Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering (BNCoE), Pusad, founded in 1983,JSPM and BNCOE College details is a not-for-profitBNCOE profile on Higher Education India portal engineering college run by the Janta Shikshan Prasharak Mandal, located at Pusad in Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra, India.

History Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal was established and registered as a society in 1960. The Founder President of JSPM was Late Shri. Vasantrao Naik - the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1963 to 1975), and the Founder Secretary was Sudhakarrao Naik - the former Chief Ministers of Maharashtra (1991 to 1993) and former Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1994 to 1995). In 1961, the JSPM started Phulsing Naik Mahavidyalaya at Pusad with an enrollment of 100 student.About JSPM, pncollegepusad.ac.in, accessed 28 sept 20221.

in 1983–84, the JSPM started Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering (BNCOE). In 1984–1985, the JSPM started Sudhakarrao Naik Institute of Pharmacy, and Dr. NP Hirani Institute of Polytechnic. In 1991, the JSPM started JSPM College of Physical Education.JSPM College of Physical Education, Pusad

As of 2014, JSPM runs 22 schools, colleges and hostels. Today JSPM society imparts education to more than 10,000 students every year.

Location Located within Kakaddati locality, the college is on SH-215 Karla Road from the Pusad bus stand, from district headquarters Yavatmal via SH-210 or alternate route via SH-213, from Amravati via NH-161G, from Nagpur via NH-53 and NH-361, from the state capital Mumbai, from the national capital Delhi and from Hisar.

Nearest railway station are at Nanded - for south bound, Akola - 140, from Hingoli and Washim for west & south bound, Wardha - for north bound and Nagpur - for north and east bound passengers.

Nearest airports with regular scheduled commercial flights is away Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport at Nagpur. Other airports nearby with no regular scheduled commercial flights are Yavatmal Airport at Yavatmal - , Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport at Nanded - , Akola Airport at Akola - , Amravati Airport at Amravati - , and Osmanabad Airport at Osmanabad - .

Affiliations and accreditation BNCoE, Pusad is affiliated to the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University which is recognized under Section 12(B) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act of Ministry of Human Resource Development (India), Government of India as well as accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) (Permanent AICTE Application#: 1-4318017). Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University is an associate member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London. Independent recognition of BNCoE, Pusad by University Grants Commission (UGC) makes it eligible for the UGC grants for the schemes related to students and teachers.

BNCoE, Pusad is accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education and its successor National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for running undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various branches of engineering.

BNCoE, Pusad is ISO 9001- 2008 certified, accredited by Institution of Engineers (India) and has been awarded 'GRADE A' by the Government of Maharashtra.

BNCoE, Pusad Laboratory facilities have been recognized as PhD-level by the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. Though BNCoE, Pusad itself does not directly offer any PhD courses but this recognition allows its staff to pursue PhD courses while using college laboratory facilities for the research.

Courses The college runs Bachelor of Engineering (BE)and Master of Engineering courses.

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses The college has 1st year intake of 660 in the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses of minimum 4 years duration in the following academic disciplines: Engineering Branch/Specialization Morning Shift Intake Evening Shift Intake Notes Civil Engineering (started in 1983) 120 0 Computer Science & Engineering (started in 1985) 60 00 AI and Data science (started in 2021) 60 00 Mechanical Engineering (started in 1983) 60 Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (started in 1983) 30 0 Electrical (started in 1983) and Power Engineering (started in 2012) 60 0 Total 330 00 330

Master of Engineering (ME) courses The college has 1st year intake of 18 students (total 52) in each of the following Master of Engineering courses of minimum 2 years (4 semester) duration.

ME Course Specialization Department Intake Notes CAD/CAM (started in 2011) Mechanical Engineering 18 Computer Science & Engineering (started in 2011) Computer Science & Engineering 18 Digital Electronics (started in 2010) Electronics Engineering 18 Structural Engineering (started in 2010) Civil Engineering 18 Total 72

Facilities The college has of buildings spread over a campus which has the following on-site facilities:

Teaching, laboratories, and research Auditorium: 750-seats centrally air-cooled auditorium Classrooms: nearly 100 classrooms and labs spread across several buildings of Computer & IT block, Electronics and Electrical block, Civil & Mechanical block, Workshops and Admin block Electricity: 24 Hrs. Electric Supply through express feeder with a 140 kVA backup Generator, college has also set up a Hybride Energy park with Solar Energy and Windmill Internet: campus-wide 4 Mbit/s leased line internet and intranet connecting 1000+ computers, Wi-Fi Language lab, live lectures are delivered from IIT Bombay Laboratory: 72 well furnished lab facilities, with equipment worth INR8+ crore, have been recognized as PhD-level by the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, this allows the students staff to pursue undergraduate, ME and PhD-level research Library: Well equipped 1500 sq. meter LAN-connected computerized Digital Library with 11000+ titles, 60000+ books, 27 national and 450 international journals, reading space for 200 members, audio-video facilities, free book bank for 700 meritorious & Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/CT) students, 30 internet terminals with 45 Mbit/s bandwidth connection, photocopy facilities and more than 1500 international E-journals (IEEE, ASME, ASCE), etc. Library is open 24 hours during the exams. Further expansion of library is planned in 2014–2015 with addition of 4500 sq meter air-conditioned reading space on the 1st floor as well as more class rooms on top of the library. Teaching staff of 181 includes 23 professors, 48 Assistant professors and 120 lecturers with a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 in 2017 Competitive examination: Special classes for the GATE, GRE, TOEFL, etc. Campus placement Department: organizes campus placement drives with employers (e.g. Indian Army, Indian Navy, Cognizant, IBM, Infosys, TCS, etc.) and provides training in employability, soft-skills, interviewing skills and guidance for the higher education in India and overseas

Accommodation Hostels: 4 boys' & 2 girls' hostels that can accommodate about 992 & 350 students respectively, All six hostels have internet connectivity, Mess (dining hall) and own separate large Recreation Halls with Newspaper & Reading Rooms and various games such as Table tennis, Badminton court, Carom, Chess, TV, etc. Faculty Accommodation: 38 residential units for married teaching staff members and a bungalow for the Principal Guesthouse accommodation: 5 (air conditioned) units with attached ensuite bathroom for guests, parents and other visitors

Sports Gymnasium - one multi-gym in the basement of computer science hostel Badminton - 1 indoor court in each of the 6 hostels Basketball - 1 outdoor concrete court Judo & Karate - coaching classes are held for students Table tennis - 2 tables in each of the 6 hostels Lawn Tennis - 2 outdoor courts with floodlights Volleyball - 2 outdoor courts One multipurpose ground for athletics, cricket, football, handball, hockey, kabaddi, kho kho, and softball Annual sports competition among hostels on special occasions Annual sports festival & competition Gaiety among students Participation in District, university and state sports competitions

Cultural and social facilities Arts: Arts Club, Drama club and Music Club Cultural events: Annual Cultural festival & competition Gaiety and Youth Festival Religious Festivals: Officials events are held to celebrate the Ganesha Chaturthi Festival, Holi Festival, Iftar Party, Krishna Janmashtami, Lohri Festival, New Year Party and Saraswati Pooja Social learning: NSS, ISTE Chapter, IE (India) Chapter, Path Finders Club and Quiz Club Venues include Auditorium, Open air theater, Recreation Halls, library and grounds

Board of Management The longest-serving former Chief Minister of Maharashtra late Vasantrao Naik was the founder chairman of the Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal and its various educational institutes, including the Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad. After him, his nephews late Sudhakarrao Naik (also a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra) and his brother Manohar Naik (current 2014-2019 MLA from Pusad) served as the members of the managing committee.

Sister organizations The Janata Shikshan Prasarak Mandal (JSPM), along with BNCOE, has also founded the following educational institutes:

Professional Institutes SN# Name Founded Courses Address Notes 1 Dr. NP HIrani Institute of Polytechnic, Pusad 1984 Diploma in Engineering Pusad-Karla road Right next to BNCOE 2 Sudhakarrao Naik Institute of Pharmacy, Pusad 1983 DipPharm, BPharm, MPharm 1.2 km from the Pusad bus stand on Pusad-Digras-Nagpur Road 3 Physical Education College, Pusad 1991 BPEd Pusad-Nagpur road

Degree Colleges SN# Name Founded Courses Address Notes 4 Phulsingh Naik Mahavidalaya, Pusad 1961 HSc (Voc), BA, BSC, BCom, BCA, BLib, MA, MCom, MSc Pusad-Nagpur Road Across Pus River 5 Srimati Vatsalbai Naik Mahila Mahavidalaya 1989 11th and 12th, BA, BCom, BSC (home science), MA (Sanskrit, history, home economics) Talao layout

'Schools in Pusad city SN# Name Founded Courses Address Notes 6 JSPM School, Pusad 1989 5th to 10th in front of Phulsing Naik Mahavidalaya on Nagpur road 7 JSPM School (new), Pusad 2003 8th to 10th Talav layout 8 JSPM School, Itawa 1989 1st to 4th Itawa, 1.2 km from Pusad bus stand on Nagpur road 9 JSPM Upper Primary Urdu School, Pusad 1990 1st to 7th Rabbani nagar, behind Pus River!

Outside Pusad city agglomeration SN# Name Founded Courses Address Notes 10 JSPM School, Gaul 1992 5th to 12th Gaul village, Yavatmal district 32 km from Pusad on Pusad-Mahagaon MS HS 183 11 JSPM Urdu Vidayalaya, Fulsawangi 1990 5th to 12th Fulsawangi village, Mahagaon taluka, Yavatmal district 48 km from Pusad on Mahagaon-Kinwat MS HS 232 highway roadPusad to Fulsawangi google route 12 JSPM Vidalaya, Bansi 1984 5th to 12th Bansi village 15 km from Pusad via a link road off Nagpur roadPusad to Bansi google map route

In popular culture BNCOE is the location of Anna's Canteen novel written by 1988-91 BNCOE alumni Charanjit Singh Minhas.Anna's Canteen novel on Google BooksAnna's Canteen review on GoodreadsAnna's Canteen review on Amazon The BNCOE Pusad song pays tribute to the life of students at BNCOE.BNCOE Pusad song, from the 4th APNA (Awaz of Pusad in North America) Reunion 2016

See also

BNCOE Pusad song, with 1988-92 pictures when campus was still developing and admin block was still under construction Video collage of BNCOE pictures till 2016 Kumar Vishwas show at BNCOE in 2016 Maitri reunion of 1983-87 batch held at Chikhaldara in 2017, video length: 1.12 hours Gaiety 2010 dance performance

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