Bipradas Pal Chowdhury Institute of Technology, established in 1956, is a government

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located in

Krishnanagar Krishna Nagar or Krishnanagar may refer to: Places India * Krishna Nagar, Delhi ** Krishna Nagar metro station (Delhi) ** Krishna Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency) * Krishna Nagar, Hyderabad * Krishna Nagar, Lucknow ** Krishna Nagar metro s ...

Nadia district Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influentia ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. This institute was named in the memory of landlord and

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industrialist

Bipradas Pal Chowdhury Bipradas Pal Chowdhury (1857 - 25 October 1914) was a Bengali industrialist and distinguished landlord. His daughter in law Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury was the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and nationalist politician. Career Pal Chowdhury was born ...

. This institute is the pioneer of Diploma in Civil Engineering in the state of West Bengal as this was the first polytechnic institute to ever get a licence in Civil Engineering which is why it was often called LC(Licence in Civil Engineering) College. This polytechnic college is affiliated to the

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, and recognised by

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. This polytechnic offers diploma courses in Electrical,

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& Technology, Mechanical and

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Admission to Polytechnics in West Bengal for Academic Session 2006-2007
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