Orissa Engineering College
| Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneshwar | |
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| Motto | Stands for Quality Education |
| Established | 1986 |
| Type | Private, Education, Research, Engineering, Institution |
| Chairman | Late Kamini Kanta Patnaik |
| President | Mrs. Subhra Patnaik |
| Principal | Dr. T.C. Panda |
| Director | Mr. Soumya Prakash Patnaik |
| Undergraduates | 2700 |
| Location | Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India |
| Campus | Urban |
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| Website | http://www.oec.ac.in |
Orissa Engineering College (or OEC), Bhubaneswar, is the first private Engineering college to be established in Orissa. It was set up way back in 1986 when the concept of private education was yet to be understood by people. Orissa Engineering College is the result of the vision of Late Shri Kamini Kanta Patnaik who laid the foundation of what is today one of the besttechnical institutes in the state. OEC is a part of Nabajyoti Charitable Trust’s endeavour to provide quality education to the Students. The college was started with an aim to provide quality technical education to a wider domain of illustrious students of the state of Orissa in particular and the nation in general. The institute provides courses in B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA.The college is affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) and has been approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The college has received National Accreditation for three Departments namely, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering by National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
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[edit] Academic Structure
The college offers four-year B.Tech degree in six engineering disciplines and a two-year M.Tech degree in a few disciplines. Its management school Centre for Management Studies offers a two-year full-time MBA degree affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), the technical university of the state of Orissa.
[edit] Courses Offered
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Information Technology
- Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
[edit] Departments
[edit] Computer Science and Engineering
The department was started with an intake capacity of 60 Students. From 1994 onwards the intake was increased to 90 Students and later on after 2010 again increased to 120 Students. The students are guided by two professors, four assistant professors, and 14 full-time lecturers.
- There are over 20,000 square feet (2,000 m2) of Lecture Halls, Audio–Visual Rooms, Faculty Rooms and Laboratories.
- Air–conditioned and well furnished programming labs equipped with latest versions of software like Oracle, Java, VB, C++, under Unix, Windows, Linux environment.
- Internet facility with 8Mbps leased line for the Internet lab.
[edit] Laboratories
- Database Lab
- Project Lab
- Operating System Lab
- System Programming Lab - I
- Networking Lab
- Computer Centre
- System Programming Lab - II
[edit] Information Technology
The department has a capacity of 90 students. The department has one professor, two assistant professors and eight lecturers.
[edit] Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
The department has an intake capacity of 120 students. The students are guided by one professor, one assistant professor and 11 full-time lecturers.
[edit] Electrical Engineering
The department can accommodate 120 students per batch. The students are guided by one professor, three assistant professors and 16 full-time lecturers.
It has computing facilities, power electronics laboratory, laboratories for electrical machines, microprocessor, relay and testing, instrumentation, control power system, network machine and design lab.
[edit] Mechanical Engineering
The department was established in 1986 (the year the college was founded)). It has an intake capacity of 120 students per batch. There are three assistant professors and 20 full-time lecturers.
The department has a block that includes classrooms, engineering drawing halls and faculty room. It has central workshops with carpentry, fitting, foundry, welding, smithy and machine shops. The labs are Heat Transfer, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Material Testing, Refrigeration, Air–conditioning, Metrology Lab, and Vibration and Stress Analysis.
[edit] CAD/CAM Laboratory
The center is developing a robotic lab under partial assistance from AICTE.
[edit] Civil Engineering
Orissa Engineering College is one of the few colleges in Orissa to have a Civil Engineering Department. Its intake capacity is 120 students. The department is guided by one professor, one assistant professor and ten lecturers.
The department has a Hydraulics Lab, Environmental Engineering Lab, Structural Engineering Lab, Civil Engineering Lab, Survey Lab, Geo-tech Engineering Lab, Transportation Engineering Lab, and Auto CAD Lab.
[edit] Humanities and Sciences
The department comprises the departments of Mathematics, English, Economics, Physics and Chemistry.
Mathematics is taught in the first two years of the engineering course, giving emphasis on pure engineering-related subjects.
Students are taught English under the programme of ESP (English for Special Purpose).
[edit] Admissions
Admissions conform to the regulations laid down by Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), the technical university of the state of Orissa. The seats are filled up through counseling of Joint Entrance Examination (O-JEE), All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) or management quota.
The candidate must have completed 12 years of schooling, equivalent of the Intermediate School Certificate of India (i.e., +2 level of Indian states) with physics, chemistry, and mathematics as major subjects in the last two years of schooling.
[edit] Lateral entry
Students who have cleared diploma with minimum 60% mark in the corresponding subject are eligible for this scheme. They are enrolled directly into the third semester of the engineering courses.
It is mandatory for all candidates to appear in the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela or All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Ministry of HRD, New Delhi or Joint Entrance Examination conducted by Orissa Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) to get a seat either through counselling or management quota.
[edit] Facilities
Dr. Sudhanshu Mohan Central Library has subscriptions to national and international journals. It subscribes to DELNET through which the students and faculty get access to more than 200 libraries across India and abroad.
The Rajlaxmi Memorial Health Centre provides health care facilities to the students and staff of the institute and renders services to the local villagers.
There is a centre for R&D called the Hiranya Kumar Research and Development Centre.
There are separate hostels for both boys and girls. The Lord Jagannath Boys’ Hostel in the campus can accommodate 350 students. All hostels have food facilities.
The college has a Rajlaxmi Memorial Health Centre which provides medical facilities to meet the needs of the students and staff pertaining to minor ailments. This dispensary also looks after the medical problems of the nearby villagers. The college organizes medical camps in the campus as well as outside the campus. An ambulance is available.
The college has more than 50 buses which pick up the students from different corners of the city.
The Student Activity Centre is a 3,000-seat auditorium which hosts fests and events. It is the largest auditorium in the state.
[edit] Location
OEC is on the outskirts of the temple city of Bhubaneswar. The institute is spread over a huge 58 acres (230,000 m2) of land along the Bhubaneswar – Jatni road at a place called Nijigarh – Kurki.
Coordinates: 20°09′52″N 85°46′18″E / 20.164386°N 85.771696°E
[edit] Student Interaction Programs
There are two main student interaction program conducted in OEC. One is the tech-fest called ZAZEN, and other is cultural fest called ZEPHYR.
Zephyr - means cool breeze, and lasts three days. Events include face painting, paper dress, mehndi competition, rangoli, quiz, painting, dance, and singing. At night musical bands, Bollywood singers, and DJs are invited. Dinner is organised on one of the three days.
The fashion show includes traditional, western and sports attires. There are titles to be won like Ms.OEC and Mr.OEC.
