Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

The institute has undergone several name changes since its establishment in 1856. Established as Government College, Howrah in the premises of Bishop's College, the name was changed to Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur. The word Shibpur was later deleted in 1921.[5] In October 2004, the institution was conferred the status of a West Bengal state university and renamed as Bengal Engineering and Science University or BESU.[5] In March 2014, the institute was conferred the status of an INI and was renamed Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur.

Bishop's College, Howrah

The Clock Tower, IIEST

The institute was established as an independent entity in 1880 as 'Government College, Howrah' in the premises of Bishop's College in Shibpur, Howrah. In 1921, the name of the college space was changed to 'Bengal Engineering College'. At this time in contained only civil and mechanical engineering departments.[6] Several other departments were created subsequently over the years, the last among them being that of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2010.

On 1 October 2004, the institution was conferred the status of a full-fledged university.[5] It was formally inaugurated as Bengal Engineering and Science University by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India, on 13 July 2005.

In March 2014, the institute was conferred the status of an INI and was renamed Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur by the Govt. of India by suitably amending the National Institutes of Technology and Science Education and Research Act, 2007. The conversion process of BESU to IIEST was mentored by IIT Kanpur.[7][8] President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated it as IIEST on 24 August 2014.[9][10]

In June 2014, Govt. of West Bengal appointed IIEST Shibpur as the Mentor Institute for Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, which was inaugurated in June the same year.[11][12]

Undergraduate programs to the various engineering disciplines (4-year B. Tech. programs) and architecture (5-year B.Arch. program) are granted via JEE Main, taking 50% students from the home state (West Bengal) and 50% from other states. Students from any discipline other then Architecture, on the basis of their performance, are allowed to change their disciplines at the end of the 1st Year (i.e., second semester) and may opt for dual degree (B.Tech.-M.Tech.) courses extending over 10 semesters as per terms and conditions specified by the institute.[15] For PG programs admission is through GATE for MTech courses and Joint Entrance Screening Test for MSc.

IIEST Shibpur was ranked 21st by the NIRF 2020 rankings among engineering institutes.[17]

OIKOTAAN 5 performance

Guest performance in OIKOTAAN

• REBECA, short for REunion and Bengal Engineering College Annuals, is the cultural fest of IIEST Shibpur. It is the oldest student-organized festival in India. From REBECA's very inception since 1932, it has been the annual reunion function of the then B.E. College, later on, it has been transformed into an annual college fest cum reunion, being the biggest of its kind in eastern India. Held in the even semester, REBECA consists of 4 nights: Classical Night (for classical music by students and local classical artists), BEings Night (hip-hop, pop, and rock music along with dance performances by students and local bands), Kolkata Night (music by Kolkatan bands) and Mumbai Night (music performances by artists of national fame).
• Kriti is organized by the Institute's Society for Creative Arts and Green Environment or SCAGE.
• Instruo is the technical fest of the institute.
• Scintillations is an E-Summit organized by EDC (Entrepreneurship Development Cell, IIEST Shibpur).
• Oikotaan is an open and interactive music concert dedicated to original music. It is organized by Euphony, the music society of the institute.[18]
• Impetus is a technical fest organised by Society of Mechanical Engineers of IIEST, Shibpur.
• VAIDYUTAK is the technical fest of department of Electronics and Telecommunication engineering.

• John Samuel Slater, principal[19]
• Sankar Sen, professor of electrical engineering department.[20]
• Joseph Allen Stein, professor and head of the Department of Architecture

• Soumitro Banerjee, electrical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Amitabha Bhattacharyya, production engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Gautam Biswas, director, IIT Guwahati
• Promode R. Bandyopadhyay, American-Indian Inventor
• Bimal Kumar Bose, scholar in Power Electronics, Chondra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics, Professor Emeritus at University of Tennessee, member of National Academy of Engineering[21]
• Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, Architect at Liverpool University holds Sir James Stirling chair in architecture
• Pradip Chatterjee, flautist and singer, founding member of Mohiner Ghoraguli
• Arunendu Das, songwriter
• Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, nuclear scientist, Padma Shri recipient
• Buddhadev Das Gupta, classical sarod player, Padma Bhusan recipient
• Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect. Called the "Einstein of structural engineering"
• Binoy Majumdar, poet, Sahitya Akademi Award winner
• Biren Mookerjee, industrialist, CMD Martin Burn & Co.Ltd. MD IISCO Ltd.
• Rajen Mookerjee, industrialist, co-founder of Martin Burn & Co. and founder of Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.[22]
• Tathagata Roy, Ex GM / Chief Engineer Metro Railway and politician, Governor of Tripura
• Narayan Sanyal, novelist, writer of "Shatyakam".
• Badal Sarkar, dramatist and theatre director, Padma Shri recipient
• S.B. Ghosh Dastidar, Chairman Railway Board New Delhi Earlier General Manager Western Railway Mumbai, Padma Shri awardee
• Jatindranath Sengupta, poet and writer.[23]

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