Thapar University

Thapar University

Aerial view of Thapar University campus
Motto "Truth Triumphs; Falsehood Never"
Type public
Established 1956
Chairman Sh. R.R. Vederah
Director Prof. Prakash Gopalan
Academic staff
 250+
Undergraduates 5000+
Postgraduates 600+
Location Patiala, Punjab, India
Campus 250 acres (1.0 km2), Urban
Affiliations UGC, NAAC
Website www.thapar.edu
University rankings
Engineering – India
India Today[1] 18
Dataquest[2] 18
CSR-GHRDC*[3] 5
Private colleges:
Mint[4] 4
Medical - India
Business – India
* Limited participation

Thapar University, formerly known as Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, was founded in 1956 by Karam Chand Thapar and is situated in Patiala. It has grown in size and activities during the last five decades of its existence. It was granted full autonomy and the status of a university by the University Grants Commission in 1985. It was ranked #5 by the limited participation CSR-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey 2011.[3]

Thapar University Alumni are known as Thaparians, and has got one of the best and rich Alumni base in the country. It's alumni holds top most positions in corporate world both at Indian and foreign firms many being CEOs, MDs, CFOs and also they have significant presence at top government posts.

Thapar University is today considered among the leading privately managed engineering institutions of the country. National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body funded by the UGC, has accredited Thapar University with 'A Grade'. On 24 November 2014, Thapar University signed an agreement with Trinity College, Dublin, as part of its efforts to impart global standard education at its campus in Patiala.

Campus

The campus has six old academic blocks, namely A,B,C,D,E,F and a recently constructed TAN block. The blocks are well constructed with greenery interspersed between them. The university campus has six hostels for boys. Each hostel has a gym, a reading room and a common room. There is a cooperative mess system in each hostel, and a student executive committee headed by the warden to manage day-to-day hostel \ Hostel -A(Capacity: 252) india Hostel -B(Capacity: 282)

Hostel -C(Capacity: 320)

Hostel -H(Capacity: 480)

Hostel-J(Capacity: 942) J stands for Jannat. As the name must suggest, this hostel is best in the campus and understandably the most expensive.

Hostel-E(Capacity : 237)

Hostel-PG(Capacity: 288)

Hostel -I(Capacity: 407)

The campus boasts of an in-house market COS (Cultural Open-air Sports) complex which has variety of shops where one can eat, drink, get his/her laundry done and buy stationery items.

Academics

The institute offers undergraduate programmes leading to Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree and postgraduate programmes leading to Master of Engineering (M.E.), Master of Software Engineering, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degrees. Students have to take the Jee-main exam to get admission into Thapar University for the undergraduate program and students take the MET exam for admission into graduate/postgraduate programmes.

College societies and chapters

The college has a variety of Technical as well as nontechnical societies. A few of them are:

(B.E) programmes

The institute offers undergraduate programmes leading to Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree.

*Biotechnology BT
*Chemical Engineering CHE
*Civil Engineering CIE
*Computer Engineering C.E
*Computer Engineering (Hons in Machine Learning and Data Analytics) CS(MLDA)
*Computer Engineering (Hons in Computer Animation and Gaming) CS(CAG)
*Software Engineering CS(SE)
*Electronics & Communication Engineering ECE
*Electronics (Instrumentation & Control) Engineering EIC
*Electrical Engineering ELE
*Mechatronics Engineering MEC
*Mechanical Engineering MEE
*Mechanical Production Engineering MPE
* Electronics and Computers ECE

Sports Activities

The university has several playgrounds and well-maintained athletic track to encourage the students to take part in different games such as cricket, hockey, table tennis, football, basketball, volleyball, lawn tennis, badminton, chess and athletics.

The university has also a gymnasium-cum-badminton hall and a swimming pool complex equipped with all modern facilities.

It is mandatory for all the students of the university to get themselves registered in any one of the following activities in each semester

Future expansions

Thapar University plans to set up two campuses over the next five years: one on a 14-acre (57,000 m2) campus near Chandigarh[5] and another in Chhattisgarh. It plans to offer courses in management and engineering at its proposed Chandigarh campus and will invest around Rs 30-35 crore. The existing 250-acre (1.0 km2) campus in Patiala has a student strength of 4,600 and can accommodate around 6,000 students.

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Best Engineering colleges 2014". India Today. 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "India's Top Engineering Colleges 2012 (DQ-CMR T-Schools Survey 2012)". archive.dqindia.com/. Dataquest. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "GHRDC-CSR Engineering Colleges Survey 2013" (PDF). Competition Success Review (Competition Success Review and the Global Human Resources Development Centre). July 2013. pp. 1–6.
  4. ↑ "Top 50 Private Engineering Colleges of 2009" (PDF). Mint. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Avantha group to invest Rs 100 crore in education sector". Indian Express. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
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