| Thapar University | |
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Aerial view of Thapar University campus |
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| Established | 1956 |
| Type | Private |
| Director | Abhijit Mukherjee |
| Academic staff | 100+ |
| Undergraduates | 4000+ |
| Postgraduates | 600+ |
| Location | Patiala, Punjab, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC, AICTE, NAAC |
| Website | Thapar.edu |
Thapar University, formerly Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. was founded in 1956 by Karam Chand Thapar. The university is situated in Patiala, Punjab. A Centre of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) has been set up at Thapar University by TIFAC Mission REACH of Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India in its first phase of setting up eight CORES at various Institutes and Universities spread all over the country.
Science and Technology Entrepreneur’s Park (STEP) has been established jointly by Thapar University and DST, Govt. of India.
Thapar University has grown in size and activities during the last five decades of its existence. Nearly 10,500 engineers have graduated. Thapar University was granted full autonomy and the status of a Deemed University in 1985 UGC.
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The institute was established in 1956 and over 10,000 engineers have graduated since its establishment. The institute was granted the status of a Deemed University in 1985 by the University Grants Commission. The Thapar University is one of three organisations located in the 250 acre campus, known as Thapar Technology Campus (TTC), in the historic city of Patiala. It came into existence in 1956 through an imaginative collaboration between the then State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), the Central Government and the Patiala Technical Education Trust (PTET) founded by the great captain of Indian Industry, the Late Lala Karam Chand Thapar. The goals of the university as embodied in the Trust Deed dated April 9, 1956 are truly remarkable for their scope and vision. It reads in clause 7 as follows:
“The trustees shall stand possessed of the Trust properties upon trust to apply the same or the income thereof in perpetuity for the establishment of an Institute under the name and style of Thapar University in Patiala for imparting education in graduate and post graduate programmes for Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Architectural, Textile and other courses herein referred to and the financial resources of the Trust permitting also for establishing schools or Institutes elsewhere as may be decided upon from time to time as also to promote research applied, industrial, technological and scientific as well as to undertake sponsored research from industries generally in the region so as to additionally accelerate its activities through promotion of research in various disciplines
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) is a major institute in the 250-acre (1.0 km2) Thapar Technology Campus (TTC) in the historic city of Patiala. Other than Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, the Thapar Technology campus also has Thapar Polytechnic, Thapar Centre for Industrial Research and Development
The institute offers undergraduate programmes leading to Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree and postgraduate programmes leading to Master of Engineering (M.E.), Master of Software Engineering, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degrees. In addition, industry-oriented and practice-based Master's degree programmes are offered in collaboration with TTTI, Chandigarh. Students have to take the AIEEE exam to get admission into Thapar University for the undergraduate program and students take the MET exam for admission into graduate/postgraduate programmes.
Recently, the institute has started MBA as well as dual MBA+BE five-year integrated programmes.
| University rankings | |
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| Engineering – India | |
| India Today[1] | — |
| Outlook India[2] | 37 |
| Dataquest[3] | 29 |
| CSR-GHRDC*[4] | 18 |
| Private colleges: | |
| Mint[5] | 28 |
| Electronics For You[6] | 24 |
| * Limited participation | |
Thapar University was ranked #37 in the Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges of 2011[2] and #29 in the Dataquest India's Top Engineering Colleges 2011.[3] in the limited participation CSR-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey 2011 it was ranked #18.[4] In rankings limited to private schools it was ranked #28 in the Mint Top 50 Private Engineering Colleges of 2009[5] and #14 in the Electronics for You Top 50 Private Engineering Colleges of 2011.[6]
One aspect of education at TIET is the extensive participation of students in extracurricular activities. These are carried out by societies headed by one member of the faculty. MUDRA (Music and Dramatics Society) conducts a cultural night and an inter-year cultural competition IZHAAR. LITSOC (Literary Society) is another popular society which conducts the annual inter-hostel literary festival ACUMEN. Other societies include ACID, CCS, IEEE (TIET chapter), SAE (TIET chapter), and departmental societies.
The institute organises a literary-cultural festival named Saturnalia every March. This is complemented by a technical festival ARANYA, normally held in October-November. These events involve participation from institutes from all over India and have been graced by the presence of artists like Jal, Kailash Kher, Euphoria, etc. The students publish the magazines: Avant Garde, which represents the views of the students along with addressing issues of the youth and nation, and Eclectiza, which emphasizes on the latest advancements and applications in the field of science, thus catering to the thirst of all the techies in the institute. The theatrical society is also one of the most active societies on campus.
Thapar University plans to set up two campuses over the next five years: one on a 14-acre (57,000 m2) campus near Chandigarh by 2010 and another in Chhattisgarh. It plans to offer courses in management and engineering at its proposed Chandigarh campus and will invest around Rs 30-35 crore. The existing 250-acre (1.0 km2) campus in Patiala has a student strength of 4,600 and can accommodate around 6,000 students, according to Abhijit Mukherjee, director, Thapar University. “The initial student strength at the new campus would be 200 but would go up to 2,000 eventually. Also, we will need 15-20 faculty members for the Chandigarh campus. The Patiala campus’ management school will be shifted to Chandigarh and the existing engineering courses will also be expanded. As of now, there are 300 students in management and 3,000 in engineering,”ch said Mukherjee. The university is keen on introducing new inter-disciplinary courses. Recently, it added courses in biology and biotechnology.