Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology

Infobox_University
name = Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi


motto = "Aa no bhadrah, kritvo yantu vishwat" (Vedic hymn)
established = 1989
campus = Urban, About convert|240|acre|km2 in area
type = Engineering Institute
city = Jhansi
state = Uttar Pradesh
country = India
undergrad = 1000 (approx. total strength)

Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi (commonly known as BIET Jhansi) is one of the most reputed engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh, India under the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU). It was founded in 1989 and the first batch graduated in the year 1993. It is fully funded by the UP state government. It is affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow for the award of degrees.

Presently, Prof. V. K. Bhatt is officating the post of Director of BIET.

The Institute

BIET is located in the historical city of Jhansi in the Bundelkhand region of North India. The institute's campus is located around 12 kilometers from the Railway Station, on the Jhansi-Kanpur State Highway.

The institute admits students from all over India through the prestigious Common Entrance Test known as UPTU-SEE (Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination). Professor V K Bhatt of Mechanical Engineering is officiating the responsibility of Director.

Vision

The Institute looks forward towards establishing itself as one of the premier technical education institution imparting quality teaching at Graduate and Post-Graduate levels to the students in the area of industrial requirements and emerging technologies.

Courses Offered

The institute offers B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) courses in the following disciplines:
* Chemical Engineering (CH)
* Civil Engineering (CE)
* Computer Science and Engineering (CS)
* Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
* Information Technology (IT)
* Mechanical Engineering (ME)
* Electrical Engineering (EE)

In addition to above courses the institute offers M.Tech(Master of Technology) with following specializations:
* Environmental Management
* Construction Technology and Management
* Manufacturing Science
* Digital Communication

Apart from the above courses, the institute also offers Masters in Business Administration(MBA).

Accreditation

The B.Tech degrees in Civil, Electronics, Mechanical, Computer Science and Chemical branches of the institute have been accredited by the [http://www.nba-aicte.ernet.in NBA] (National Board of Accreditation). The CS and ME branches have been re-accredited for a period of three years, starting 2004, whereas the CE branch has been accredited for a period of five years.

Affiliation

The institute is affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU). Prior to the formation of UPTU, the institute was affiliated to Bundelkhand University, Jhansi for the award of B.Tech. degree.

Infrastructure

The institute is fully residential and it has four boys' hostels (named Saket, Panchvati, Vrindavan, Jaibharat), two girls' hostels (named Yashodhara, Vasundhara), and houses for teachers and other staff. It has a bank (Central Bank of India branch) with an automated teller machine (ATM), a post office, a dispensary, a guest house and a central play ground among other facilities. The Administrative block has the Director's Office and the library. Each department has its own building which houses the lecture halls and respective labs.

Placement Record

The institute has a very good placement record under the direction of Training & Placement Officer Prof. G.D.Singh. The batch strength of 2007 batch was about 250 and till the end of the session almost 150 students got placed in various multinational companies.RIL, Pepsi, Wipro, Mahindra, are some of them.

Contact Information

Bundelkhand Institiute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), Kanpur Road, Jhansi (UP), India, PIN - 284128 Phone Number: [phone] (Director's Office)

Trivia

- The hostels are named after the books/ compositions of the famous Hindi poet Maithili Sharan Gupt. - The monogram of the institute has been designed by a student of the institute: Mohit Verma (Electronics 1992-96). - The annual festival of the institute is called UTSAV (meaning celebration / festival), named way back in 1992-93, when first UTSAV was celebrated. - The first student newsletter was printed in the name of VOX-POPULI in English and 'Bas Yu Hi...' in Hindi.

Bencolites

The institute was formerly known as Bundelkhand Engineering College. BENCOL is an acronym for Bundelkhand ENgineering COLlege. Hence the term Bencolites refers to the students (current and graduated) of the institute. Though BENCOL was formally changed to BIET (in around 1994-1995), the term Bencolites is still used widely and happily by all the alumni.

External links

* [http://biet.up.nic.in BIET]
* [http://www.uptu.ac.in UPTU]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bencolites bencolites alumni group]