Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur
The Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur (or BESU), established in 1856 at Shibpur, Howrah, is one of the oldest engineering university in India. The university has programs for bachelor and masters degrees in engineering and applied sciences. The university also offers research degrees (Masters and Ph.D) in engineering and applied sciences.
The university was ranked 10th among all engineering institutes in India by the magazine "India Today" in 2005. The university is set to become the first Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology following the Indian Cabinet's approval of the proposal for its upgrade to IIEST on 12 October 2010.[1]
Location
The university is located on the western bank of the Hoogli River in Howrah, opposite the city of Kolkata, which is connected by transportation to all the major Indian cities as well as to some foreign ones by rail transport and air routes and also by the Golden Quadrangle Road Network. The nearest railway station is Shalimar Station, which is two kilometres from the campus. The airport is 30 kilometres from the main gate of the campus.
History
BESU was established on 24 November 1856 as the Calcutta Civil Engineering College, training personnel for the Public Works Department, and located at the Writers Building, Howrah. In May 1857 it became affiliated to the Calcutta University. From 1865 to 1879 the college functioned as the Civil Engineering Department of Presidency College, Kolkata. In 1880 the college moved to a new campus at Bishop's College, Howrah, and was known as Bishop's College.[2] On 12 February 1920 the name was changed to Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur. The word Shibpur was deleted on 24 March 1921 and it became Bengal Engineering College.[3]
Originally a civil engineering institution, in 1932 the first batch of students received a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Degrees in Electrical Engineering (1935), Metallurgical Engineering (1939), Architecture (1949) and finally Computer Science & Technology (1982) were later introduced. In 1992 acquired the Deemed University status, finally breaking its ties with the Calcutta University.[2] Formal inauguration was done on 13 March 1993, by the then President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma.[3] On 1 October 2004 the institution was elevated to a full fledged university with the present name.[3] It was formally inaugurated by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India, on 13 July 2005.
Admission
Admission to undergraduate programmes is tied to the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE).[4] Candidates who qualify for admission through WBJEE can apply for admission in four year B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) and five year B.Arch. (Bachelor of Architecture) courses at Bengal Engineering and Science University. The admissions to postgraduate programmes (M.E.) are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).[5] Other postgraduate entrance exams include Management Aptitude Test (MAT), Common Admission Test (CAT) for management studies.[6]
Library
Eminent scientists, such as S. N. Bose who formulated Bose-Einstein statistics, have used the library of the university. In August 2009, a new building was inaugurated on the campus which now houses the Central Library with facilities such as digital archiving of all books.
International collaboration
The university has entered into international collaboration with the University of Windsor in Canada, Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland, and the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Notable alumni
- Dr. Fazlur R.Khan, Regarded as Einstein of Structural Engg.worldwide. Designer of Tallest Tower Sears USA
- Sir Rajen Mookerjee, Industrialist, Chairman, Martin Burn Group of Companies
- Sir Biren Mookerjee, Industrialist, Founder Chairman, Indian Iron & Steel Company Ltd.
- Dr. Subir Bhattacharya, Managing Director, Durgapur Steel Ltd, Steel Authority of India.
- Mr. Subir Chatterjee, Executive Director, National Thermal Power Corporation
- Mr. Asok Mookerjee, Managing Director, Lea Associates, India
- Mr. P.K Saha - Executive Director, Engineers India Ltd
- Dr. Gautam Biswas - Director, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur
- Director, Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
- Mr. Soumya Roy, Member, Ordinance Factory Board, Govt. of India
- Mr. Sarada Prasad Chakraborty, CGM, Calcutta Telephones
- Mr. Prodyot Kumar Chatterjee, Former Member, Central Administrative Tribunal,FormerPMG,West Bengal
- Dr. T Mukherjee Director Tata Group, Director CORUS Ex. Dy.MD TISCO & MD Tata Metallics Ltd.
- Mr. Dipesh Guha Executive Director, CESC Ltd
- Mr. Santanu Chatterjee Executive Director, CESC Ltd
- Ms. Bandana Sinha, Member Technical, WBSEB
- Mr. Amrit Das Founder & CEO Net Guru Inc. & Research Engineers Inc.California USA / UK / India
- Dr. Tapas Shome, Distinguished Engineer, IBM, USA
- Mr. B.R. Choudhury Executive Director,Indian Oil Corporation New Delhi
- Dr. Gauranga Sundar Chakrabarti, Distinguished Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corp., USA
- Mr. S. Chakraborty, Founder Chairman & M.D.- CES Limited New Delhi-LargestConsulting Firm in India
- Mr. Hari Bala, Managing Director, Ontrack Systems Limited India USA UK Australia
- Mr. Manu Das, Founder and President, Soffront Software Inc.California,USA
- Dr. Sourav Kundu, President and Chief Architect, KSG Global Tokyo
- Mr. Aparup Sengupta, Managing Director and Global CEO, Aegis Global, India,USA, UK
- Mr. Partha Sarathi Bag, Founder and Director, Endroit Technologies Pvt. Limited Mumbai
- Mr. Sanjay Ghosh, Managing Director and CEO, Simoco Ltd. Calcutta
- Mr. Arun Sur, Head, Wireless network, Reliance Infocomm.
- Dr. A.K.Sengupta, CEO and MD, FIIT-the autonomous industry interface organisation of IIT Delhi.
- Mr. Amitabha Ghoshal, Director & Vice-President, STUP Consultant (P) Ltd.
- Mr. Amitabha Chatterjee, Director (Technical), Ruchi Realty Holdings Ltd.
- Mr. Prashanta Chandra - President, McNeil Bharat Ltd.
- Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan, a Bangladeshi-American, World's Greatest Structural Engineer of the 20th Century (Designer of the Sears Tower Chicago USA Tallest in World and John Hancock Center USA) -regarded as the "Einstein of Structural Engineering" and "The Father of Tubular Design for High-rises"
- Mr. Amitabha Bhattacharya, IAS Principal Advisor Planning Commission Govt.of India New Delhi (equivalent to Secretary to Govt of India)
- Rai Bahadur Annada Prosad Sarkar, B.E.-Year 1883 (First Indian Chief Engineer (Irrigation), Bengal Presidency)
- Mr. Girish Chandra Das, B.E.-Year 1891 (Chief Engineer, Light Railways; Engineer-in-Chief for construction of Calcutta High Court)
- Mr. Amar Nath Das, B.E.-Year 1895 (Chief Engineer of Bengal Presidency)
- Mr. A.C. Mitra, B.E.-Year 1900 (Engineer-in-Charge, Construction of Victoria Memorial Palace, Calcutta)
- Mr. B.C. Ganguly, Chairman Railway Board Govt.of India
- Mr. S. B. Ghosh Dastidar- Member Railway Board Awarded "Padma Shri" title by Indian Government in 2009
- Dr. Amitava Ghosh, Director IIT Kharagpur
- Dr. Bimal Bose, Dishtinguished Professor & World Leader in Power Electronics, University of Tennessee, USA
- Dr. Kajal Gupta, Chief Technologist NASA USA
- Dr. Ajoy Kumar Ray Vice Chancellor Bengal Engineering & Science University & Ex Director, SMST, IIT Kgp
- Dr. P. Mukhopadhayay - Pro Vice Chancellor, Roorkee University
- Dr. S.Chakraborty Professor & Director Centre for Space Physics Boston University Boston USA
- Dr. Tapan K. Datta [2] Arthur Carr Professor Wayne State University Detroit USA
- Dr. Subrata Dasgupta Director & Eminent Scholar Chair Institute of Cognitive Science University of Louisiana USA
- Dr. Nihar Biswas, Dean, University of Windsor, Canada.
- Dr. Tarun Basu , Director, ECS, University of Texas, Dallas.
- Dr. S.Golder (1967), Director, Delhi College of Engineering,
- Prof. Ashesh .Maitra (1964), Director, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
- Dr. Snehamay Khasnabis Ex. Dean of Research Wayne State University Detroit USA
- Dr. Asok Roy, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engg. (2000–2009) Pennsylvania State University USA
- Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay, Professor of Physics in California Institute of Technology, USA & Senior Member of Research, Jet Propulsion Lab. CIT California USA
- Dr. Chandan Ghosh,Professor & Head [Geohazards Division],National Inst. of Disaster Management
- Dr. Sakti Pramanik , Professor Computer Science Department, Michigan State University, USA
- Dr. Samar Basu , Former Tata Professor of Metallurgy IIT Kharagpur.
- Dr. A Seal Eminent Metallurgist & National Metallurgist Prof & Head BE College & IIT Kharagpur
Writers, Performing Artists and Musicians
- Mr. Badal Sarkar, Theatre Personality & Director Indian Academy Award Winner, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner and Padma Shri awardee in 1972
- Pandit Budhadeb Dasgupta, Eminent Sorod Player and Chief Engineer CESC Ltd.
- Mr. Narayan Sanyal, Famous Novelist, Writer of "Satyakam"(filmed in Hindi) "Dandak Sabari" etc.
- Mr. Binay Mazumder, Famous Poet, Writer of "Fire Eso Chaka". Academy Award Winner in 2005.
- Dr. Sankar Sen, Ex Power Minister & Ex Vice Chancellor Jadavpur University
- Tathagata Roy, Former President, BJP State Unit & General Manager,Metro Railway & Professor & Head of Construction Engineering, Jadavpur University
References
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