Bapatla Engineering College
| Bapatla Engineering College(Autonomous),Bapatla. | |
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| Established | 1962 registered No:58/1962 |
| President | Sri. Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao |
| Location | Bapatla, Bapatla, Andhrapradesh, India |
| Website | www.becbapatla.ac.in |
Bapatla Engineering College (BEC) Bapatla Engineering College (Autonomous) is one of the seven educational Institutions founded and run by Baptla Education Society. The society was established in the year 1962 registered (No: 58/1962) under societies act XXI of 1860 with the objectives to fund and run the educational & cultural Institutions.
History
This College is one of the few Colleges out of 570+ Engineering Colleges in Andhra Pradesh, which is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. The six B. Tech. Courses which are accredited twice are: Civil, CSE, ECE, EEE, EIE & Mechanical. Apart from the above two more B. Tech courses viz., IT and Chemical Engineering are also accredited recently. Accreditation to all the eight courses is valid up to April 2010
The College has also applied for Autonomous Status and an Inspection Committee constituted by Acharya Nagarjuna University has inspected the college and recommended to AICTE for grant of Autonomous Status to this College.
The Institution of Engineers (India) accredited 8 B. Tech. programmes offered by the college based on the recommendations of the 6-member sub committee of senior Professors from IISc, Bangalore constituted by it. Further, the Ministry of Surface Transport recognized Mechanical Engineering Course of the College. In addition to this, the college is also registered with Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research for the purpose of availing Customs duty exemption. The college is selected as a Network Institute for the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) of the Ministry of Human Resources Development and the World Bank. An amount of Rs. 11.81 crores was granted to the college under this programme.
College Profile
This College is one of the few Colleges out of 570+ Engineering Colleges in Andhra Pradesh, which is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. The six B. Tech. Courses which are accredited twice are: Civil, CSE, ECE, EEE, EIE & Mechanical. Apart from the above two more B. Tech courses viz., IT and Chemical Engineering are also accredited recently. Accreditation to all the eight courses is valid up to April 2010
The College has also applied for Autonomous Status and an Inspection Committee constituted by Acharya Nagarjuna University has inspected the college and recommended to AICTE for grant of Autonomous Status to this College.
The Institution of Engineers (India) accredited 8 B. Tech. programmes offered by the college based on the recommendations of the 6-member sub committee of senior Professors from IISc, Bangalore constituted by it. Further, the Ministry of Surface Transport recognized Mechanical Engineering Course of the College. In addition to this, the college is also registered with Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research for the purpose of availing Customs duty exemption. The college is selected as a Network Institute for the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) of the Ministry of Human Resources Development and the World Bank. An amount of Rs. 11.81 crores was granted to the college under this programme.
Courses Offered
PThe 4-year B. Tech. Courses is offered in nine branches, viz., CSE, IT, ECE, EEE, EIE, Ch. E., Biotech, ME and CE with total annual intake of 1020 students.Additional 10% intake is through lateral admissions into second year. Five M.Tech. Courses, viz (1) ‘CAD/CAM’ specialization in Mech. Engg. Dept. - intake of 18,(2) ‘COMMUNICATIONS & SIGNAL PROCESSING’ in ECE Dept. - intake of 18 (3) ‘COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGG.’ In CSE Dept.- intake of 30, (4)'POWER SYSTEM' in EEE Dept. - intake of 18, and (5)'STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING' in Civil Dept. - intake of 18 are also offered. Apart from the above courses in Engineering, the College offers six P.G. Courses, viz., M. Sc.(Maths), M.Sc.(electronics), M. Sc.(Computer Sciences), M. Sc.(Chemistry), M. Sc.(Physics) and MCA with a total intake of 294. From the academic year 2009-2010, the Polytechnic course is being offered in the second shift with an intake of 180.
With a view to derive the full benefit of morning hours, the class work is commenced at 7.30 A.M. Thereby the students are enabled to make the best use of the rich Library, English Communication Skills Lab, Computer Labs and play field facilities in the afternoons.
Faculty
The teaching faculty consists of 20 Professors, Associate Professors 31 and 130 Assistant professors and is well supported by the 124 strong non-teaching staff. Out of 190 faculty members, 22 are with Ph.D. qualification and 83 are with M.Tech. qualification. Others have B. Tech./M. Phil./MCA/M. Sc., qualification.
Academic performance of students
The College has established a tradition of sending year after year a large number of students to IITs, NITs and other reputed institutes for pursuing post-graduate studies based on their performance at the GATE examination conducted at the All India level. It is a matter of deep satisfaction that a good number of the alumni are acquitting themselves most creditably either in pursuing courses of higher study or in their chosen careers abroad / within India.
In GATE-2007 a total of 223 students qualified out of whom 10 students obtained All India Ranks below 100 in different branches.
In GATE-2006 , a total of 210 students got qualified out of whom 16 students obtained All India Rank below hundred, the highest All India Rank being FIFTH in EIE branch secured by Mr. P.Trinadh Harish Babu.
In GATE-2005, an impressive total of 230 students qualified themselves for admission into post-graduate courses in Engineering. Out of the above, 22 students with a percentile of more than 99 coveted themselves with rare glory. Mr. N.Raja Sekhar of E.E.E. branch stood college first with a percentile score of 99.98 and All India Rank of 4. Out of 230 students who came out successful, 20 students have secured most coveted All India Ranks of less than 100.
A percentile of 99.96 in Civil Engineering Branch – AN ALL INDIA FIRST RANK FOR 1997 – scored by Mr. Padavala Ravindra Babu of the College at GATE-97 marks a memorable acme of achievement and provide eloquent testimony to the efforts being put in by the staff and students.
A good number of students got creditable scores in GRE & TOEFL during the last five years. On an average, 50 students achieved creditable GRE & TOEFL scores every year during the last four years. Out of them on yearly basis about 10 students obtained a score of more than 1300 out of a maximum score of 1600.
Library
The College Library is very spacious having a plinth area of nearly 22,000 square feet and is acclaimed as one of the biggest in the State and is equipped with CD ROMS, Video Cassettes etc.
The Digital Library equipped with 26 computers is offering free Internet facility to all the students in addition to providing the access to the "DELNET" and online international Journals.
Library is kept open from 7.00 AM to 8.00 PM from Monday to Saturday. The Video Library is also equipped with 34" Colour TV, DVD & VCD players to play the Video Lessons procured from various reputed organizations.
The College Library is stocked with 51,668 books and 1238 back volumes of periodicals. At present 141 printed technical journals (including 56 foreign ones) and 292 online Journals including 130 foreign journals, besides almost all the important magazines and news papers, are subscribed for to cater adequately to the requirements of the students and the staff. The Book bank with about 14,707 volumes is of especial value to students belonging to the weaker sections of the society.
Extracurricular activities
Facilities are available for sports such as cricket, tennis, volleyball, Table Tennis, basketball, shuttle badminton etc., and athletics. A team from the college participates in the international software contest conducted by ACM every year and the college encourages students to present technical papers in the national and international level technical symposia. and it is a base for National Cadet Corps (India) under 1(A) Engineering Coy. NCC(GUNTUR)
Girls Hostel
The College has a campus hostel meant exclusively for girls. With a three storied building consisting of 87 rooms accommodating a maximum of 400 students, a spacious dining hall, T.V. & Audio Room, T.T. Room, Shuttle Badminton Court, standby generator, lush green lawns, flower gardens etc., not forgetting the near foolproof security arrangements, the hostel is considered a veritable home away from home by its inmates. A Computer Centre was established exclusively for the inmates of the hostel with free internet facility and is networked to the main Computer Centre of the College. Accommodation for girl students is also provided in the girls hostel located in Bapatla College of Arts & Science campus run by the same Management.