Hooghly Engineering and Technology College (HETC) is a self financed

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run by the Hooghly Engineering & Technology College Society, engaged in the promotion of

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amongst students and the dissemination of scientific knowledge in society. The institute is affiliated with

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), is a public state university located in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It is funded completely by the Government of West Ben ...

(formally known as WBUT). It is recognised by the

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and its courses are approved by the

All India Council for Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in 1 ...

(AICTE).

Campus

HETC is in Hooghly of

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura ('' ...

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, India. It is from the Hooghly railway station and approximately from Hooghly Ghat railway station. One half of the campus is connected through Wi-Fi. The college consists of an academic and administrative building, a library and a vast area of open land.

Hostel

There is a hostel for female students inside of the college campus while the hostel for male students is external.

Academics

Hooghly Engineering and Technology College offers undergraduate programs in engineering disciplines. The college offers B.Tech in

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Electronics and Communication Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

, Electrical Engineering,

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

, and

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...

Admission

Admission to the B.Tech courses is on the basis of the position secured by the candidate in the

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WBJEE is a state-government controlled centralised test, conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board for admission to many private and governmental engineering institutions in Wes ...

And

Joint Entrance Examination – Main Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main), formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an Indian standardised computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, ...

. In all courses, 90% of students of approved intake capacity are admitted on the basis of merit position secured by the candidate in West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination. The 10% balance of students are admitted from Joint Entrance Examination – Main as per the norms stipulated by the UGC and the

. Diploma holders in any engineering and technical discipline can enter for a degree course in the second year at HETC, through the admission test JELET conducted by Central Selection Committee (CSC). Among these, some (1 or 2) seats are also available for Reserved Category, Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) and

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candidates.

Training and placement

The training and placement cell arranges vacational training and placement for students at organizations like

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, L&T, VECC,

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, BSNL,

DRDO The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ( IAST: ''Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan'') is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India ...

, WBPDCL, WBSEDCL, Eastern Railways (India), NTPC, DVC, CLW,

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, Bridge & Roof, KMDA,

Shapoorji Pallonji Group Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited, trading as Shapoorji Pallonji Group, is an Indian conglomerate company, headquartered in Mumbai. It operates in construction, real estate, textiles, engineered goods, home appliances, shipping, publ ...

, Gannon Dunkerley & Company,

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, mPockket., West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company (WBSETCL),

, Tatia Topi Engineering Works, West Bengal State Council of School Education and IBM.

References

External links

* http://www.hetc.ac.in/ – Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooghly Engineering And Technology College Engineering colleges in West Bengal Universities and colleges in Hooghly district Colleges affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology Educational institutions established in 2004 2004 establishments in West Bengal