Samrat Ashok Technological Institute

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name =Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha
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established =1960
type =government funded college
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faculty =100+
head_label =Director
head =Dr.P.M. Bhandari
students =800+
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city =Vidisha
state =Madhya Pradesh
country =India
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website = [http://www.satiengg.org www.satiengg.org]

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha (SATI) is a government funded college located in Vidisha, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It was established on November 1 1960, by Maharaja Jiwajirao Education Society.The Institute was namedafter emperor Ashoka the Great, who was Governor of emperor Chandragupta Maurya in Ujjain andVidisha and married the daughter of a businessman of Vidisha. Prince Mahendra and Princess Sanghamitra, born from this wedlock later went to Ceylon as emissaries of Buddhism.

Location

The Institute is located in Vidisha in the heartland of Madhya Pradesh, just 54 km north of from the state capital of Bhopal, on the Delhi-Madras, Delhi-Bombay main line with most of the trains, including fast and super-fast ones, having a stop. The town, a District Head Quarters is also otherwise well connected by road to other important cities and towns of the State. A town of great antiquity and immense historical and archaeological importance, it is strewn with several famous monuments in its immediate vicinity, such as the Stupas of Sanchi, the Udaigiri Caves, the Udayeshwar temple in Udaipur village, the Mala Devi temple in Gyaraspur and the Heliodorus Pillar and Vijayamandir on the outskirts of the town of Vidisha itself.

Campus

The College campus, a few minutes walk from the Railway Station is situated in the Civil Lines area with the Industrial Estate nearby, spreading over 85 acres of land with well maintained roads and approaches, playgrounds and gardens etc. It has its own tube-well based water supply and electric distribution through an H.T. substation.

Student Intake

At present this institute has an intake capacity of 480 in various courses at U.G. Level and 415 in P.G. and other courses, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Univ. of Technology at Bhopal. About 2000 students are presently enrolled in the institute.

Cources offered

Full-Time Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Courses ( 4 Year Duration)

B.E. Civil Engineering B.E. Mechanical Engineering B.E. Electrical Engineering B.E. Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering B.E. Computer Science and Engineering B.E. Information Technology B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering B.E. Bio-Medical Engineering

Part-Time Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Courses ( 4 Year Duration) for Serving /Self Employed Diploma Holders

B.E. Civil Engineering B.E. Mechanical Engineering B.E. Electrical Engineering B.E. Electronics Engineering B.E. Production Engineering B.E. Construction Technology & Mgt. B.E. Chemical Engineering

* [http://www.satiengg.org/ SATI Vidisha's Official Website]