Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University

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[edit] History

Technical colleges in the Banaras Hindu University were the Banaras Engineering College (BENCO) in 1919, the College of Mining and Metallurgy (MINMET) in 1923 and the College of Technology (TECHNO). The first-ever degree courses in Mining, Metallurgy, Ceramics and Pharmaceutics in India were pioneered at BHU.

After India became independent in August, 1947, post graduate and doctoral research programmes were also introduced. BENCO, MINMET and TECHNO produced outstanding engineers who manned various industries, academic institutions, R&D Labs and others, thus providing the much needed technological leadership/skills in various sectors of indigenous development.

After the establishment of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the three engineering institutions of Banaras Hindu University were merged to form the Institute of Technology (IT-BHU). Thus the present Institute came into existence in 1971. The Institute has so far produced more than 22,000 B.Tech. graduates, 2700 M. Techs. and 650 Ph.D.s

[edit] Admissions

When IT-BHU was formed, the earlier system of region-wise admission (via merit lists) in the old colleges of BENCO, MINMET and TECHNO was replaced with all-India admission procedures.

Main article: IIT-JEE

For undergraduate admissions, IT-BHU (along with the IITs and ISM Dhanbad) uses the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to select students. The Joint Entrance Examination is one of the toughest science-oriented entrance exams in the world, testing applicants' knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry. The undergraduate acceptance rate is around 2%, with around 200,000 annual test takers.

For post-graduate admissions, the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is used.

[edit] Assessments

IT-BHU is consistently ranked among the top ten technology schools in India. In May, 2005, a survey of engineering schools ranked IT-BHU at Number 5 overall, and at Number 1 in the development of "Intellectual Capital".

Many of its departments, called branches, come under the distinguished category of "Centre Of Advanced Studies", a distinction awarded by India's University Grants Commission.

In August 2003, the World Bank carried out a survey of leading technical colleges in India. According to their report, IT-BHU was ranked second in research, just behind the top ranked Indian Institute of Science. Other studies have been consistent. One published in the journal Current Sciences, on the publication output of engineering schools, ranks IT-BHU third and the IISc first.

[edit] Departments

Applied Departments

  • Applied Chemistry
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Physics

Schools

  • Bio-chemical Engineering
  • Bio-medical Engineering
  • Material Science and Technology

[edit] Alumni

There are hundreds of alumni of the Institute teaching in leading educational institutions and research establishments in India and abroad, particularly in the United States. Many have established their own companies and several are serving in government. Their alumni organization is itbhu.org.

In 2002, alumnus Sandeep Pandey was awarded the Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, for his work on Asha for Education, an education program for underprivileged children.

Other notable alumni of the institute include:

  1. Late Sri Krishna Kant, Former Vice President India
  2. Sandeep Pandey a Magsaysay Award recipient.
  1. Nikesh Arora, Vice President, Google, European operations.
  2. L. C. Singh, CEO , Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  3. Rajeev Chawla, CEO ,Metadata Systems.
  4. Murli Thirumale, CEO, Net6 Inc.
  5. Sanjeev Nikore ,CEO, HCL Commet.
  6. Dr. K.Srikrishna , CEO, Impulsesoft India Pvt Ltd.
  7. Satendra Singh , CEO, UnikVision Inc.
  8. Subhas Khara, CEO, CST Environmental,Los Angeles.
  9. Mr. Atul Sinha, CEO, Silicon Hive.
  10. Ujj Nath,President and Co-Founder, Syncata Corp.
  11. Sagar Bhimavarapu, Vice President, Royal Bank of Canada.
  12. S. P. Shukla, President, Reliance Infocom, Mumbai.
  13. Anil Chakravarthy, Vice President, Symantec Corp. (India).
  14. Duleep Singh, President, Reliance Petrochem. Ltd, Mumbai.
  15. Rohan Narse,Executive Director, Goldman Sachs.
  16. Soumyo Sarkar,Managing Director,Deutsche Bank,New York.
  17. Jagdish Bandhole,Vice president, Veritas software corp.
  18. Mohan Ram Krishan,Vice President , Deutsche Bank, New York.
  19. Sanjay Sinha, Vice President, Oracle Corp., U.S.A.
  20. Ganesh Murugaiyan, Vice President, DSP Merrill Lynch.
  21. Thakur Vikash Sinha,Vice President, Polaris Labs.
  22. Pradeep Banerjee,Vice President, Sony Semiconductors, U.S.A.
  23. Tarun satiya ,Head ,Knowledge Management, Ernst & Young.
  24. Siddhratha Varma,Vice President, Marketing , Reebok International.
  25. Mohesh c. Kalita,Vice President, Citibank.
  26. Anand Kumar Singh ,Asst. Vice president, Credit Suisse,N.Y.
  27. Mohan Kumar, M.D., Rayban Sun Optics India Ltd.
  28. Ravi Kumar, Senior V.P.,HSBC.
  29. Sunay Mathure,Vice President, ICICI Venture.
  30. Raj Amonkar,Senior Manager,Planning,Logistics,Global Supply Chain,Syngenta India Ltd.
  31. V.S.Saxena, CGM & Tech. Director, BILT.
  32. Abbas Faiq,Director,Information Technology,Gillette.
  33. Rakshit Harghave ,Chief, Marketing ,Dominos Pizza.
  34. Dr. BK Modi, Chairman and MD, Modixerox Pvt. Ltd.
  35. Devesh Kapur, Director ,Centre for Advanced Study of India, Harvard University.
  36. V.Padmanabhan,Chaired Professor of Marketing ,INSEAD.
  37. Prof. Pulickel Ajayan (BTech Metallurgical Engineering 1985), Henry Burlage Professor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA.
  38. Pankaj Chandra ,Professor of Operations and Technology Management,IIM-A.
  39. Rajesh Singh ,Senior Financial Analyst, World Bank.
  40. Anil Terway, Director, Energy Division, Asian Development Bank.
  41. Prof. Sukhatme, Chairman , Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India.
  42. Late Dr. Y. Nayaduma, Director General, CSIR, New Delhi .
  43. Dr. R. P. Verma, Executive Director, IOCL.
  44. Prashanto Banerjee, CMD, Gas Authority of India Ltd.
  45. Sri U. S. Awasthi, MD, IFFCO, New Delhi.
  46. Ramji Rai, Director, R&D, BHEL.
  47. C.P.Singh, Executive Director, BHEL, RC Puram, Hyderabad.
  48. Bhupendra Deliwala ,Lead engineer , NASA.
  49. Jaswinder Ahuja,Corporate Vice President, Cadence Design Systems pvt.ltd
  50. S Narayanan , Vice President , Reliance Industries Ltd , Hazira , Surat

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