College of Technology & Engineering, Udaipur


The College of Technology and Engineering, is a public engineering college located in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is one of the top ranking engineering institute of the state offering varied courses in engineering.

History

The College of Technology and Engineering was established by the government of Rajasthan in 1964 by offering undergraduate course in Agricultural Engineering. It had its beginning in the Rajasthan College of Agriculture and shifted to its present premises on new campus of the University in 1968. Academic and physical facilitates of Udaipur Polytechnic was also transferred by state government to the College in 1975-76. However, considering industrial growth and human resource development in the state, additional degree programmes in Electrical, Mechanical and Mining Engineering in 1996, Computer Science and Engineering in 2000, Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2006, Information Technology and Civil Engineering in 2007 were added. All degree programmes have approval from AICTE. The admissions to the degree programmes are made through State level Pre Engineering Test and JEE Main. Fifteen per cent seats in Agricultural Engineering are also filled up through ICAR.
The college also offers post graduate programme leading to M.E. & Ph.D. in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, Irrigation Water Management Engineering, Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, Processing & Food Engineering and Renewable Energy Sources Engineering. The post graduate programme in Agricultural Engineering was started in 1978-79. The Ph.D. programmes in all specialization areas of Agricultural Engineering were started in 1996-97. The college also offers job oriented post graduate diploma programme in Organic Agriculture Management. Post graduate programmes leading to M. E. in CAD/CAM and M. E. in Power Systems and Control Engineering and power electronics, M. E. in Mine Planning, M. E. in Computer Engineering, MBA have also been added from this session.

Overview: Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur

The College of Technology and Engineering of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, is a constituent college of the Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology. The Government of Rajasthan founded the Agriculture University, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur by the splitting of Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner on 1 November 1999. Since then it has been the principal academic institution supporting mainly south and south-eastern parts of Rajasthan, shouldering the national responsibility of identifying, designing, preparing and adapting new techniques in the field of production technology for agricultural development.

Departments

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

The department holds seminars and discussions, organizes industrial visits to specialized sectors like networking and communication, marks assignments, runs projects and laboratory exercises. The college has recently registered under the Coursera campus program and is helping students to improve their grades.

Computing facilities

Servers
Clients
Development tools
LAN and Internet access
The department was established in 1996 offering Diploma in electrical stream. The undergraduate program was started in 1996 with the discontinuation of the diploma program.
The faculty hold M.E/M.Tech./M.B.A. degrees from institutes in India.
The Department offers teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Facilities

The department laboratories include Electrical Machine lab, Electrical Measurement lab, Electrical Workshop, Computer lab, Microprocessor lab, Control System lab, Power System lab, Power Electronics lab and Basic Electrical lab.
Labs are equipped with:
The department has its own library.

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

The department teaches Electronics, Telecommunication, IT, VLSI, Telecommunication, Microprocessor, and Microwave Engineering.
The curriculum of the four-year B.E degree course in Electronics and Communication Engineering is a theoretical and practical course, with industrial exposure.

Facilities

Support to meet the objectives of the department is provided by the following laboratories:
The department is engaged in teaching, research and extension activities. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs. The department has sponsored research projects, and liaison with industries like ASPEE, Mumbai, and tractor industries, for M.Tech. and doctoral students in project work.
The department has a mechanized farm where students are trained to operate agricultural machinery. The department is conducting research on bio-diesel, utilization of animal energy, farm implements, and machinery, ergonomics, and safety in agriculture. Under the extension activities of the department, field days are organized and demonstrations are conducted on the farmers’ field. The department organizes training programs sponsored by DST on EDP

Facilities

The department was established in 1957 offering a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. An undergraduate program in mechanical engineering was started in 1996, discontinuing the diploma program. The department has an annual intake of 40 students through the state level admission test. The undergraduate program of the department is approved by the AICTE.

Facilities

The labs are equipped with Dual channel FFT analyzer, tool room microscope, air-conditioning tutor, refrigeration tutor, IC engine test rigs, heat transfer rigs, and hydraulics turbines. The CAD lab has software like AutoCAD, ANSYS, etc. with free access to all the students and faculty for their teaching and research needs.
The machine shop has turret lathes, capstan lathes, CNC lathes, and other machine tools.

Department of Mining Engineering

The department was established in 1957 for imparting the diploma in Mining and Mine Surveying Engineering. It was converted to a degree program in 1996 with an annual intake capacity of 20 students. The students with 10+2 as minimum qualification are admitted through RPET and AIEEE.
The department has its own building, with Computing laboratory, Rock Mechanics and Dimensional Stone Laboratory, Environmental Laboratory, and Geology Laboratory. Classrooms have OHP, LCD and computers. There are 3000 books related to Mining Engineering in the college library and 225 books in the departmental library. Thirteen national and international journal related to Mining Engineering is subscribed.
The department has postgraduate courses in two disciplines, Mine planning and Mine Environment, and a doctoral program. The department solves industry problems through research and consultancy. The department is situated in the heart of a mining area so that students get practical exposure. Guest faculties from companies like DGMS, DMG, IBM, HZL, RSMML are invited.

Facilities

The department has its own building with laboratories, classrooms and seminar rooms. Classrooms have OHP, LCD, and computers. Department has internet access through the institute's local area network and the WiFi facility is also available.
Laboratories are given as below:
The department library has text and reference books relevant to the subject taught at the undergraduate level for teachers and students.

Department of Processing and Food Engineering

The department teaches undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D students. The department was started in 1972. It offers an undergraduate programme of BE, postgraduate degree program for Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Dairy Technology graduates and a Ph.D programme in Processing and Food Engineering.

Facilities

The department labs include Food Engineering, Food Analysis, Dairy Engineering, Unit Operation laboratories and one Agro-processing Centre. Courses teach food engineering, post harvest engineering, dairy engineering and instrumentation.
The laboratories are:
The laboratories include:
The department was started in 1964. The department teaches at undergraduate level leading to degree of BE. The department started a Master program in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering in 1978 and in Irrigation Water Management Engineering in 1986. Leading to the degree of ME, the Ph.D program in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering and Irrigation Water Management Engineering was started in 1996. The department has produced 78 ME/Ph.

Facilities

The laboratories are-
The department was established in 1965 offering the Diploma in Civil Engineering. An undergraduate program in Civil Engineering was started in 2007. The department has an annual intake of 40 students through the state level admission test. The undergraduate programme of the department is approved by the AICTE.
The students are taught design of buildings and structures, learn survey methods, and are taught computing techniques and drafting tools such as AutoCAD, STAAD, and SAP. Electives in the final year allow the students to acquire knowledge of areas like Finite Element Method, Advanced Foundation Engineering, Repair and rehabilitation of structures, and Neural Networks.

Facilities

The following laboratories are in the department:
This is a new department started in 2007; the department gives seminars and discussions, industrial visits to sectors like networking and communication, assignments, projects, and laboratory exercises.

Department of Basic Sciences

The department was reshaped in 1996 by merging three departments, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Before this, these departments were running from 1964. The department offers courses in areas of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at undergraduate level to the Engineering, B.Sc and Dairy and Food Technology students of the university.

Facilities

The labs are:
The institute has following major facilities:
Laboratories
Library
Cafeteria
Medical facility
Academic/Administrative block
Indoor & Outdoor sports facility
Workshops
Hostel facility

Hostel

The college has 5 boys hostels and 2 girls hostel named below.
A.N Khosla hostel,
M.V.Hostel,
P.G Hostel,
GSM hostel,
Subhash chandra bose hostel,
Ganga girls hostel,
Ctae Girls hostel,
Apart from these, college have 1 scientist hostel.

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