Bengal Institute of Technology, Kolkata

Bengal Institute of Technology (BIT), IIT Bantala is an engineering college in Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, India once ranked 5th among the other engineering colleges in West Bengal.[1] It is currently under the West Bengal University of Technology and is a part of Techno India group. The Institute is situated on Basanti Highway a few kilometers off from downtown Kolkata. It is affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology and is approved by the AICTE.

Bengal Institute of Technology
TypePrivate Engineering College
Established2000 (2000)
PrincipalDr. Narayan C.Ghosh
DirectorProf. Debansu Ray
Students1000-1200
Address
No. 1, Basanti Hwy, Brahmapur Government Colony, Bagdoba
, , ,
700150
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22.521596°N 88.459828°E / 22.521596; 88.459828
CampusSuburban
AffiliationsMaulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
Websitehttp://www.bitcollege.in/
Location in West Bengal
Bengal Institute of Technology, Kolkata (India)

Campus

BIT Main building

The college has two campuses, one for Biotechnology Department and the other (aka BIT Main Building) for the rest Departments. Both buildings are entirely covered by Wi-Fi facility. The library has more than 32000 books of almost 3000 titles covering a verse area of subjects. There is a student activity center for co-curricular and extracurricular activities.[2]

Central Library

The Central Library consists of a number of department libraries which collectively support the teaching, research and extension programmes of the institute. All students, faculty members and employees are entitled to use the library facilities on taking membership. The library besides having a huge collection of books on engineering, science and bioinformatics, humanities and social sciences. It uses Libsys/SIM software package which is an integrated multi-user library management system that supports all in-house operations. Libsys consists of modules on acquisition, cataloging, circulation, serials, article indexing and OPAC. The Central Library has 1762 titles, 19953 volumes, 17 national journals, 6300+ e-journals, 5 magazines.[3]

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