Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST, Shibpur) has a more than 160 years long and rich history. It started its journey in 1856 asCalcutta Civil Engineering College and emerged as a premier engineering college in pre-independence India. It was renamed as Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur in 1920. The College received the status of a Deemed University in 1993 and was subsequently transformed to Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur in 2004. The institute has been upgraded to an Institute of National Importance by the amendment of the NITSER Act of the Parliament in 2014 and renamed as Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. The Institute has sixteen departments of Engineering, Architecture, Science, and Humanities & Social Science disciplines. In addition, it has eight Schools and one Centre dedicated for imparting education and conducting research in interdisciplinary fields.
IIEST, Shibpur is one of the best Institutes in the world in providing the state-of-the art multi-disciplinary research ambience that will usher innovative world-class technologies developed towards realizing the goal of developed India. IIEST, Shibpur functions as an Institute of higher learning and advanced research. Prime activities include creation and dissemination of knowledge; producing engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs of highest quality equipped with the latest technologies and developing innovation technology solutions for the cause of the society.
The Institute, with a student population of more than 4000, has 18 hostels including 3 girls’ hostels. However, residential accommodation of all students including UG students is not guaranteed due to shortage of seats in the hostels. Hostel accommodation shall be provided as per the availability of the rooms. All new UG students, who have been allotted hostel accommodation, should report themselves to the respective Hostel Warden on their first arrival at the Institute and produce the Receipt for the first instalment of fees.
The Students of the Institute are encouraged to express themselves by creative means through cultural, social and sports activities. The students organize various inter-hostel competitions. The annual cultural meet REBECA is usually organized by the students during Spring. The students enthusiastically participate in INSTRUO – an annual techno-management festival, where students from many Institutes across the country participate. The ROBO darshan club is a very popular society.
Office of the Dean of Students Welfare facilitates all students to use different facilities available at the campus. The students of this Institute are encouraged to participate in sports and games, various cultural activities like music, photography, dramatics, paintings, model making, creative writing, debating, as well as to explore innovation and incubation of business plans, etc. All students are encouraged to participate in games or some form of physical training. The students are advised to join the athletics Club and at least one of the societies in the Students’ Activity Centre.
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