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

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and

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institute in the

Almora Almora ( Kumaoni: ''Almāḍ'') is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of th ...

district in state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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. The institute is located in the city of

Dwarahat Dwarahat is a town, near Almora town and a nagar panchayat in Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Geography Dwarahat is located at . It has an average elevation of 1,510 metres (4954.068 feet). Demographics India c ...

. 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. The foundation of college was under the guidance of

Narayan Dutt Tiwari Narayan Datt Tiwari (18 October 1925 – 18 October 2018) was an Indian politician who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He was first Indian Chief Minister who served for ...

, Govt. of India on 20 April 1986, during the reign of late Chief Minister Vir Bahadur Singh; 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 —

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, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering,

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and

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— 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

Kathgodam Kathgodam is a suburb of Haldwani city in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand state of India. It used to be a part of the twin township of Haldwani-Kathgodam, and is immediately north of Haldwani. It is one of the important collection centres ...

Ranikhet Ranikhet ( Kumaoni: ) is a hill station and cantonment town, nearby Almora Town in Almora district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the home for the Military Hospital, Kumaon Regiment (KRC) and Naga Regiment and is maintained by the In ...

Karnaprayag Karnaprayag is a town and municipal board in the Chamoli District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Karnaprayag is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River, situated at the confluence of the Alaknanda and Pindar River. Dem ...

National Highway (87-E), about 30 km from

and about 3 km from

near Gauchar village. The nearest railway station is at

(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 Dunagiri is a historic area in Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Dunagiri is known as the birthplace of modern-day Kriya Yoga due to the fact that Lahiri Mahasaya was initiated into Kriya Yoga by Mahavatar Babaji at this s ...

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 Bachelor of Technology and

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degrees, as well as Master of Computer Applications. It offers CCNA and Oracle (scheduled) courses.

Undergraduate courses

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

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, Bio-chemical Engineering,

Postgraduate courses

The college provides three M.Tech. degrees programs in VLSI (ECE),

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(ME) and Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). The institute is offers a three-year degree program in Master of Computer Applications.

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: * Applied Science *

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* Electronics Engineering *

* Electrical 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: *

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Hostel 0 X 2

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, final year and MCA 2nd Year Boys *Trishul Hostel 5 X 2 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 25 X 1B.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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