- Thapar University
Infobox University
name = Thapar University
established =1956
type = Public
director = Dr A. Mukherjee
dean = Dr N. K. Verma
city =Patiala
state = Punjab
country =India
campus = Urban
undergrad = 1700+
postgrad = 250
faculty = 100+
affiliations = UGC
website = [http://www.thapar.edu Thapar.edu] [http://www.thapar.in New site]Thapar University, (a
private university ) previously known as Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (before 2007)- was founded in 1956 byKaram Chand Thapar of the Thapar Group of companies. Situated in the city of Patiala in Punjab, it is one of north India's premier institutes of engineering and technology. Thapar University offers courses at the bachelors, masters and Ph. D., level in several disciplines of engineering and technology. Over 10,000 students have graduated from Thapar University. In a [http://www.dqindia.com/content/top_stories/2005/105052101.asp? survey] conducted by DataQuest, it was rated among the top engineering schools in India.The Thaparian culture is based on overall growth. The students keep themselves busy in some activity or the other. These include various academic, cultural and literary activities. At the same time discipline is maintained by the institute to maintain professional focus. The annual college fest "
Aranya " is quite a success among all colleges in Punjab.Campus
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) is one of the three Institutes located in the 250 acre Thapar Technology Campus (TTC) in the historic city of Patiala(Punjab). The other two members of TTC are the Thapar Polytechnic (TP) and the L M Thapar School of Management(LMTSOM).
Academics
The Institute offers undergraduate programmes leading to Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree and postgraduate programmes leading to Master of Engineering (M.E.), Master of Software Engineering, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degrees. In addition, industry oriented and practice based Master's Degree programmes in various disciplines are offered in collaboration with TTTI,
Chandigarh .Recently, the institute has started MBA as well as dual MBA+BE five year integrated programme.
A number of Thapar graduates have made it to the IES. D.S.Kapur, a civil graduate of 1978 batch was all India IES Topper. Apart from the technical field, the Thaparians have also excelled in the administrative services.IAS and other Central Services also caught the fancy of the Thaparians, after a 1983-batch electronics and telecommunications graduate K. B. S. Sidhu set the trend, finishing among the IAS toppers in the 1984 batch.
Activities
The most pronounced aspect of education at TIET is the extensive participation of its students in extracurricular activities. These are carried out by various societes headed by one member of the faculity. MUDRA (Music and Dramatics Society) conducts its cultural nite and an inter-year cultural competition IZHAAR. LITSOC (Literary Society) is another popular society which conducts the annual inter-hostel literary festival ACUMEN. Other societes include ACID, CCS, IEEE (TIET chapter), SAE (TIET chapter), etc and various departmental socites.The institute also has its own literary-cultural festival by the name [http://www.saturnaliafest.com Saturnalia] held every year in March, along with a technical one
ARANYA , normally held in October-November each year. This extravaganza features large participation from prestigious institutes from all over India. The students publish their own magazines, AVANT GARDE, which represents the views of the students along with addressing issues of the youth and nation, and ECLECTIZA (the urge to know..), which emphasizes on the latest advancements and applications in the field of science, thus catering to the thirst of all the techees in the institute.History
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) was established in 1956 with the goal of providing undergraduate and postgraduate education in Engineering and Technology, a close interaction with industry, and a strong emphasis on research. TIET has grown steadily in size and activities during the last four decades of its existence. Over 10,000 engineers have graduated from TIET. In recognition of its achievements, TIET was granted full autonomy and the status of a
Deemed University in 1985 by the University Grants Commission.The Thapar Group
Ballarpur Industries Limited [http://www.bilt.com] , Bilt Paper Holdings Limited, Orient Engineering and Commercial Company Limited, "The Pioneer ", Sohna Stud Farm Pvt Limited, TT & G Trading Pvt Limited, iBilt Technologies Limited, Bilt Middle East Pvt Limited, Himalayan Hideaways Pvt Limited, Karam Chand Thapar & Bros Limited,Lavasa Corporation Limited and KCT Papers Limited are some of the Thapar group companies.Other Thapar group companies and concerns in India are, the Pioneer newspaper, Thapar house on Janpath lane, Tiger Bay restaurant,Global Green .TheCrompton Greaves [http://www.cglonline.com/corporate_structure.htm] , Greaves Cotton and JCT group is with MM Thapar. His son Samir Thapar runsJCT Mills andJCT Limited and his son Arjun Thapar runs JCT electronics. [http://www.jctel.com/] Bilt Chemicals and Bharat Starch was vested with BM Thapar and hence would be under his sons Gautam and Karan Thapar's control. Gautam has also been named by L.M. Thapar as the successor of his group of companies.IM Thapar's son Vikram Thapar looks after his group which includes the Calcutta based coal trading business K.C Thapar started out with and prawn farms for prawn exports as well as the Tiger Bay restaurant chain.Thapar Institute of Engineering and Tech . is a group project funded by the Thapar's.JCT Mills FC is a Football club of JCT Mills.Distinguished Alumni
A list of Top Alumni, highlighting the "Thaparian Tradition" can be found at the [http://www.thapar.edu/alumni/topalumni.html University's Website]
Thapar's list of prominent alumni includes:
* Mr. Ashish "Ash" Bhardwaj - CEO, Aricent Inc.
* Mr. Avinash C. Mannan - Chairman & CEO, The Mannan Group - India and CEO, First Performance General Trading & Contracting Co. - Kuwait.
* Mr. Davinder Singh Brar - CEO & Managing Director, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
* Mr. Arun Bhatnagar - Chairman & Managing Director, MG Worldwide Private Ltd.
* Mr. Ashok Shreedhar - S.H.E and Head, Dept. of Hospital Engineering and Planning, PGI.
* Mr. Jagmohan Kaul - President & Managing Director, Emerson Process Management Pvt. Ltd.
* Dr. Jogeshwar Preet Singh - Founder of Geospectra Incorporated, USA.
* Mr. M.K. Trisal - President & CEO, G.E. Motors India.
* Mr. Vijay Kumar Jindal - Managing Director, SPL Industries Ltd.
* Mr. Vinod Kumar Sharma - Managing Director, Flowserve India Controls Pvt. Ltd.
* Dr. Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja - CTO, Reconnex Inc. and President & CEO, Webstacks, Inc. (Acquired by Extreme Networks in March 2001)
* Mr. Sanjeev Kapur - Managing Director, MSD Infosys Ltd.
* Mr. Mohinder Nath Proothi - CEO of MNP Turmatics, Rohtak.
* Ms. Deepa Soni - Director, Enterprise Architecture & Process Engineering Group, KeyCorp. Cleveland, OH. USA
* Mr. Daljit Singh Kapur - Superintending Engineer, IES.
* Mr Jagvir Goyal - Senior Executive Engineer, Punjab State Electricity Board.External links
* [http://www.thapar.edu Thapar University Official Homepage]
* [http://www.saturnalia.biz Saturnalia]
* [http://www.aranyatech.org Aranya]
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