UPTU History

Hi I would like to have the details of the Uttar Pradesh Technical University as well as the courses it offers and some of the facts about the University?

[pawan]

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow once in the past Uttar Pradesh Technical University is a state funded college in the Indian condition of Uttar Pradesh set up by the administration of Uttar Pradesh on 8 May 2000. To lessen workload and to guarantee appropriate administration, the college was bifurcated into isolated colleges: Gautam Buddha Technical University and Mahamaya Technical University with impact from 1 May 2010

As indicated by the college's site, it is the greatest specialized college in Asia. It had around 800 schools subsidiary to it.[4] The college is on the IET Lucknow grounds. Furthermore, the college had a Center and Regional Office in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, which was held by Mahamaya Technical University.

On 18 September 2015, the college was formally renamed as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow.

Courses Offered

The college offers college classes in building, engineering, lodging administration and providing food innovation, mold and attire plan, and drug store, prompting to degrees of B.Tech, B.Arch, BHMCT, BFAD, and B.Pharma individually. The college offers postgraduate courses in PC applications and business organization prompting to degrees of MCA, MBA and MBA (Rural Development).

Some of the Highlighting Factors of the University:

1. UPTU is the largest technical university in India by affiliation. The UPTU website claims that it “probably” is the largest such university in Asia.

2. It is divided into five zones, with 150-160 colleges in each.

3. In its 2013 report, the UPTU put the number of affiliated colleges under it at 663.

4. UPTU has an enrollment capacity of a staggering 2,10,885 students across disciplines.

5. Its motto in Sanskrit is Yogaḥ Karmasu Kauśalam, which, in English, means excellence in action is yoga.

6. The university was founded on May 8, 2000 and its first vice-chancellor was Dr. D.S. Chauhan, who remained in office till 2006.

7. The UPTU has no separate premises of its own. Its operates from the IET campus in Lucknow.

8. Some famous colleges under UPTU are Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), Kanpur; Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Lucknow; J.S.S Academy of Technical Education, Noida; and Galgotia College of Engineering & technology, Greater Noida. These are not the only ones, though.

9. In 2010, the university was bifurcated into GBTU and MTU.

10. Just three years later, as the political climate of the state changed, the two separate universities were merged back as UPTU.

11. With more than 80 colleges, Ghaziabad and Lucknow have the highest number of UPTU affiliated institutions.

12. In 2013-14 period, the number of UPTU affiliated colleges offering MBA were more than the combined number of colleges offering BTech and MTech.