Bengal Engineering College Shibpur Howrah

Will you provide me informations about the college and about the facilities , industry, academics and courses ?

[Shaleen]

Bengal Engineering and Science University owes its origin to the erstwhile Bengal Engineering College.

The main University building covering a total floor space of about 22,000 sq. meters is a four- storied building with a central corridor.

Establishment: 1856

Institution Type: State University

Membership: The University is a member of The Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

UGC Recognition: Recognized by UGC

UGC Grants: Funded by UGC


List of available facilities :
Gymnasium
Basketball ground
Badminton Courts
Grounds attached to every Halls of Residence
Oval Ground [well-equipped for cricket]
Lords Ground [made for soccer]
Swimming Pool

Festivals and events :
1. REBECA
2. INSTRUO

There are various other events happening at the Campus.

Some of these are :

Scintillation - The Annual Entrepreneurship Development Cell Festival on Entrepreneurship
Initium - Technical Festival in Mining Department
Metallum - Technical Festival in Metallurgy Department

Placements :

The Placement and Training Cell provides employment oppurtunities to graduating students through campus recruitment in leading companies..

Courses :

• B.E in Information Technology
• B.E in Electrical Engineering
• B.E in Aeronautical Engineering
• B.E in Computer Science and Engineering
• B.E in Civil Engineering
• B.E in Electronics and Telecommunication

Industry :
• Fazlur Rahman Khan, World Famous Expert on Structural Engineering,known as Einstein of Structural Engg. Worldwide, Designer of Willis Tower, the tallest building in the United States.
• B.C.Ganguly,Ex Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry of Railway, Govt.of India
• Sir Rajen Mookerjee, Founder of Martin Burn & Co, Founder of IISCO
• Sir Biren Mookerjee, industrialist, Founder Chairman, Indian Iron & Steel Company Ltd.
• Dr.Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Ex. Computer Scientist of Bellcore (New Jersey), President & CEO of Datacore, Director of M.N. Dastur & Co. Ltd., Senior Consultant of TCS
• Mr.S. S. Chakraborty, founder Chairman & M.D.- CES Limited New Delhi (largest consulting engineering firm in India)
• Mr. Amrit Das, founder & CEO Net Guru Inc. & Research Engineers Inc.California USA Inc.
• Mr.S. Ghosh Dastidar, General Manager,Central Railway Mumbai and Member Railway Board. Awarded "Padmashree" by GOI.
• Manu Das, Founder and CEO, Soffront Inc.California USA.
• Dr. Sourav Kundu, President and Chief Architect, KSG Global Tokyo.
Academia :

Dr. Indranil Manna, Director IIT Kanpur

Dr. Gautam Biswas, Director, CMERI (Durgapur)

Dr. Amitava Ghosh, ex-Director IIT Kharragpur

Dr. Bimal Bose, World Leader in Power Electronics,Professor of Power
Electronics, University of Tennessee, USA
Dr.Shankar Sen, Ex Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University

Dr.Jyoti Majumder, Professor & Chairman, Deptt. of Mechanical Engg. University of Michigan USA

Dr. Ajoy Kumar Ray, Vice Chancellor, Bengal Engineering & Science University, and ex-Director, SMST, IIT Kgp

Dr. S.Chakraborty, Professor & Director Centre for Space Physics Boston University Boston USA

Dr. Tapan K. Datta, Arthur Carr Professor Wayne State University Detroit USA

Dr. Subrata Dasgupta, Director & scholar Chair Institute of Cognitive Science University of Louisiana USA

Dr. Prabir K Bagchi, Senior Associate Dean(2004-2009), School of Business, The George Washington University

Dr. Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Dean(R&D) and Professor of MIT Pune

Dr. Nihar Biswas, Dean, University of Windsor, Canada

Dr. S.Golder, Principal, Delhi College of Engineering,
Prof. A.Mitra, Director, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

Writers, artists and musicians :

Badal Sarkar, Director Indian Academy Award Winner, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner and Padma Shri awardee in 1972

Jatindranath Sengupta, poet and writer

Pandit Budhadeb Dasgupta, World Famous Sorod Player and Chief Engineer CESC Ltd Awarded "Padma Bhushan" by Govt.of India

Narayan Sanyal, Famous Novelist, Academy Award Winner and writer of "Satyakam"(filmed in Hindi) "Dandak Sabari" etc.

Binoy Majumdar, poet, writer of "Fire Eso Chaka". Academy Award Winner in 2005.

Politics :

Dr. Sankar Sen, ex-Power Minister and ex-Vice Chancellor Jadavpur University
Tathagata Roy, former President, BJP State Unit and Professor of Construction Engineering, Jadavpur University.

Bureaucracy:

Mr. Amitabha Bhattacharya, IAS Principal Advisor Planning Commission Govt.of India New Delhi (equivalent to Secretary to Govt of India)
Rai Bahadur Annada Prosad Sarkar, First Indian Chief Engineer (Irrigation), Bengal Presidency

Mr. Girish Chandra Das, Chief Engineer, Light Railways; Engineer-in-Chief for construction of Calcutta High Court

Mr. Amar Nath Das, Chief Engineer of Bengal Presidency

Mr. A.C. Mitra, Engineer-in-Charge, construction of Victoria Memorial Palace, Calcutta

Mr. B.C. Ganguly, Chairman Railway Board, Government of India

Mr. S. B. Ghosh Dastidar- General Manager, Central Railway Member Railway Board. Awarded "Padma Shri" title by Indian Government in 2009

Mr.P.K Dost


For further queries you can contact :

Bengal Engineering College , Howrah
P.O. - Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711103,
West Bengal, India.
Phone No: 033-26684561, 033-26684563

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