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Bhilai
Bhilai is a city in Durg district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. Along with its twin-city Durg, the urban agglomeration of Durg-Bhilai Nagar has a population of more than a million, making it the second-largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur. The Bhilai metropolis contains three municipal corporations: Bhilai Municipal Corporation, Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation and Risali Municipal Corporation. Bhilai is a major industrial and educational hub of central India. The city is home to several industries like Bhilai Steel Plant, Jaypee Cement, Orient Cement, NSPCL Bhilai Power Plant, Steel Authority of India, FSNL and ACC Cement. The city is home to the Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, as well as the Bhilai Institute of Technology. The city also has the state's oldest zoo, Maitri Bagh. Etymology The term ''Bhilai'' is derived from the Bhil tribe which originally inhabited this region and continues to dwell in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IIT Bhilai
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai (IIT Bhilai) is a public research university and technical institute in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. Established in 2016, it is one of the Indian Institute of Technology in India. History Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai was inaugurated on 7 August 2016 by Prakash Javadekar, Shri Prakash Javedakar, (at the time) Minister of Human Resources Development, Government of India, and Raman Singh, Shri Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. IIT Hyderabad was entrusted with the responsibility of mentoring the institute under the guidance of Prof U.B. Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad. The institute started its operation from its transit campus located in the Government Engineering College (GEC) at Sejbahar, Raipur, wherein the first batch of students was inducted in 2016. Prof Rajat Moona took charge as Director of IIT Bhilai on 20 March 2017. Prior to joining IIT Bhilai, he was Director General of the Centre for Development of Advanced Comput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhilai Steel Plant
The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), located in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, is India's first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and other steel products. The plant also produces steel and markets various chemical by-products from its coke ovens and coal chemical plant. It was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955. Bhilai Steel Plant is eleven-time winner of the Prime Minister's Trophy for best integrated steel plant in the country. The plant is the sole supplier of the country's longest railway tracks, which measure . The 130 - meter rail, which would be the world's longest rail line in a single piece, was rolled out on 29 November 2016. The plant also produces products such as wire rods and merchant products. It has been the flagship integrated steel plant unit of the Public Sector steel company, the Steel Authority of India Limited and is its largest and most profitable production facility. The Bhilai Steel plant was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Authority Of India
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is an Indian public sector steel manufacturing corporation based in New Delhi. It is the largest government-owned steel producer, with an annual production of 18.29 million metric tons. Incorporated on 24 January 1973, SAIL has 54,431 employees and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel. SAIL operates and owns five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Rourkela, Durgapur, Bokaro and Burnpur ( Asansol) and three special steel plants at Salem, Durgapur and Bhadravathi. It also owns a Ferro Alloy plant at Chandrapur. It also has an R&D Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS) and a Centre for Engineering in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The company has a total of 692 patents globally, out of which 343 have been granted. More than 64% of the 692 patents are active. SAIL has filed the maximum number of patents in India, followed by Egypt and Germany. History 1959–1973 SAIL traces its origin to the Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL) which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhilai Institute Of Technology
Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg (BIT DURG) is a private engineering college in Chhattisgarh, India. History The commissioning of the Bhilai Steel Plant at Bhilai in 1959 necessitated having suitably trained and skilled personnel to perform specific technical tasks at the plant. Seeing this need, various organizations, industrialists, charitable institutions, and philanthropic societies decided to establish an engineering institution, and to this end, a trust was formed and registered. The Government of Madhya Pradesh accorded to open a self-supporting and self-financing engineering institute, and thus, in July 1986, the Bhilai Institute of Technology came into existence. Seth Balkrishan was a philanthropist and a key founding member of BIT. His contributions in the fields of education, sports, social advancement, and the spiritual needs of the community are seen as legendary in Bhilai and the neighboring regions. The institute is therefore dedicated to him. BIT-Durg was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU) is a state university located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. History Establishment In early 2005 the State Government of Chhattisgarh decided to establish the university with the aim of providing "systematic, efficient and quality education" in the fields of engineering and technology. The relevant act was passed in the Chhattisgarh state assembly on 21 January 2005. Manmohan Singh, then Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of the university in a ceremony held on 30 April 2005. Land and financial aid by Bhilai Steel Plant According to a 2008 news report, the Bhilai Steel Plant, one of the largest steel plants of the country, agreed to donate over 250 acres of land to the Chhattisgarh government for the establishment of the university, along with for related infrastructure development. Adopting industry-academia linkage system After the university adopted an "industry-academia linkage system", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List of states and union territories of India by population, seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the northwest, Maharashtra to the southwest, Jharkhand to the northeast, Odisha to the east, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to the south. Formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh, it was granted statehood on Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava, 1 November 2000 with Raipur as the designated state capital. The Jogimara and Sitabenga Caves, Sitabenga caves in Chhattisgarh, one of the earliest examples of theatre architecture in India, are dated to the Maurya Empire, Mauryan period of 3rd century BCE. The region was split between rivaling dynasties from the sixth to twelfth centuries, and parts of it were bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhilai Charoda
Bhilai Charoda is a municipal corporation and a part of Bhilai city in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. Charoda is an industrial area of Bhilai city. Asia's longest railway marshaling yard is in Charoda, Bhilai. Demographics As of 2001 pdate/sup> India census Charoda had a population of 98,008. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Charoda has an average literacy rate of 77.63%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with male literacy of 87.19% and female literacy of 67.96%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. The Sex Ratio of Bhilai Charoda is 995. Thus per every 1000 men, there were 995 females in Bhilai Charoda. Also, as per Census, the Child Sex Ration was 1,034 which is greater than the Average Sex Ratio ( 989 ) of Chhattisgarh. Bhilai (charoda) is situated equidistant, 20 kilometers, from Durg and Raipur (the state capital). Places of interest Deobaloda has a temple of the Hindu god Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
