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Established
  
1999

Administrative staff
  
70

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
74,150 INR (2012)

Total enrollment
  
1,500 (2011)

Academic staff
  
150

Principal
  
Dr. Asok Kumar

Phone
  
033 2654 9315

Founded
  
1999

Motto
  
Engineering Minds

MCKV Institute of Engineering

Type
  
Self funded ; aided by World Bank under TEQIP (II) (Govt. of India)

Dean
  
Prof. (Dr.) Joyanta Kumar Roy,Prof. (Dr.) Samir Saha

Director
  
Dr. Parasar Bandyopadhyay

Address
  
243, G. T. Road, Liluah, Howrah, West Bengal 711204

Similar
  
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Uni, B P Poddar Institute o, Academy of Technology, Meghnad Saha Institute o, Institute of Engineering and Man

Utopia 2k16 the annual cultural fest of mckv institute of engineering howrah


MCKV Institute of Engineering (MCKVIE) is an engineering college founded in 1999, affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology. It ranks as one of the top engineering colleges in West Bengal[1] and graded AA+ by Careers 360 (magazine)[2] in 2015. The institute offers bachelor's and master's degrees in various engineering streams as well as a master's degree in computer applications. Students are admitted through West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination WBJEE, Joint Entrance Examination and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.It has been selected for a TEQIP grant by the World Bank[3][4] and also accredited by National Board of Accreditation[5]. The institute is located in Liluah, Howrah, West Bengal, India.

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Mckv institute of engineering


Institute

The institute provides four year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degrees in Automobile Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. It provides two year Master of Technology(M.Tech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering . Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering are accredited by National Board of Accreditation[6] It also offers three years Master of Computer Applications (MCA) course under West Bengal University of Technology It is one of only a few colleges that offers the Automobile Engineering course. And was the first institute under West Bengal University of Technology, and the first of its kind in East India, to start a new course in Automobile Engineering.

The institute is recognized by the Directorate of Technical Education, Government of West Bengal and is All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved. It is managed by the Sri Chhaganlal Kejriwal, Maganlal Chhaganlal Kejriwal Charity Trust.

At Baja Saeindia 2007, India's first ever vehicle design and build competition held in December 2007, at the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, 27 teams were shortlisted out of 52 from all over India. The institute team, with an offroad vehicle, were runners-up in the Cost Award section due to the brilliant effort of the student Prasann Kumar Singh. Ironically, the student was from Automobile department.

Courses

MCKV Institute of Engineering is one of the few colleges in the state which is dedicated to train Computer Engineers and automotive Personnel. It offers courses in the following streams.

Under-Graduate Courses

  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Automobile Engineering
  • Post-Graduate Courses

  • Master of Computer Applications
  • Master of Technology (M.Tech) in 4 disciplines:
    1. Electronics Communication & Engineering
    2. Computer Science & Engineering
    3. ECE(VLSI Design)
    4. Automotive Technology

    Apart from above, the institute also has the following departments for supplementing the needs of the various courses taught here:

  • Mathematics
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Humanities
  • Admissions

    Admission to the undergraduate B.Tech. courses is done through the WBJEE or All India Engineering Entrance Examination. There is 10% reservation for management quota through which you can get direct admission. Post graduate admissions are done on the basis of ranks in national entrance examinations like GATE.

    Library

    The Central Library is housed in a sprawling hall with a sitting capacity for about one hundred and fifty members. It has a rich collection of more than 23,000 text books and reference works on all relevant subjects. The institute subscribes to a large number of national and international periodicals and local and national dailies which are available for the benefit of the readers. Some of the facilities include Reprography, Internet, educational CDs. The library is fully automated with Online Public Access (OPAC) facility. The Central Library has access to IEL Online which provides unlimited, full-text access to more than 2 million documents from over 1.7 million authors; 149 IEEE and IET journals, magazines and transactions; Proceedings from over 900 IEEE and IET annual conference; over 2000 approved and published IEEE standards; Weekly updates with more than 20,000 new articles added each month of publications of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Provision of Book Bank facility for the B.Tech. students is another major service of the library. Digitized documents are available in the library as a teaching aid. Departmental libraries have been created for the benefit of the particular department.

    Student Chapters

    1. Institution of Engineering and Technology (professional society) (IET-UK Student Chapter)[7]
    2. Computer Society of India (CSI Student Chapter) [8]
    3. SAE International (SAE Student Chapter) [9]
  • Achievements

    In 2005 the college was selected to receive financial assistance under the World Bank aided Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) among 11 engineering colleges in West Bengal. This helped the college to make substantial developments in the infrastructure and facilities.

    Student life

    The following activities are organised by the students and college.

    Freshers Welcome

    The freshers are welcomed to the institution by their seniors every year with a cultural event known as BALAKA.

    Technical Fest

    The students of the college organize a technical fest every year which sharpens their technical skills known as Pragati. Software competitions, paper presentations, programming in various languages, technical quiz, robotics and debate competitions are held. Technical colleges from all over the state participate in the competitions. Seminars and exhibitions are also held as a part of this program. It's sponsored by Institution of Engineering and Technology (professional society)

    Cultural Fest

    Every year the college holds an annual fest Known as Utopia,organized by the students. Students from various colleges compete with other in the fields like drama, choreography, solo and group singing competition, fashion shows, war of bands, and various other fields. Students of the college perform skits, musical performances and plays. To make it more entertaining skilled performers from different genres are invited. Some major music bands and singers rock the students.

    Sports

    The students organize intra-college and inter-college sports in variety of games and sports such as Table-Tennis,Cricket Football tournaments.

    Technotica

    The in house innovative technical project competition Technotica Organized every Year.The event was sponsored by IET UK kolkata Network.

    Rotaract Club of MCKV Institute of Engineering

    Rotaract,the youth wing of Rotary is an International voluntary service organisation of students and young professionals aged between 17 and 30 years who like to make a difference in their local and global community. It is supported and sponsored by the Rotary club of Belur.

    We come from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and are united in personal, professional and community development and enjoying new venues of fellowship and friendship.

    The main activity in Rotaract is development of youth revolving around organising service projects and humanitarian aid projects to make a worthwhile contribution for the underprivileged, organising seminars and workshops to aid professional development and to promote international peace and understanding through its various projects aimed towards a better and cheerful tomorrow and a better and progressive quality of life

    Swami Vivekananda Centre for Positive Thinking

    Swami Vivekananda Centre for Positive Thinking, the first centre in West Bengal, an initiative of MCKVIE faculties, staff members & students with the active advice of Ramakrishna Mission,Belur Math is dedicated to orient the students, faculties & staff members of the college through teachings, life giving thoughts and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda.[10]

    Uniform

    The college doesn't impose any uniform . Students are encouraged to dress according to situation, like formal for presentation, party wear for parties. Sometimes students have to follow a dress code. However here seniors advise formal wear for 1st semester students.

    References

    MCKV Institute of Engineering Wikipedia


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