Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology, formerly Kumaon Engineering College (KEC), is an autonomous

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institute in the Almora district in state of

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. The institute is located in the city of Dwarahat. It is financed by the government of Uttarakhand and managed by the Board of Governors with the Minister of Technical Education Government of Uttarakhand as the chairman and Secretary of Technical Education as vice-chairman. Originally affiliated to Uttarakhand Technical University, it is now a completely autonomous institute.

History

The college was established by the government of Uttar Pradesh in 1986 and started functioning in 1991. Now the institute is named after the renowned Uttarakhand movement activist

Bipin Chandra Tripathi Bipin Chandra Tripathi ( Kumaoni: बिपिन चन्द्र त्रिपाठी; 23 February 1945 – 30 August 2004) was a founder member of the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, a political party recognised in the Indian state of Uttarakh ...

. The foundation of college was under the guidance of

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, Govt. of India on 20 April 1986, during the reign of late Chief Minister

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; 155 acres of land were allotted for college by the UP Govt. Academic session in B.E. was started with two branches, CSE and ECE (where CSE is considered as core branch of college), in 1991 with a well-planned educational program, similar to the one followed at IITs and RECs/NITs for the development of technology & engineering education facilities in the Kumaon Region. Seeing the availability, capability, and usefulness of land, the college prepared a master plan and project report regarding development in 1996, which was approved by the administrative council. At present, the institute runs seven graduate engineering programs — Computer Science & Engineering,

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and Biochemical Engineering — and three postgraduate programs: Masters of Computer Applications, Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in CSE and Mechanical departments. Besides this, the institute started PhD programs in 2016. The institute offers other infrastructural facilities for faculty and students, such as hostels, staff residential campus, departmental buildings, student's activity club and a multipurpose hall have been developed. An atmosphere conducive to learning and all-round personality development of the students is being created. Emphasis is being laid on self-discipline and mutual respect.

Location

The college is in the hilly region of Dwarahat on Kathgodam- Ranikhet- Karnaprayag National Highway (87-E), about 30 km from Ranikhet and about 3 km from Dwarahat near Gauchar village. The nearest railway station is at Kathgodam (118 km). The college is spread over an area of at an altitude of 1450 meter in a quiet, congenial, hilly and pollution-free environment with a picturesque view. The summer is pleasant with a maximum temperature of 30 °C for a few weeks; the rest of the time, the weather remains cool. The Dunagiri and Panduakhal temples are at the outskirts of Dwarahat.

Administration and organization

The institute is administered by an autonomous society named "Bipin Tripathi Kumaun Institute of Technology Dwarahat Society" which is registered under the Societies Registration Act. The memorandum of association, society rules, bye-laws and employees conduct rules are duly approved by the Uttarakhand state government. The institute enjoys freedom with regard to internal administration and functioning. The Administration Section of BTKIT, Dwarahat is headed by a registrar and functions under the overall supervision of the principal. The following functions and duties are performed by the Administration Section: *All establishment matters pertaining to the teaching and non-teaching employees of the institute *Maintenance of their service books and personal files of all employees *Legal cases *Disciplinary cases *Conducting of meetings of the Board of Governors and KEC Society *Recruitment of regular, ad hoc and contract employees and maintenance of Roster Register *Processing of Career Advancement and Assured Career Progression Cases *Printing of advertisements on behalf of the institute *Central dispatch work *Vigilance cases

Academics

The college offers

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degrees, as well as

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. It offers

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(scheduled) courses.

Undergraduate courses

The college has departments that offer seven B.Tech. degree programs in

, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering,

, Bio-chemical Engineering,

Postgraduate courses

The college provides three M.Tech. degrees programs in VLSI (ECE), Thermal Engineering (ME) and Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). The institute is offers a three-year degree program in

Doctoral program

The college started offering the Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) as part of its doctoral education programme in disciplines from July 2016.

Aarohan

The national-level techfest Aarohan was being organised in the odd semester every year.

Departments

The college has eight departments: *

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* Computer Science Engineering *

Electronics Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current f ...

* Biochemical Engineering *

Library

The college has a Central Library, which is open access. Students and staff have access to a large number of books and journals, besides many competitive and technical magazines. The library is procuring about 14 international journals and 50 national journals. It is the heart of academic and research activities of BTKIT. It has been catering to the needs of faculty members, research scholars, and students on campus. It has huge volumes of books and e-journals which cover the disciplines of technology, computer science, management, humanities, applied science and other related areas. The library with its modern collection of knowledge resources and innovative information services fills an essential role for the academic community in their intellectual pursuits at BTKIT. It is provided to students, staff and faculty members for updating their knowledge and supporting the research and teaching/learning activities. These services are provided through the central library and departmental libraries. The library consists of 45000 books with around 6000 titles as well as national and international journals and magazines for enhancing the knowledge of the students. In addition, the institute has a digital library with complete study material from NPTEL and VISIONET. An online library facility is provided to students to help them in getting better books. The library, however, lacks variety - there is a dearth of fiction books (novels, timeless classics, poetries, etc.). Most of the books are the ones to be distributed among the students for the following academic year.

Hostels

The college has nine boys' and three girls' hostels and one transit hostel. All the hostels have large space and privacy. Each hostel has its own mess, common room and garden in its own premises. All hostels are inside the campus itself and the academic block and all departments are nearest. New Boy's Hostel and Vindhyanchal hostel were built as a set of single rooms for individual students but currently, two students are living in one room of the hostel thereof. One boys' hostel (180 single seated) is under construction. The following are the hostels in KEC: * Aravali Hostel 0 X 2 BTech, final year and

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2nd Year Boys *Trishul Hostel

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MCA First Year Boys and M.Tech. Boys *Nanda Devi Hostel 0 X 3B.Tech., Second Year Boys *Shivalik Hostel 0 X 2B.Tech., First Year Boys *Gaumukh Hostel 0 X 3 B.Tech., First Year Boys *Gangotri Hostel 0 X 3B.Tech., Final Year Girls *Kailash Hostel 20 X 2B.Tech., Final and Second Year Boys *Yamunotri Hostel 0 X 2MCA, Pre-Final Year and B.Tech. Second Year girls *Nalanda Hostel 0 X 1First Year Girls *Transit Hostel 0 X 1First Year Girls *Vindhyachal Hostel

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B.Tech., Third Year, Final Year Civil *New Boys Hostel 20 X 1MCA, 2nd Year and B.Tech., Third Year *Saraswati Hostel MCA, Pre-Final Year Girls and B.Tech., Pre-Final Year Girls

References

External links

Bipin Chandra Tripathi

Official website

AAROHAN official website

Official results Website
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