Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur


Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur is a public technical university located at Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal. It is recognised as an Institute of National Importance under MHRD by the Government of India.

Etymology

The institute has undergone several name changes since its establishment in 1856. Established as Government College, Howrah in the premises of Bishop's College, the name was changed to Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur. The word Shibpur was later deleted in 1921. In October 2004, the institution was conferred the status of a West Bengal state university and renamed as Bengal Engineering and Science University or BESU.
In March 2014, the institute was conferred the status of an INI and was renamed Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur.

History

The institute was established as an independent entity in 1880 as 'Government College, Howrah' in the premises of Bishop's College in Shibpur, Howrah. In 1921, the name of the college space was changed to 'Bengal Engineering College'. B.E. College was previously affiliated to the University of Calcutta. At this time in contained only civil and mechanical engineering departments. Several other departments were created subsequently over the years, the last among them being that of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2010.
On 1 October 2004, the institution was conferred the status of a full-fledged university. It was formally inaugurated as Bengal Engineering and Science University by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India, on 13 July 2005.
In March 2014, the institute was conferred the status of an INI and was renamed Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur by the Govt. of India by suitably amending the National Institutes of Technology and Science Education and Research Act, 2007. The conversion process of BESU to IIEST was mentored by IIT Kanpur. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated it as IIEST on 24 August 2014.
In June 2014, Govt. of West Bengal appointed IIEST Shibpur as the Mentor Institute for Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, which was inaugurated in June the same year.

Academics

Departments, centers and schools

IIEST Shibpur has 16 departments, 2 multi-disciplinary centers and 8 schools of excellence. The academic departments are:
DepartmentYear of establishmentNotes
Civil Engineering1856
Mathematics1870
Chemistry1898
Mining Engineering1906
Electrical Engineering1912The degree course was introduced during 1935–36 with the first batch obtaining the degree from Calcutta University in 1936
Earth Sciences1920
Mechanical Engineering1921Degree course introduced in July 1930
Physics1926
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering1939The second oldest metallurgy department in the country
Humanities and Social Sciences1945
Architecture, Town and Regional Planning1947Started on the recommendation of a committee appointed by Government of West Bengal; first of its kind offering degree courses in India
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering1968
Computer Science and Technology1982
Human Resource Management1994Erstwhile Training and Placement Institute
Information Technology2000
Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics2010Youngest Department of IIEST

Following are the multi-disciplinary centers located in IIEST Shibpur:
Eight schools of excellence are:
School
Dr. M. N. Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering
Purabi Das School of Information Technology
School of Community Science and Technology
School of Disaster Mitigation Engineering
School of Ecology, Infrastructure and Human Settlement Management
School of Management Sciences
School of Mechatronics and Robotics
School of VLSI Technology

Library

The institute's Ramanujan Central Library occupies and houses 158,000 books, 41,000 bound volumes of journals, and a collection of documents, such as patents, standards, technical reports and pamphlets.The library has old and rare books and journals of the nineteenth century.

Admission procedure

Undergraduate programs to the various engineering disciplines and architecture are granted via JEE Main, taking 50% students from the home state and 50% from other states. Students from any discipline other then Architecture, on the basis of their performance, are allowed to change their disciplines at the end of the 1st Year and may opt for dual degree courses extending over 10 semesters as per terms and conditions specified by the institute. For PG programs admission is through GATE for M.Tech. courses and Joint Entrance Screening Test for MSc.Students are also admitted in Ph.D programs twice a year through online applications.

Ranking

was ranked 21st by the NIRF 2020 rankings among engineering institutes.

Notable faculty