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{{short description|Public technical university in West Bengal, India}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = IIEST Shibpur
| image = IIEST Shibpur Logo.svg
| motto = {{lang|sa-latn|Uttiṣṭhita jāgrata prāpya varān nibodhata}}
| mottoeng = Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.
| former_names ={{collapsible list | Calcutta Civil Engineering College (1856–1880) | Government Engineering College, Howrah (1880–1921) | Bengal Engineering College (1921–2004), affiliated to [[University of Calcutta]] | Bengal Engineering and Science University (2004–2014)}}
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|24 November 1856}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[technical university]]
| academic_affiliations = [[Institutes of National Importance]]
| chairman = [[V. K. Aatre]]
| director = Parthasarathi Chakrabarti<ref>{{cite web|title=Director|url=http://www.iiests.ac.in/index.php/administration/director|website=www.iiests.ac.in|access-date=12 April 2018|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/index.php/institute/administration/director |title=Director|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>
| academic_staff = 271 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| administrative_staff =
| students = 4,063 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2022 |url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/uploads/nirf/2022/Indian%20Institute%20of%20Engineering%20Science%20and%20Technology,%20Shibpur20220228-%20Overall.pdf |publisher=IIEST Shibpur}}</ref>
| undergrad = 2,342 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| postgrad = 924 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 797 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| city = [[Shibpur]], [[Howrah]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| country = [[India]]
| coor = {{Coord|22|33|21|N|88|18|20|E|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title, inline}}
| campus = [[City]]<br />{{convert|123|acre|ha}}
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
[[File:IIEST, Howrah, India.jpg|thumb|IIEST Main Entrance, Shibpur, Howrah]]
'''Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur''' ('''IIEST Shibpur''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[technical university]] located at [[Shibpur]], [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]]. It is recognised as an [[Institute of National Importance]] under [[MHRD]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Gazette of India |url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/158429.pdf |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Higher Education {{!}} Government of India, Ministry of Education |url=https://www.education.gov.in/hi/institutions-national-importance-hi |website=www.education.gov.in |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> It is controlled by the [[NIT Council|Council of National Institutes of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Council of NITs {{!}} COVID-19 Research at NITs & IIEST, Shibpur|url=http://nitcouncil.org.in/index.php/site/console/siteAboutCouncil|access-date=24 August 2020|website=nitcouncil.org.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Identity crisis hurdle to IIEST success|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/identity-crisis-hurdle-to-iiest-success/cid/1416862|access-date=24 August 2020|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministry of Education, Government of India|url=https://www.mhrd.gov.in/nits|access-date=24 August 2020|website=www.mhrd.gov.in}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Bishop's College, Howrah, 1880.jpg|thumb|240x240px|right|Bishop's College, Howrah]]
[[File:Clock Tower - Bengal Engineering and Science University - Sibpur - Howrah 2013-06-06 8569.JPG|thumb|150 px|The Clock Tower, IIEST]]

The college was founded as the Civil Engineering College on November 24, 1856, in [[Writers' Building]], Calcutta (now [[Kolkata]]).<ref name="CUP Archive">{{Cite book|last1=Rose|first1=John Holland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA337|title=The Cambridge History of the British Empire|last2=Newton|first2=Arthur Percival|last3=Dodwell|first3=Henry|last4=Benians|first4=Ernest Alfred|date=1929|publisher=CUP Archive|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Our History {{!}} IIEST">{{Cite web|title=Our History {{!}} IIEST|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/History|access-date=9 August 2021|website=www.iiests.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Director's Desk {{!}} IIEST|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/DirectorDesk|access-date=9 August 2021|website=www.iiests.ac.in}}</ref> The college was established as an independent entity in 1880 as ''Government College, Howrah,'' in the premises of Bishop's College in Shibpur, [[Howrah]]. In 1921, the name of the college was changed to ''Bengal Engineering College''. B.E. College was previously affiliated to the [[University of Calcutta]]. At that time it contained only civil and mechanical engineering departments.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History {{!}} IIEST|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/History|website=IIEST, Shibpur|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> Several other departments were created subsequently over the years, the last among them being that of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2010.

On 1 October 2004, the institution was conferred the status of a full-fledged university.<ref name="TheUniversity">{{cite web |url=http://www.becs.ac.in/ |title=Bengal Engineering And Science University, Shibpur – The University |work=becs.ac.in |access-date=20 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207114639/http://www.becs.ac.in/ |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}</ref> It was formally inaugurated as ''Bengal Engineering and Science University'' by [[A.P.J. Abdul Kalam|A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], the President of India, on 13 July 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teqip-ii.iiests.ac.in/|title=The Institute}}</ref>

In March 2014, the institute was conferred the status of an [[Institute of National Importance|INI]] and was renamed ''Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur'' by the Govt. of India by suitably amending the National Institutes of Technology and Science Education and Research Act, 2007. The conversion process of BESU to IIEST was mentored by [[IIT Kanpur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/pranab-nod-to-besu-upgrade/cid/1213434|title=Pranab nod to Besu upgrade|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=66290|title=Press Information Bureau|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated it as IIEST on 24 August 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.becs.ac.in/component/content/article/123-vcspeaks/2931-inauguration-of-iiest-shibpur-by-shri-pranab-mukherjee-the-president-of-india-on-24th-august-2014-article |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325211936/http://www.becs.ac.in/component/content/article/123-vcspeaks/2931-inauguration-of-iiest-shibpur-by-shri-pranab-mukherjee-the-president-of-india-on-24th-august-2014-article |archive-date=25 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/press-release-detail.htm?1060 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103246/http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/press-release-detail.htm?1060 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |title=Press Releases Detail - The President of India}}</ref>

In June 2014, Govt. of West Bengal appointed IIEST Shibpur as the Mentor Institute for [[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani]], which was inaugurated in June the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bengals-first-IIIT-in-Kalyani-to-start-from-July/articleshow/37153741.cms|title=Bengal's first IIIT in Kalyani to start from July – Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iiitkalyani.edu.in/about-iiit.html#about-row2|title=IIIT Kalyani :: About IIIT}}</ref>

== Organisation and administration ==
=== Departments ===
IIEST Shibpur has 16 departments, 2 multi-disciplinary centers and 8 schools of excellence. The academic departments (in order of their year of establishment) are:

* [[Civil Engineering]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Chemistry]]
* [[Mining Engineering]]
* [[Electrical Engineering]]
* [[Earth Sciences]]
* [[Mechanical Engineering]]
* [[Physics]]
* [[Metallurgy|Metallurgy and Materials Engineering]]
* [[Humanities and Social Sciences]]
* [[Architecture|Architecture, Town and Regional Planning]]
* [[Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering]]
* [[Computer Science and Technology]]
* [[Human Resource Management]]
* [[Information Technology]]
* [[Aerospace Engineering|Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics]]

===Schools and centres===
Following are the multi-disciplinary centers located in IIEST Shibpur:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/Centers|title= Multi-Disciplinary Centers}}</ref>
* Center of Healthcare Science and Technology

Eight schools of excellence in IIEST are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/Schools|title= Schools of Excellence}}</ref>

* School of Advanced Materials, Green Energy and Sensor Systems
* Purabi Das School of Information Technology
* School of Community Science and Technology
* School of Disaster Mitigation Engineering
* School of Ecology, Infrastructure and Human Settlement Management
* School of Management Sciences
* School of Mechatronics and Robotics
* School of VLSI Technology

==Academics==
===Library===
The institute's Ramanujan Central Library occupies {{convert|3000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}} and houses 158,000 books, 41,000 bound volumes of journals, and a collection of documents, such as patents, standards, technical reports and pamphlets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newlibrary.iiests.ac.in/|title=Library, IIESTS|website=newlibrary.iiests.ac.in}}</ref> The library has old and rare books and journals of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ramanujan Central Library |url=http://library.iiests.ac.in:30000/dqpas/?view=featured |website=library.iiests.ac.in |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>

=== Admission procedure ===
Undergraduate programs to the various engineering disciplines (4-year B. Tech. programs) and architecture (5-year B.Arch. program) are granted via [[JEE Main]], taking 50% students from the home state (West Bengal) and 50% from other states.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/Admission/?id=Mg== |title= Admissions- Undergraduate}}</ref> Students from any discipline other than Architecture, on the basis of their performance, are allowed to change their disciplines at the end of the 1st Year (i.e., second semester) and may opt for dual degree (B.Tech.-M.Tech.) courses extending over 10 semesters as per terms and conditions specified by the institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2020 |url=https://josaa.nic.in/seatinfo/root/InstProfile.aspx?instcd=417 |website=josaa.nic.in |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> For PG programs admission is through [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]] for M.Tech. courses and [[Joint Entrance Screening Test]] for MSc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/Admission/?id=NQ==|title= Admissions- Masters of Science}}</ref> Students are also admitted in Ph.D programs twice a year through online applications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oldwww.becs.ac.in/academics/programme/phd-programme|title=Ph.D Programme|website=oldwww.becs.ac.in}}</ref>

=== Ranking ===
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college

| QS_A_2021 = 301-350

| NIRF_O_2020 = 43

| NIRF_E_2020 = 21
}}
IIEST Shibpur has ranked 301-350 among the top 650 Universities in Asia category by the QS Asia Ranking 2021,<ref name="Rankings_QS_A_2021" />

In India, IIEST Shibpur was ranked 43rd overall and 21st among engineering institutes by the [[NIRF]] rankings in 2020.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2020/>

[[File:OIKOTAAN 5 performance..jpg|thumb|OIKOTAAN 5 performance]]
[[File:Guest performance in OIKOTAAN..jpg|thumb|Guest performance in OIKOTAAN]]

== Noted People ==
=== Notable faculty ===
* [[John Samuel Slater]], principal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/collections/imu-search-page/narratives/?irn=10134&index=1 |title=Narratives: J.S. Slater |website=Museum of the History of Science |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[Sankar Sen]], professor of electrical engineering department.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/former-bengal-power-minister-sankar-sen-passes-away/1729891
|title=Former Bengal power minister Sankar Sen passes away |date=9 February 2020|access-date=9 February 2020|website=Outlook}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Allen Stein]], professor and head of the Department of Architecture<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/know-your-architects/a299-life-and-works-of-joseph-allen-stein/|title=Life and works of Joseph Allen Stein|date=31 July 2019}}</ref>

=== Notable alumni ===
{{Alumni|date=July 2020}}
*[[Soumitro Banerjee]], electrical engineer, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
*[[Amitabha Bhattacharyya]], production engineer, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
*[[Gautam Biswas]], director, [[IIT Guwahati]]
*[[Promode R. Bandyopadhyay]], American-Indian Inventor
*[[Bimal Kumar Bose]], scholar in Power Electronics, Chondra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics, Professor Emeritus at [[University of Tennessee]], member of [[National Academy of Engineering]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37272761100|title= Bimal K. Bose - IEEE Author Details}}</ref>
*[[Soumyen Bandyopadhyay]], Architect at [[Liverpool University]] holds Sir James Stirling chair in architecture
*[[Pradip Chatterjee]], flautist and singer, founding member of [[Mohiner Ghoraguli]]
*[[Arunendu Das]], songwriter
*[[Chaitanyamoy Ganguly]], nuclear scientist, [[Padma Shri]] recipient
*[[Amitabha Ghosh (academic, born 1941)|Amitabha Ghosh]] ex-director, [[IIT Kharagpur]]
*[[Buddhadev Das Gupta]], classical [[sarod]] player, [[Padma Bhusan]] recipient
*[[Fazlur Rahman Khan]], structural engineer and architect. Called the "Einstein of structural engineering"
*[[Binoy Majumdar]], poet, [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] winner
*[[Rajen Mookerjee]], industrialist, co-founder of [[Martin Burn|Martin Burn & Co.]] and founder of [[IISCO Steel Plant|Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Sir Rajen Mookerjee |url= http://mookerjeesofbengal.4t.com/rajen.html |access-date= 25 August 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160109130642/http://mookerjeesofbengal.4t.com/rajen.html |archive-date= 9 January 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
*[[M. A. Rashid]], first Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
*[[Nandini Mukherjee]], HOD of Computer Science & Information Technology Department, [[Jadavpur University]] and noted [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] politician.
*[[Shankar Nath Rimal]], Nepalese civil engineer, designer of modern [[Flag of Nepal|Nepalese flag]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=रातोपाटी |title=यसरी बनेको थियो राष्ट्रिय झण्डाको डिजाइन्, चन्द्र–सूर्य र त्रिकोणको अर्थ के ? |url=https://ratopati.com/story/100828/2019/9/18/national-flag |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=RatoPati |language=Nepali}}</ref>
*[[Tathagata Roy]], Ex GM / Chief Engineer Metro Railway and politician, [[List of governors of Tripura|Governor of Tripura]]
*[[Narayan Sanyal]], novelist, writer of "Shatyakam".
*[[Badal Sarkar]], dramatist and theatre director, Padma Shri recipient
*[[Jatindranath Sengupta]], poet and writer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Wakil |year=2012 |chapter=Sengupta, Jatindranath |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sengupta,_Jatindranath |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.iiests.ac.in/}}

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