Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
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| Type | Deemed university |
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| Established | 1956 |
| Chairman | R.R. Vederah |
| President | Gautam Thapar |
| Director | Prakash Gopalan |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC, NAAC |
| Website | www |
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology University, informally Thapar University, formerly Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, is an institute deemed to be university that was founded in 1956 by Karam Chand Thapar and is situated in Patiala. It was granted full autonomy and the status of deemed-to-be-university by the University Grants Commission in 1985.
National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body funded by UGC, has accredited Thapar University with 'A Grade'. On 24 November 2014, Thapar University signed an agreement with Trinity College, Dublin, as part of its efforts to impart global standard education at its campus in Patiala.
In November 2017, Thapar University unveiled a new identity and a logo. The new logo is a colour palette simplification of ‘maroon’ and ‘platinum’. This reductionist method of design with only two colours in logo gives each individual colour the space to shine. The dark red or maroon stands for relentless passion while platinum reflects strong legacy and global standards.[1]
Campus
The campus has six old academic blocks, namely A, B, C, D, E, F and a recently constructed TAN block. The blocks are well constructed with greenery interspersed between them. The university campus has six hostels for boys. Each hostel has a gym, a reading room and a common room. There is a cooperative mess system in each hostel, and a student executive committee headed by the warden to manage day-to-day hostel activities.
Hostel -A(Capacity: 252)
Hostel -B(Capacity: 282)
Hostel -C(Capacity: 320)
Hostel -H(Capacity: 480)
Hostel-J(Capacity: 942) J stands for Jannat. As the name must suggest, this hostel is best in the campus and understandably the most expensive.
Hostel-E(Capacity : 237)
Hostel-PG(Capacity: 288)
Hostel -I(Capacity: 407)
The University in the year 2016 inaugurated two new boys hostel - Hostel K (Capacity: 600) and Hostel l (Capacity: 300). These new hostels are served by Sodexo.
The campus boasts of an in-house market COS (Cultural Open-air Sports) complex which has variety of shops where one can eat, drink, get his/her laundry done and buy stationery items.
Academics
The institute offers undergraduate programmes leading to Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree and postgraduate programmes leading to Master of Engineering (M.E.), Master of Software Engineering, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degrees. Students have to take the Jee-main exam to get admission into Thapar University for the undergraduate program and students take the MET exam for admission into graduate/postgraduate programmes. This University is one of the very few institutes of higher learning in India whose some of its courses have been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) of ABET.
Rankings
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Thapar University was ranked 801-1000 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2018.[2] The QS World University Rankings of 2018 ranked it 210 in Asia.[3] In India, the university ranked 10th among engineering colleges by India Today in 2017,[4] 19 by Outlook India in 2017[5] and 26 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2017.[6]
College societies and chapters
The college has a variety of Technical as well as nontechnical societies. A few of them are:
- Thapar Codechef Chapter
- Computer Society of India
- Fine Arts and Photography Society
- LEAD Society
- Thapar IIChE (Indian Institute Of Chemical Engineers)
- Thapar AIChE (American Institute Of Chemical Engineers)
- Literary Society
- Thapar MUN (Model United Nations)
- Scientist's Spiritual Alliance
- Creative Computing Society
- Microsoft Student Chapter
- Linux User Group
- Owasp
Sports Activities
The university has several playgrounds and well-maintained athletic track to encourage the students to take part in different games such as cricket, hockey, table tennis, football, basketball, volleyball, lawn tennis, badminton, chess and athletics.
The university has also a gymnasium-cum-badminton hall and a swimming pool complex equipped with all modern facilities.
It is mandatory for all the students of the university to get themselves registered in any one of the following activities in each semester
- Athletics
- Any one of the games
- Physical exercises
- Yoga/meditation
Future expansions
Thapar University plans to set up two campuses over the next five years: one on a 14-acre (57,000 m2) campus near Chandigarh[7] and another in Chhattisgarh. It plans to offer courses in management and engineering at its proposed Chandigarh campus and will invest around Rs 30-35 crore. The existing 250-acre (1.0 km2) campus in Patiala has a student strength of 4,600 and can accommodate around 6,000 students.
Notable alumni
- Anoop Kumar Mittal Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited
- Deepak Vinayak, Community Leader, Melbourne, Australia
References
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