- BCET Gurdaspur
Infobox University
name = Beant College of Engineering and Technology
established = 1994, Opened 1995
type = Public
free_label = Principal
free = Dr. Satish Kumar
city =Gurdaspur
state = PUN |country = IND flagicon|India
campus
undergrad = 1560
campus = Urban
website = [http://www.bcetgsp.ac.in/ B.C.E.T. Gurdaspur]B.C.E.T. Gurdaspur is a premier,
coeducational ,engineering college located inGurdaspur , Punjab,India .BCET imparts education in variousengineering disciplines.BCET has seven academic and two administrative departments. It operates under thePunjab Technical University (PTU)Jalandhar .Geographical Location
The college is situated 4 K.M. away from
Gurdaspur bus stand and 2 K.M. away from railway station (on National Highway-1A towards Pathankot).Pathankot is 35 km away andAmritsar is 75 km away from the College campus.History
Beant College of Engineering and Technology (State Govt. Engineering College),
Gurdaspur was established by the Government of Punjab as an autonomous Institution through a registered society to provideTechnical Education in emerging areas ofEngineering andTechnology and especially for the development of surrounding border areas. In line with the national policies ofglobalization andprivatization , the college is laying special emphasis on theEntrepreneurship Development and IndustrialTraining .The foundation stone of the college was laid on February 28,1994 by Late Sardar Beant Singh Ji, the then Chief Minister of Punjab. The college is approved byAICTE (All India Council Of Technical Education) and is affiliated to thePunjab Technical University ,Jalandhar . The first session commenced from August 21, 1995 when 120 students were admitted in three B. Tech disciplines. Presently, the college is offering six disciplines of B.Tech. and two disciplines of M.Tech. with a total intake of 370 students. Further 10% of the total seats are filled separately through the LEET programme. Four students are nominated from other states by M.H.R.D.Departments
Applied Sciences, Humanities & Management
The Department of
Applied Sciences ,Humanities &Management cover the subject areas ofApplied Physics ,Applied Chemistry ,Applied Mathematics ,Material Science , andManagement &Communication Skills . The department has highly qualified faculty and is involved in the research activities in the form of their own continuing research work, post-doctorate fellowship, guiding the Ph.D. students and development activities in the form of executing projects funded byAICTE ,New Delhi under MODROBS, TAPTEC &R&D schemes.Chemical Engineering
The department carries out its
undergraduate programme inchemical engineering through full time faculty, industrial experts and associated faculty member from different discipline.Computer Science and Engineering
The department was established in 1995 and offers four years B. Tech. degree in
Computer Science & Engineering. The department possesses the qualified, experienced and dedicated faculty. Apart from the teaching and academic activities the faculty of the department is actively involved in research work. Core competencies of the department are in the area ofimage processing ,compiler design ,network security andweb development etc.Electronics and Communication Engineering
It is one of the oldest department in the college & offer four year course (three years after Diploma) at
undergraduate level leading toBachelor of Technology inElectronics &Communication Engineering . Is also running two year course atPostgraduate Level Leading to Master in Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering under regional centre ofPTU Jalandhar .Information Technology
The Department of Information Technology came in to existence in the year 2001 with an initial intake of 40 students. The major emerging areas in which the department is actively concentrating upon are Natural Language Processing,
Software Engineering and Advanced IT Technologies. The department is more concerned on the broad picture of modern Technologies likeE-commerce . At present the department is functional with its highly qualified and experienced faculty along with the associated faculty of Computer Sc.& Engg.Mechanical Engineering
The department offered four years course at undergraduate level leading to the award of a B.Tech degree in the disciplines of Mechanical and production engineering respectively. The course have been designed in concentration with industries keeping in view the latest development in the field and the current and further need of the state and nation, In addition to the theoretical classroom instruction, emphasis is also laid on the professional practice by making practical job training and integral part of the curriculum. Department is equipped with well and experience faculty, besides the academic activities, faculty is also involved in different administrative jobs..
Bio Technology
Administration(Establishment/Accounts)
Technical / Lab Staff
tudent Societies and groups
Technical Societies
There are many societies, for almost all branches, and these are managed by students.They arrange for many events like
* Technical quizzes
* Seminars
* Paper presentationsCultural Societies
* Punjabi culture society
* Fine Arts ClubHostels
There are 4 boys hostels and 1 Girls hostel. The hostels are well equipped and have a mess that offers 3 meals a day. Hostels are within the college campus and very close to the Academic Section.Hostel No. 3 & 4 that has 1 bed per room is provided to the 3rd and 4th year students.
urroundings
The college is located in a very nice place on the National Highway. It is surrounded by fields and Orchards, and villages around the college campus. There are many small/mid level restaurants outside the college. There are shops for all the basic stuff. The village opposite to the college has a beautiful Gurudwara building.
Courses
Institute offers various courses:
Under-Graduate Courses
* Bachelor of Technology Courses (Eight Semesters)(Six Through LEET)
**Production Engineering (Discontinued)
**Computer Science and Engineering
**Electronics and Communication Engineering
**Chemical Engineering
**Information Technology
**Mechanical Engineering
** Biotech EngineeringPost Graduate Courses
*Master of Technology Courses (Four Semesters)
**Mechanical Engineering
**Electronics and Communication Engineering Placements
The companies which have recruited at BCET in recent years are:
Spice Telecom Mohali, IndiaGlycols,Vedanta Resources [http://www.vedantaresources.com] , Royal Energy, Reliance Energy [http://www.ril.com] , Ingersoll-Rand, Sterling, JCT, Rockman, Punjab Tractors, International Tractors, Aarti International, Cargo Consultant, Hero Cycle, Infosys, Satyam Infotech, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, L&T, Global Ventage, Dell, AB Sugar and Distiller, US Technology, Tata Chemicals, Tata Consultancy, Hindustan Lever, Shreyan Paper, Reliance Industries, I-Flex Solutions, Syntel, Birlasoft, PCL, G4 Solutions, Life Business Projects, Perot System, Tata Elxsi, Hewitt Associates, XLNC, Convergys, L&T Infotech, Nucleus Software, Newgen Software, and many more.References
1. [http://www.bcetgsp.ac.in/ B.C.E.T. Gurdaspur]
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