Faridpur Polytechnic Institute (), often abbreviated as FPI, is a government technical institute in Faridpur,

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. It is one of the oldest polytechnic institutes in

History

The institute was established in 1963 as Faridpur Technical Institute. In 1967, it was reformed as Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.

Location

Faridpur Polytechnic Institute is located at Baitul Aman, a neighborhood of Faridpur city in

. It is near Baitul Aman campus of the Government Rajendra College, Faridpur.

Academic programs and departments

It offers diploma-level programmes for Diploma-in-Engineering in many different technological areas, each required to study for a 4-year-long curriculum. Students can participate in: *

Civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Computer engineering Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software. It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engi ...

Refrigeration Refrigeration is any of various types of cooling of a space, substance, or system to lower and/or maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is ejected to a place of higher temperature).IIR International Dictionary of ...

and

air conditioning Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature, and in some cases, also controlling the humidity of internal air. Air c ...

engineering *

Electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

Power engineering Power engineering, also called power systems engineering, is a subfield of electrical engineering that deals with the generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of electric power, and the electrical apparatus connected to such sy ...

There is a department for each of the above programmes and a related subject department called as Non-tech. Each department is headed by a chief instructor (CI). So, there are total of seven departments in Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.

Students

As of January 2022, there are 3824 students in 6 departments in the institute.

Academic staff

The principal is Engr. Md. Akkas Ali Sheikh. Departments heads include: *Civil Technology: Md. Ismail Hossain (1st Shift) Md. Nurul Islam Bhuiyan (2nd Shift) *Electrical Technology: Moniruzzaman Raju (1st Shift) Md.Shah Sikander (2nd Shift) *Mechanical Technology: Prokash Kumar Saha SM Ishaque *Power Technology: SM Ishaque *Computer Technology: Md. Ripan Mian (2nd Shift) Fahim Ahmed (1st Shift) *Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology: Mohammad Reaz Hossain *Non-Tech: Md. Jahangir Alam Md. Mujibor Rahman Bhuiyan Currently there are about 62 teachers in the institute.

Facilities

Faridpur Polytechnic Institute Academic Building

The institute has necessary facilities to keep up good educational environment. Government and institute authority are always doing their best to improve the existing facilities and adding more to it.

Halls of residence

There three dormitories for students. Two are for boys and one for girls. *Kobi Alaul Hall *Shahid Titumir Hall *Women Hall

Workshops and laboratories

*Refrigeration and air condition lab *R.A.C. Lab *Electrical Wiring Shop *Electrical Machine Shop *ENT LAB *Audio Visual LAB *Machine Shop *Welding Shop *Sheet Metal Lab *Materials Testing Lab *Steam lab *Wood Shop *Mason Shop *Software lab *Digital lab *Physics lab *Chemistry lab *Auto diesel shop *Fuels and lubricants lab *Hydraulics lab *Foundry shop *Steam and gas lab

Library

There is a library in the institute for the use of students, teachers and staff. The library is kept open during institute hours to enable the students to study. Students can borrow necessary books for a semester without any fees.

Mosque

There is an air conditioning mosque in the institute.

Flower garden

There are several local and foreign flower gardens here. Which made this institute look awesome.

Political views

That institute is a non-political institute.

Directorates

The institute operates under the executive control of the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

(MOE) acting through the

Directorate of Technical Education Directorate of Technical Education () is a Bangladesh government Directorate under the Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commo ...

(DTE). The academic programmes, curriculams are maintained under the regulation of the

Bangladesh Technical Education Board The Bangladesh Technical Education Board is a state regulatory board responsible for monitoring and developing technical and vocational education in the secondary level ( SSC), 2-year higher secondary level (HSC/Vocational), 4-year Diploma in Agr ...

(BTEB).BTEB
(Bangladesh Technical Education Board). BTEB function under Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA), which in turn function under Chief Accounts Office (CAO), and it function under MOE.

References

External links

Official website of Faridpur Polytechnic Institute

Google Map direction of Faridpur Polytechnic Institute

Directorate of Technical Education
{{authority control Government polytechnic institutes in Bangladesh Colleges in Dhaka Division Education in Faridpur District Universities and colleges in Dhaka Universities and colleges established in 1963 1963 establishments in East Pakistan