Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli
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Motto in English | Success depends on quality |
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| Type | Autonomous institute |
| Established | 1947[1] |
| Chairman | Ajit Gulabchand [1] |
| Director | P. H. Sawant |
| Location | , , India |
| Campus | 90 acres (36 ha) |
| Website | www |
Walchand College of Engineering is an autonomous engineering education institute in the city of Sangli, Maharashtra, India. The WCE campus is situated on nearly 90 acres of land in Vishrambag, roughly midway between the twin cities of Sangli and Miraj.
The college was established in 1947 by the Hon. (Late) Dhondumama Sathe and began with an undergraduate course in Civil Engineering with a capacity of 60 students. It was affiliated with Bombay University in 1947. After Pune University was set up in 1948, the college became affiliated with Pune University. In 1955, the college was renamed after Walchand Hirachand, an industrialist. Since the establishment of Shivaji University, at Kolhapur in 1962, Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli has been affiliated with Shivaji University. Since 2007, it has been an autonomous college offering the B.Tech. degree [2] in Maharashtra with 'financial and academic autonomy'.[3] It is known for its vast campus and placement.
History
Walchand College of Engineering offered its first academic program, an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering(B.E.(Civil)) for up to 60 students in 1947. In 1955, an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering (B.E.(Electrical )) was established, and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree (B.E.(Mech)) was offered in 1956. Both programs had a 60 student capacity. Postgraduate coursework in all three engineering disciplines was first offered in 1971. Graduate and undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering were added in the 1980s and 1990s.
Postgraduate courses in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and a diploma course in Industrial Electronics were introduced in 1971. In 1986, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Electronics Engineering and an undergraduate course in Computer Science and Engineering were introduced, and a postgraduate course in Computer Science and Engineering was introduced in 1997.
In 2001, the college added a Bachelor of Engineering course in Information Technology with a capacity of 60 students, and capacity for an additional 30 students was added to the Computer Science and Engineering course. Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Geology have been established.[when?]
The placement record of the college shows 464 Undergraduate students placed in organisations during 2010 and 2011.[4]
The college was selected under the World Bank funded Government of India scheme "Technical Education Quality Improvement Program"(TEQIP) in 2005. It received nearly Rs. 9 crores of funding under TEQIP which ended in March 2009. As reported in the survey conducted by Spectrum India, Walchand College ranked No. 2 all-India out of about 127 institutes that participated in TEQIP. In 2011, the college was selected under Phase II of TEQIP, focused on development of PG education. In 2017, Once again college was selected under Phase III of TEQIP under TWINNING Arrangement with Jabalpur College of Engineering.
Campus
The college campus spreads over an area of about 95 acres (38 ha). The college has different buildings for different departments. The central quadrangle (as it is called) has classrooms large enough to seat 60-70 students, and a few classrooms with a capacity of around 100 students. At the center of the quadrangle is an Assembly Hall called Tilak Hall and an open-air theatre. The newly constructed library building also has a reading room. The library is named after Ajit Gulabchand as Ajit Gulbchand Central Library. It is one of the biggest libraries in Asia. The remainder of the campus is mostly covered with dense trees. The campus is famous as a mini peacock sanctuary as you will find them everywhere in college.
Hostel
The college has had a hostel facility for males since 1958 and for females since 1987. There are eight hostel blocks (D1 to D8) with high speed internet connectivity through WiFi, and a capacity of 738 students. In response to the recent trend of increasing female enrollment, two hostel blocks were suitably modified and converted into women's hostels. At the initiative of the Chairman, Shri Ajit Gulabchand, another hostel block with a capacity of 46 students was converted into a cyber hostel with internet connectivity. Over 300 female students are presently inhabiting hostel accommodations. There is a plan to construct a new hostel for women, as per the new Campus Master Plan developed by the firm HOK (USA).
Lab Facilities
Various lab facilities are provided by IT department to students.
- Unix Lab
- Microprocessor Lab
- High Performance Computing Lab(For M-tech)
- Nvidia Lab
- John Deere research center in Embedded system
The IT department in WCE has various Moodle addresses. Students have direct access to these models. They can check their attendance, and can upload their assignments. Teachers can upload assignments for the students. Quizzes on some subjects are held on the moodle.
Mechanical department
The Mechanical department of the college has various facilities available for students. Workshops include lathe machines, woodturning machines, milling machines, shapers and a CNC machine. The department also hosts a few large boilers; some dating as far back as the 1930s. Though no longer in working condition, students can climb in the Babcock & Wilcox boiler for study purposes. Separate workshops for blacksmithing and carpentry allow students to gain practical experience. The smithy workshop also has a furnace in working condition.
For aerodynamic study purposes, a wind tunnel is available in the laboratory. The main entrance grounds also have a demonstrator wind mill.
Together with the Electronics department, a separate mechatronics laboratory is under development along with a cryogenics laboratory. A new demonstrator steam turbine power plant has recently been set up.
Go-Kart Motorsports
Team Phoenix Racing
Team Phoenix Racing, is an independent student's organization in WCE, Sangli, composed of students from multidisciplinary background, and united by a common ambition of being best at automobile engineering practices.
This motor-sports club was established in 2018, by students of Mechanical Engineering Department, which is active since then and creating legacy since then. Every year a team of engineering students participate in a national level event and practically build up Go-Kart in couple of months. Students themselves, under the guidance of faculty advisors, Head of the Department and senior team. In this club, students learn to design, manufacture and perform various mechanical tests using professional tools available in college laboratories.
Since its establishment, TPR continues to make legacy with following achievements.
| Year | Achievement |
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| 2017-18 | Overall AIR 7th
Best Design Best Fuel Economy |
| 2018-19 | Overall Runner-up Championship(2nd Position)
Best Design Best Acceleration |
| 2019-20 | Overall 3rd Position
1st Cost Report 3rd Design Report Presentation |
SAE Activities
The college has been very prominent and active in participating in SAE India events, held every year. Team Aaryans is the official racing team of WCE which has been participating in E and M baja, Efficycle events conducted by SAE India.
Efficycle
The team traces it success back to 2012 when it secured an All India Rank 3 and in subsequent events held in 2013 and 2015, bagged Best Design Award.
BAJA
Team Aaryans has been participating in BAJA for couple of years now. In the 2019 edition of E-BAJA, the team bagged prizes worth 90,000 rupees. Along with this the E-BAJA team won the best marketing presentation award in 2017. The M-BAJA team of Aaryans secured All India Rank 20 in the 2019 edition of M-BAJA. The team has also bagged 'Best CAE Award','Best Sales Presentation Award' and 'Best Design Award' over these consecutive years of participation.
Academics
Degrees offered
Undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of technology (B. Tech)
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Information Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
Postgraduate Degrees: Master of Technology (M.Tech)
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering [ Information Technology ]
- Electrical Engineering- Control Systems
- Electrical Engineering- Power Systems
- Electronics Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Heat Power Engineering
- Mechanical Design Engineering
- Mechanical Production Engineering
- Structural Engineering
Technical Clubs
Many technical clubs are being driven and managed by students for academics and Personality improvement.
EESA
EESA is students' organization pioneered in technical activities, founded by Dr. U Gudaru. It is active since 1976, with the concept of founder, guidance of staff advisor, under the leadership of final year students, executive group of 3rd year students, with full fledged support of 2nd and 1st year students together enhances the power of EESA. It is the first ever technical club to be established in WCE. EESA helps students pursue their technical interests thereby increasing their engineering expertise along with imparting soft skills. EESA conducts club service on every Monday, which consists of technical sessions, extempore, GDs refreshing and interesting games, group activity, etc. We also conduct the technical as well as quantitative tests for better skills. As a part of exchange of knowledge, EESA is keen in inviting experts from reputed organizations to share their knowledge and experience with electrical engineering students to motivate and enlighten them.
ACTIVITIES:-
- General Interest Meet
- TECHNOCRAT
- Weekly Club Services
- Technovation
- Annual Alumni Meet
- Ignited Minds
- FE Special Events
WLUG
Walchand Linux Users' Group is a club which promotes open source technologies. WLUG established in 2003, is an active technical club. It is a group formed by open source enthusiastic students to use and promote Linux future and intresting stuff.
Activities:-
- Techno-Tweet
- Metamorphosis
- Spandan
- Open Source Day
- General Interest Meet
CESA
Civil Engineering Students Association is a departmental; technical club of Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli which has a trademark feature of reinventing itself every time, year after year. The CESA represents current students within the Civil Engineering Dept. at WCE, Sangli. Our goal is to organize social and professional activities which strengthen and enrich the community within the department, and to help publicize various research activities within the department. We organize social events and help to communicate with the department and the students. Here, the students organize themselves to develop and improve various skills and to impart technical knowledge and keep in pace with the latest trends in technology by arranging club services.
Activities :-
- Auto-CAD Workshop
- Club services
- Industrial Visits
- Teacher’s Day
- Mega event – AAKAR
- Alumni Meet
- Samanvay
- Social service activity
Non Technical Clubs
There are many non technical clubs are working in WCE. Art Circle is one of the most famous club in WCE.
Art Circle
Art Circle is a non-technical and a cultural club of Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli. ART CIRCLE always strive for the development and growth of artistic skills and capabilities in the students. Every academic year, ART CIRCLE organises various cultural and art related events and competitions which provides great opportunity for every artistic student to showcase his talent to the world. These activities include GIM which is exclusively arranged for the first year student, Dandiya Night, Yuvarang, Flash Mob, etc. Art Circle also provides a platform for the students to enhance their management skills as well as personality development. As the tagline suggests, Art Circle always Brings the Best out of every student. Currently Art Circle has more than 60 working members and since last 4 years it has produced more than 400 artists from Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli.
Activities:-
- Yuvarang
- Roo-Ba-Roo Dandiya Night
- General Interest Meet
Rotaract Club of WCE Sangli
On February 23, 1975, the Rotaract Club of WCE Sangli, was instituted for the undergraduate students of Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli. The enterprising initiative of founding of the Rotaract Club of WCE Sangli, in 1975 was taken by Late Rtn G.S.Phadnis and Rtn G.C. Kanitkar. Rtn G.C. Kanitkar was the Principal of WCE then. ‘No man is an island in himself’. Interaction and mutual co-operation with others is indispensable to his existence, to his growth and to the successful attainment of his goals in life. To this end the Rotaract Club of WCE, Sangli, has chosen the ideology “Learning is our precept” as its motto. Integration, teamwork, mutual solidarity precedes all activities and undertakings of the club, which seeks to promote the growth of every member in all aspects. Co-operation blends with competition to ensure that ethical means are adopted in the accomplishment of the goals.
Activities:-
- Blood Donation Camps
- Treasure Hunt
- Abhyudaya
- Country Clock
Rankings
| University and college rankings | |
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| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2020)[5] | 168 |
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 168 among engineering colleges in 2020.[5]
Gallery
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Walchand College campus -
Ajit Gulabchand Central Library -
Saraswati Statue -
Department of Electrical Engineering
Alumni Associations
Many alumni associations for the college have been formed in India and abroad. The Association of Past Students is a registered organization and the registered members date back to 1956. More recently, Walchand College of Engineering Alumni Silicon Valley Chapter (CA, USA), and Tri-State Chapter (NY, USA) were formed in 2015.
Notable Alumni
- Leena Nair,(1990 batch Electronics Alumni) || Non-Executive board menber of Dept. of Business, Energy & Industrial strategy of UK || Chairman of Unilever Industries Pvt. Ltd. || Member of Young President organization ||Global senior vice-president for leadership and organisation development at Unilever
- Abhijit Pawar,(1994 batch Mechanical Alumni) || Chairman of AP Globale || MD of Sakal Media Group || Founder & Chairman of Delivering Chain Foundation || Former Executive Committee member of Maratha Chamber of commerce
References
- ^ a b "TCS picks up 202 students from Walchand Eng College". Mumbai: The Hindu. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Delayed engg admissions will hit our academic calendar". Times of India, ToI. 4 July 2011.
- ^ autonomy, maharashtra. "About Us". VJTI Website. VJTI, Mumbai. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ Dhaigude, Prof. Sanjay. "Placement 2010-11" (PDF). walchandsangli.ac.in.
- ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Networking of institutes
- Alumni
- High Performance Computing Laboratory @ Walchand
- Magnum Opus
- Walchand College of Engineering gets global standard curriculum Indian Express. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2013
- IBM opens centers of excellence at 6 colleges in Maharashtra Indian Express. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2013