MCKV Institute of Engineering


MCKVIE is an engineering college founded in 1999, affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology. It ranks as one of the top engineering colleges in West Bengal[1] and graded AA+ by Careers 360 (magazine)[2] in 2015.[3] The institute offers bachelor's and master's degrees in various engineering streams as well as a master's degree in computer applications. Students are admitted through West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination WBJEE, Joint Entrance Examination and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.It has been selected for a TEQIP grant by the World Bank[4] and also accredited by National Board of Accreditation.[5][6][7] Also accredited by NAAC 'A' grade. The institute is located in Liluah, Howrah, West Bengal, India.

MCKV Institute of Engineering
MottoEngineering Minds
TypeSelf funded ; aided by World Bank under TEQIP (II) (Govt. of India)
Established1999
PrincipalNIL KANT
DeanPremananda Jana, Debapriya De, Arun Kumar Jalan
DirectorParasar Bandyopadhyay
Academic staff
150
Administrative staff
70
Students1500
Location
243 G. T. Road (N) Liluah, Howrah, West Bengal 711204

22.5833°N 88.3833°E / 22.5833; 88.3833
CampusUrban
ApprovalsAICTE
Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal
National Board of Accreditation
NicknameMCKVIE
AffiliationsWest Bengal University of Technology
Websitewww.mckvie.edu.in

Institute

The institute provides four year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degrees in Automobile Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. It provides two year Master of Technology(M.Tech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering . Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering are accredited by National Board of Accreditation It also offers three years Master of Computer Applications (MCA) course under West Bengal University of Technology[6] It is one of only a few colleges that offers the Automobile Engineering course.[8] And was the first institute under West Bengal University of Technology, and the first of its kind in East India, to start a new course in Automobile Engineering.[9]

The institute is recognized by the Directorate of Technical Education, Government of West Bengal and is All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved.[6] It is managed by the Sri Chhaganlal Kejriwal, Mirzamal Chhaganlal Kejriwal Charity Trust.[10]

At Baja Saeindia 2007, India's first ever vehicle design and build competition held in December 2007, at the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, 27 teams were shortlisted out of 52 from all over India. The institute team, with an offroad vehicle, were runners-up in the Cost Award section due to the brilliant effort of the student Prasann Kumar Singh. The student was from Automobile department.[11] Techwala a digital marketing consultant in Kolkata, maintains MCKVIE's social media and other technical area related to website.

Library

The Central Library is housed in a sprawling hall with a sitting capacity for about one hundred and fifty members. It has a rich collection of more than 23,000 text books and reference works on all relevant subjects. The institute subscribes to a large number of national and international periodicals and local and national dailies which are available for the benefit of the readers. Some of the facilities include Reprography, Internet, educational CDs. The library is fully automated with Online Public Access (OPAC) facility. The Central Library has access to IEL Online which provides unlimited, full-text access to more than 2 million documents from over 1.7 million authors; 149 IEEE and IET journals, magazines and transactions; Proceedings from over 900 IEEE and IET annual conference; over 2000 approved and published IEEE standards; Weekly updates with more than 20,000 new articles added each month of publications of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Provision of Book Bank facility for the B.Tech. students is another major service of the library. Digitized documents are available in the library as a teaching aid. Departmental libraries have been created for the benefit of the particular department.[12]

Student Chapters

Student life

The following activities are organised by the students and college.

Freshers Welcome

The freshers are welcomed to the institution by their seniors every year with a cultural event known as BALAKA.

Technical Fest
Pragati Logo

The students of the college organize a technical fest every year which sharpens their technical skills known as Pragati. Software competitions, paper presentations, programming in various languages, technical quiz, robotics and debate competitions are held. Technical colleges from all over the state participate in the competitions. Seminars and exhibitions are also held as a part of this program. It's sponsored by Institution of Engineering and Technology (professional society)[16]

Cultural Fest

Every year the college holds an annual fest Known as Utopia, organized by the students. Students from various colleges compete with other in the fields like drama, choreography, solo and group singing competition, fashion shows, war of bands, and various other fields. Students of the college perform skits, musical performances and plays.

Sports

The students organize intra-college and inter-college sports in variety of games and sports such as Table-Tennis,Cricket Football tournaments.

Technotica

The in house innovative technical project competition Technotica Organized every Year. The event was sponsored by IET UK kolkata Network.[17]

Rotaract Club of MCKV Institute of Engineering
Rotaract Club of MCKV Institute of Engineering

Rotaract, the youth wing of Rotary is an International voluntary service organisation of students and young professionals aged between 17 and 30 years who like to make a difference in their local and global community. It is supported and sponsored by the Rotary club of Belur.

We come from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and are united in personal, professional and community development and enjoying new venues of fellowship and friendship.

The main activity in Rotaract is development of youth revolving around organising service projects and humanitarian aid projects to make a worthwhile contribution for the underprivileged, organising seminars and workshops to aid professional development and to promote international peace and understanding through its various projects aimed towards a better and cheerful tomorrow and a better and progressive quality of life

Swami Vivekananda Centre for Positive Thinking
Swamiji in College Campus

Swami Vivekananda Centre for Positive Thinking, the first centre in West Bengal, an initiative of MCKVIE faculties, staff members & students with the active advice of Ramakrishna Mission,Belur Math is dedicated to orient the students, faculties & staff members of the college through teachings, life giving thoughts and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda.[18]

See also

References
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  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. . "Colleges". West Bengal University of Technology. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  8. "IT Steals Students From Core Engineering Sectors". Kolkota Community Portal. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  9. "New course". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 31 May 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  10. "About Us: The Trust". MCKV Institute of Engineering. Archived from the original on 26 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  11. Bose, Doel (24 December 2007). "First automobile design and build competition in India enjoys tremendous response". machinist.in. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  12. http://www.mckvie.edu.in/academics/labs-and-facilities/library
  13. http://www.theiet.org/
  14. http://www.csi-india.org/
  15. http://www.sae.org/
  16. http://www.knowafest.com/2015/04/pragati15-mckv-institute-engineering-techno-management-fest-howrah.html
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. http://www.mckvie.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SGVEP_even_2014_schedule.pdf%5B%5D
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