 1998.BUIE 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...

 (WBUT) from the academic year 2001-2002. The college is approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 and Directorate of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal. Though it is under WBUT
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...

 ( WBUTech or simply UTech) now, it was originally under Burdwan University from the academic year 1998-1999 to 2000-2001. At that time it was the first engineering college in Bankura district, there were only three colleges under the Burdwan university, the first one was the Regional Engineering College, Durgapur (presently National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur , formerly the Regional Engineering College , Durgapur, was established under an Act of the Parliament of India in 1960 as one of the eight RECs...

), the second was BUIE and the third one is Asansole Engineering College.

The foundation stone of the residential campus was laid down by Prof.Shankar Sen,the then M.I.C.,Department of Power, Nonconventional Energy and Science and Technology, Government of West Bengal and Prof.Partha De, the then M.I.C.,Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal and Chairman of the Institute,on 19 February 1999.

See also

  • 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...

     (AICTE)
  • 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...

     (UTech)

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