Khulna Polytechnic Institute

Khulna Polytechnic Institute
খুলনা পলিটেকনিক ইন্সটিটিউট
Logo of Khulna Polytechnic Institute
Type Polytechnic
Established 1963 (1963)
Principal Bikash Chandra Mondal
Academic staff
 90 (2017)[1]
Administrative staff
 58 (2017)[1]
Students 3,712 (2017)[1]
Address Old Jessore Road, Khalishpur Industrial Area, Khulna, GPO-9000, Bangladesh
22°50′43″N 89°32′34″E / 22.8452°N 89.5429°E / 22.8452; 89.5429Coordinates: 22°50′43″N 89°32′34″E / 22.8452°N 89.5429°E / 22.8452; 89.5429
Language Bengali
Website www.kpi.edu.bd

Khulna Polytechnic Institute (abbreviated as KPI) is a government-owned polytechnic located in Khulna, Bangladesh. It is one of the biggest and oldest polytechnics in the country.

History

Work began on a technical training center in Khulna during Pakistan's First Five-Year Plan (1955–60).[2] By 1963, construction of institute buildings, workshops, student hostels, and staff housing was well underway.[3]

Campus & Hostels

Since 2008, the hostel of Khulna Polytechnic Institute has been closed.

Academics

About 3800 students are pursuing diploma studies in engineering in this institution. At present, KPI has 8 teaching departments. Every year the intake of diploma students is around 700. A total of about one hundred teachers are teaching in these departments and institutes. Khulna Polytechnic Institute has the following departments:

  • Electronics
  • Power
  • Environmental
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • I.P.C.T
  • Civil
  • Computer

The Bangladesh Technical Education Board oversees the curriculum.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "KPI at a glance". Khulna Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Ramzi, Younus. "Technical Education in Pakistan". Pakistan Quarterly. 14 (4): 12.
  3. ↑ East Pakistan Year Book. 1963. p. 74.
  4. ↑ "BTEB & DTE". Khulna Polytechnic Institute.
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