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India has many reputed Engineering Colleges which produce thousands of efficient engineers every year. We all know these institutes for their quality study environment, highly qualified faculty members, world class infrastructure etc. But what we don’t know, are few extra ordinary facts about few of them. 12 such facts are listed here:
1. College of Engineering Guindy (CEG) [Oldest engineering college having oldest Building]
Old Building of CEG (Source)
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CEG was established in May of 1794, as a School of Survey with one student in a building near Fort St. George. Founded by Michael Topping, the school became the Civil Engineering School in 1858. Subsequently, CEG was established as a college in 1859 under the Madras University. It became College of Engineering in 1861 with the inclusion of the Mechanical Engineering course [Source].
2. IIT Kharagpur [Largest area Campus]
Google Earth top view image of IIT Kharagpur (Source)
The 8.5 square kilometres (2,100 acres) IIT Kharagpur campus is residence to about 22,000 inhabitants. In 2015, IIT Kharagpur had about 605 faculty members, 1,933 employees and approximately 10,010 students living on the campus. The campus has a total of 55 kilometres (34 miles) of roadways [Source].
3. NIT Surathkal [Private Sea Beach]
NIT Surathkal Private Sea Beach (Source)
NITK is having a private Beach at the shores of Arabian Sea with a light house adjoining to it. Students and staff spent pretty happy moments here and apprize the beauty of Sunset every day [Source].
4. IIT Kanpur [First helicopter service in an Indian college]
Helicopter Service @ IIT Kanpur (Source)
IIT Kanpur is the first institute to offer helicopter services from Lucknow Airport to IIT Kanpur airfield (inside the campus). The helicopter service was inaugurated on May 30, 2013 to launch the services of Pawan Hans helicopter. If you would like to avail the facility please get in touch with SPO, since the helicopter service is subject to availability of chopper. The estimated charges are Rs. 6000 per person [Source].
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5. Vellore Institute of Technology [Railway track in between the campus]
Railway Track Dividing the Campus (Source)
VIT campus is divided by the Chennai–Bangalore railway line. The railway track divides the Men’s hostel and rest of the college. You can enjoy the amazing view of VIT while going towards Chennai in a train [Source].
6. IIT Bombay [Asia’s Largest Science and Technology Festival]
IIT Bombay’s Technical fest is largest of its kind in Asia (Source)
Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for the Indian student community to develop and showcase their technical prowess, it has now grown into Asia’s Largest Science and Technology Festival with a footfall of 1.65 lakhs in its latest edition [Source].
7. IIT Roorkee [Largest solar project at any IIT Campus]
Solar PV Power Plant in IIT Roorkee (Source)
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IIT Roorkee has the largest solar project at any IIT campus (1.8 MWp rooftop project) and the energy from this solar installation is helping offset the institute’s daytime peak electricity demand from the grid. IIT-R with the installation of 1.8 MWp solar rooftop plant, was able to offset 15% of its energy usage from the state grid thus moving towards a more reliable and greener option and reducing its carbon footprint by almost 2320 tonnes per year [Source].
8. IIT Kanpur [First to provide Computer Science Education in India]
Installing India’s first computer, IBM1620, 1963, IIT Kanpur (Source)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was the first Institute in India to start Computer Science education. The initial “computer-related” courses were started at IIT Kanpur in August 1963 on an IBM 1620 system installed in the nation’s first “computer classroom,” a novelty then even in many North American and European universities [Source].
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9. SRM University [Asia’s Largest Auditorium]
Auditorium of SRM University During Convocation (Source)
SRM Engineering College Kattankulathur, Chennai has Asia’s biggest Auditorium. The Auditorium having the plinth area of 4466.7 Sq.m is fully air-conditioned and is having the seating capacity of 4000. The Auditorium is equipped with Nexo sound system and 10000 lumen Projector [Source].
10. IISC Bangalore [Had a Nobel Laureate as its Director]
CV Raman, Nobel Laureate and former Director of IISC Bangalore (Source)
One of the most prominent Indian scientists in history, CV Raman was the first Indian person to win the Nobel Prize in science for his illustrious 1930 discovery, now commonly known as the “Raman Effect” [Source]. For the first time ever since the inception of IISC in 1909, CV Raman, an Indian was appointed as the director of IISc in 1933 [Source].
11. BITS Pilani [Incepted from a Patshala]
BITS Pilani (Source)
In 1901, Seth Shiv Narainji Birla started a ‘Patshala’ in Pilani with one teacher for educating his grandsons, late Shri GD Birla and late Shri RD Birla. Gradually this ‘Patshala’ gathers strength, and evolves to become a High School and later on an Intermediate College and then a Degree College. In 1964, Birla Institute of Technology and Science was incepted as an Institute with Dr. G. D. Birla as Founder Chairman [Source].
12. IIT Kharagpur [Having a Prison Cell]
Hijli Prison Cells at IIT Kharagpur
Hijli Detention Camp (now called Shaheed Bhavan, IIT Kharagpur), is a former detention camp during British rule in India. The detention camp was closed in 1937 and was reopened in 1940. In 1942 it was closed for the final time and the detainees were transferred elsewhere. During World War II it was occupied by US Air Force [Source].
Note: This article has been prepared from the information available in internet. No contact has been made to the institutes to collect the data. There is a possibility we might have missed few such extra ordinary facts about the engineering colleges in India. If this is the case, then please let us know in the comment section and send us the valid data with the source of information to the mail-id mentioned below.
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