| Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Aacharah prathamo dharmah |
| Established | 1952 |
| Type | Education and research institution |
| Director | Dr. Sudhir S. Bhadauria |
| Admin. staff | 200 |
| Undergraduates | 2100 |
| Postgraduates | 300 |
| Location | Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.sgsits.ac.in |
The Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) is an engineering college in Indore, India. It was established in 1952 as a technical institute offering licentiate and diploma courses in engineering.
The institute offers nine undergraduate and 17 postgraduate courses with an intake of 650 and 150 students respectively. At any time, there are approximately 2400 undergraduate students studying in the institute. In addition part-time degree courses are offered for working professionals with Engineering diploma. It is an autonomous college seeking university status. The director is Dr. Sudhir S. Bhadauria.
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When established, it was known as Shri Govindram Seksaria Kala Bhavan. The institute came into being as a result of the desire expressed by the Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to a group of leading industrialists of Indore for establishment of a technical institute.
An industrialist of the town, Seth Shri Kudilaji Seksaria, responded by donating the initial amount for starting the institution in the name of his late father Seth Shri Govindram Seksaria. In 1956 it was converted to a degree college with the course in Civil Engineering and its name was changed to Shri Govindram Seksaria Technological Institute, Indore.
With the introduction of M.Sc. courses in Applied Sciences the name of the institute was changed to its present name. In 1989 the institute was granted autonomous status by the University Grants Commission and the AICTE. It has been ranked 35th in the country. Considering the quality of the manpower generated by the institute, a high-power committee of the government of India has ranked it 16th in the country including IITs and NITs. It ranks second in Madhya Pradesh in an independent survey conducted by the media group Outlook and research agency MDRA.
The institute's 50 year celebration was held on 22-23 December 2002, which is now called SGSITS Day. His Excellency the President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was the chief guest. The president unveiled a stone to mark the ceremony and later in the day addressed students and faculty. Academic and cultural activities were organized to celebrate the Golden Jubilee Year.
The institute received help when the government of India was implementing its Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) with the help of the World Bank. The institute received 3.0 crore of rupees from the government of India and the World Bank. The funds were used to modernize laboratories and to fund initiatives like postgraduate education by video conferencing and the opening of an Information Technology Incubation Center.[1]
The number of permanent faculty in January 2009 are as given below:
At the undergraduate level, the institute offers admission on the basis of student performance in MP-PET and AIEEE. At postgraduate level, the admissions are on the basis of GATE. Admissions to the Master of Computer Applications course is done on the basis of MP-MCA examination. Admission to the M.Sc. (Applied Sciences) courses is conducted at the department level. It is first choice for students who have appeared in MP-PET exam.
The institute offers nine undergraduate courses:
There are 17 postgraduate courses. The Ministry of HRD of the government of India has identified the Civil Engineering Department as a Center for Quality Improvement (QIP) for Ph.D. degrees and the Electrical Engineering Department for M.E. degree.
Teaching and related activities of the institute are taken care by departments, centers and cells of the institute. The departments are:
It has post diploma evening courses (known as part-time BE).
Centers and cells are:
SGSITS has an affirmative action policy on caste and gender based reserved quotas. 16% of the admitted students must be of the Scheduled Castes, 20% of seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 14% for the Other Backward classes. Remaining 50% seats are open for all students. In case a reserved category student get good marks he will be an allotted open (general) category seat.
In each of the above categories 30% of the seats are reserved for girls. Reservations are also for J&K, NRI, handicap, wards of freedom fighter and wards of Sainik.
The institute is in the heart of Indore, a few minutes from the railway and bus stations. The land area of the institute is 35 acres (140,000 m2) while the building area is 25,000 square meters.
Staff quarters:
There is a guest house for 20 persons.
There are seven hostels:
The second year boys hostel has a gym. Each hostel has a mess and reading hall with provision of entertainment and sports like colour TV and table tennis tables.
The third year boys hostel J.C. Bose is the oldest and biggest with 102 rooms.