B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology

BPPIMT

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Type	Private
Established	1999
Chairman	Shri Arun Poddar
Principal	Prof.(Dr.) Sutapa Mukherjee
Dean	Prof.(Dr.) B. N. Chatterjee
Director	Dr. Subir Choudhury
Undergraduates	2440
Location	Kolkata , West Bengal , India
Campus	137 V.I.P. Road, Kolkata, India, 700052
Approvals	AICTE
Affiliations	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
Website	http://www.bppimt.ac.in

B.P.Poddar Institute of Management and Technology (BPPIMT) is a private college in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Founded in 1999 as B.P Poddar Foundation for Education, it is affiliated to the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi.

The college is located near Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at a distance of 2 km and was built as a tribute to the memory of Shri B.P. Poddar (the founder of the Poddar Group).

It has a second campus in Sector V, Salt Lake which offer degrees in management (BBA and BCA).

BPPIMT, VIP Road Campus

Affliations

The B.P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology was initially affiliated to the University of Kalyani (in the year 1999) and later on in the year 2001 as per the instruction of Govt. of West Bengal, the Institute was affiliated to the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata. The courses offered are structured according to prevailing international standards.

Admissions

Admissions are done based on the merit of the students as per West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination(WBJEE) ranking system, JEE mains ranking and JELET (Joint Entrance Lateral Entry Test for Second year third semester admission) ranking system .

Library

The library plays a key role in the academic activities of the Institute. The library has a large collection of books, journals and periodicals. Stock of books is regularly updated with the latest editions. The Institute has an e-library that enables students to access resource on line. The Institute subscribes to AICTE approved 3 online journals IEEE, Springer, ELSEVIER through which the students can access large number of international journals. In addition to automated search and issue of reference books and periodicals, the book bank facility is also provided to students. Multimedia facility is available to encourage the students for e-learning.The library is also equipped with a set of National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTL) recommended lecture videos and Mc. Graw Hill E-books.

Computer Centres

An intelligent campus equipped with full-networking facilities with wireless and wired access provides connectivity to all computer laboratories, class rooms, library, common room, faculty room etc. There are nine well-equipped computer laboratories having over four hundred computers that are connected and enabled with Campus LAN along with latest configuration and under the coverage of Microsoft Campus Agreement License. All the buildings of the campus are connected through high-speed Fiber Optic backbone and special Wi-Fi zone has been created to cater for the LAN facility so as to enable them to have a concrete hands-on experience and be abreast with the latest Software Technologies. The Institute is connected with 15 Mbit/s (1:1) Internet leased line for 24 x 7 Internet facilities for intra and inter campus accessibility.

Elixir and Techstorm

• Elixir is the annual techno-cultural fest of BPPIMT that lasts over a week. The gala night at the end of the fest is generally organized at Netaji Indoor Stadium and is celebrated with an ecstatic musical night with band performances and fashion shows. In 2011, Rupam Islam and Jal (band) put up a euphoric performance.

  

  Rupam Islam performing in Elixir '11

• TechStorm is the annual technical festival of the college.This competition starts before durga puja. Many colleges from all over west Bengal compete in this techstorm. Competitions and quizzes are organised, with participation from other engineering colleges of Kolkata.

Language Fest: Panache

PANACHE is the language fest introduced in the year 2014 for students to be more familiar to English and the tricky parts of the language. Students of third year mostly participate in several events ranging from Word Cracker to Skit and Creative Writing. It was scheduled for 22 October 2014.

Seminars

Seminars are arranged by departments. Guest speakers are invited from institutes like Jadavpur University, Indian Statistical Institute who delivers a lecture on pre-decided topics.

Seminars on Advanced Computing and Communications are held in collaboration with Department of IT and CDAC, Kolkata every year.

Seminar on Information Security and Cloud Computing was arranged by Department of Computer Science. Speakers were Sourav Karmakar and Abhishek Dey respectively.

Seminar on Python arranged by CampusHash and PyCon India was held in August 2013.

Seminar on Advanced Algorithms was held on February, 2014 organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Anti Ragging

The Institute practice a zero tolerance to any kind of ragging in Campus and its hostels which is ensured through closed monitoring by anti-ragging committee and squad as well as through undertakings from students and parents as per guidelines of AICTE.

Training and Placement

The Training and Placement Cell is staffed with full-time placement professional, and offers students job placement assistance. The Institute has averge placement record. In 2014 and 2013 it has approx 70% placement as per eligibility set by corporate and in the year 2015 it reached the placement record of 90% with some small companies.