Haldia Institute of Technology

Haldia Institute of Technology (HIT) is the first Government Aided Private initiated Engineering Institute in West Bengal, approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT). The Institute also enjoys Accreditation status by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), AICTE for its Departments. The Institute is selected by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India for a centre of excellence in value-added Petroleum Engineering. An Industry-Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) has been set up for better interaction with the industries for mutual benefit and co-operative research. The Institute has an enclave campus of 49 acres of land having an Administrative Block of 2787 sq. m. with 9 Academic Blocks having an area of around 24980 m2 and hostel area of 24315 m2. Hostel facility is available for both boys and girls to accommodate almost all the students. Facilities of Modern Amenities Complex (Area of 1830 mt.) a large Library, Post Office, Laundry facility, Medical stores, Bank with ATM facilities and Restaurants. The campus is also equipped with its own electrical sub station having a capacity of 500 KVA. Campus-wide Internet facilities for all s provided through 8 Mbps high speed dedicated leased line (1:1) from BSNL. The institute has Central as well as Departmental Computing facilities with more than 850 computers. There are 12 B.Tech courses, along with five M.Tech and MCA, MBA courses.

Affiliation

The college is approved by All India Council For Technical Education(AICTE),New Delhi and affiliated to West Bengal University Of Technology.The institute also enjoys accredition status by National Board Of accredition(NBA),Govt. Of India for Departments.And it is an ISO 9001:2000 & 14001:2004 certified institute.The institute is one of the recipient of financial assistance from World Bank, through Technical Education Quality Improvement program(TEQIP) for academic excellence.The institute is selected by Department of Science and Technology(DST),Govt. of India for a centre of excellence in value-added Petroleum Engineering and Petrochemicals under its Mission Reach program through TIFAC in collaboration with IOC,Haldia and HPL,Haldia.An industry-Institute Partnership Cell(UPC) has been set up for better interaction between the institute and industries for mutual benefits and co-operative research for greater competitiveness in the local and global markets.This college has the biggest infrastructure amongst private engineering institution of west bengal^{[citation needed]}

Departments

Haldia Institute of Technology has 12 departments in B.Tech course.They are: Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Food Technology, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering. [b] [u] P.G. Programme: [/u] [/b] 1. MBA 2. MCA 3. M.Tech in Chemical Engineering 4. M.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engg. 5. M.Tech in Computer Science & Engg. 6. M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

Teaching and research

A research centre of 1,000,000 sq ft has already been inaugurated in the campus. Faculty members are doing research works in different disciplines.

Some frontier research is going on in the department of Chemical Engineering on alternative fuel , Hydrogen energy, Continuous biodisel plant, Fuel Cell, RFC, Hydroxy fuel from water by Biswajit Mandal, Asst prof of Chemical Engg.

External links

• Haldia Institute of Technology Official website
• Haldia Institute of Technology - Alumni Official alumni site
• Another Alumni Domain Official alumni site
• Biswajit Mandal, Haldia Institute of Technology