Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI) is a Grant-in-Aid Autonomous college in

Vidisha Vidisha (विदिशा, formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar and Bhaddilpur in ancient times) is a city in Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Vidisha district. It is located 62.5 km north ...

in the central

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

. It was established by Late Maharaja

Jiwajirao Scindia Sir Shrimant Jiwajirao Scindia KStJ (26 June 1916 – 16 July 1961) was the ruler of the Gwalior state during the British Raj and later the Rajpramukh (Governor) of the Indian state of Madhya Bharat. Jiwajirao was the Maharaja, of the pr ...

on November 1, 1960, with a donation from Gangajali Trust fund. It is an autonomous institute, which is funded by

Government of Madhya Pradesh The Government of Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP) or Madhya Pradesh Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 55 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the governor of Madhya Prade ...

and managed by the Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Education Society chaired by Hon'ble Shrimant Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia.
The institute started with degree courses 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

. The institute now offers nine full-time and six Part-time

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

courses leading to the degree in

Bachelor of Engineering A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring in an engineering discipline at a higher education institution. In the United Kingdom, a Ba ...

(B.E.) and sixteen

Postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

courses in the areas of

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

and

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

. The college campus is spread over an area of 85 acres.

Background

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute is located at

, a town in the central

n state of

. It was established on 1 November 1960 under the "Open Door" policy of Government of India by Maharaja Jiwajirao Education Society

, with a donation from the Gitanjali Trust Fund of the Scindias, (the erstwhile rulers of

Gwalior Gwalior (Hindi: , ) is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; It is known as the Music City of India having oldest Gwalior gharana, musical gharana in existence. It is a major sports, cultural, industrial, and political c ...

state), and commitment of non-recurring grants from the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...

and

in agreed proportions. The foundation of the Institute was laid down by late Pt.

Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...

, Hon'ble

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on 13 February 1962. The institute was inaugurated by late Dr.

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independen ...

, Hon'ble

President of India The president of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, and the commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the Indian Armed ...

. Initially the institute was affiliated to

Vikram University Vikram University is located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. The university was named after the ruler Vikramaditya. It was established in 1957. It was evaluated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and was awarded B++ gra ...

Ujjain Ujjain (, , old name Avantika, ) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative as well as religious centre of Ujjain ...

to which three other colleges in the region namely MACT Bhopal (now

MANIT The Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT or NIT Bhopal or NIT-B) is a Public university, public technical university located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of a group of publicly funded institutions in India ...

Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), formerly known as Govindram Seksaria Technological Institute (GSTI), is an institute of technology located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is an autonomous institution ...

Indore Indore (; ISO 15919, ISO: , ) is the largest and most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The commercial capital of the state, it has been declared as the List of cleanest cities in India, cleanest city of In ...

and MITS Gwalior were also affiliated at that time. After the establishment of Bhopal university at

Bhopal Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...

(now

Barkatullah University Barkatullah University is a public university in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. formally known as University of Bhopal, and informally known as Bhopal University. It was named after Barkatullah, One of the freedom fighter in Bhopal. Barkatullah ...

) the institute was affiliated to it along with MACT Bhopal and GEC Bhopal. SATI is academically and administratively an autonomous institute, however, it is a part of the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya also known as RGPV Bhopal from 1998 and its degrees are issued by this university. The institute was named after the emperor

Ashoka Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was List of Mauryan emperors, Emperor of Magadha from until #Death, his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynast ...

the great who was the governor of the emperor

Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya (Sanskrit: elp:IPA/Sanskrit, t̪͡ɕɐn̪d̪ɾɐgupt̪ɐ mɐʊɾjɐ (reigned 320 BCE – c. 298 BCE) was the founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar) in the Indian ...

and

(formally known Bhelsa). He married Devi, daughter of a businessman of Vidisha. In March 2016, the institution received NAAC certification. Also the

government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...

has selected this institute under the

world bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

scheme TEQIP-III (Technical Education Quality Improvement Program -III) for a financial assistance of Rs-15 crores, after TEQIP-I and TEQIP-II. The objective of this scheme is to establish academic excellence in the institute through various activities and enhance the employment opportunities of undergraduate and post-graduate students. Foundation Stone Laid byMr Jawahar Lal Nehru

Foundation Stone Laid byMr Jawahar Lal Nehru

Campus

The college campus is situated in the civil lines area near the industrial state of Vidisha. It spreads over 85 acres. The campus has Engineering and Polytechnic College. It has six hostels, three boys' hostels, and three girls' hostels. The campus also has quarters for professors and employees.

Facilities

* Cooperative store * State Bank of India bank, ATM, and Indian Post office * Dispensary; Institute has tie-up with a hospital. * Kailash Satyarthi Auditorium * Guest house * Alumni Transit Home * Canteen * Central Reprographic Center * Kiosk centre * V V Natu Computer Center Full-time and part-time Undergraduate Programs * B.Tech

- 60 seats * B.Tech

Computer Science & Engineering Computer science and engineering (CSE) is an academic subject comprising approaches of computer science and computer engineering. There is no clear division in computing between science and engineering, just like in the field of materials science ...

- 120 seats * B.Tech

Electronics & Communication Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of Passivity (engineering), active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and contr ...

- 60 seats * B.Tech

Electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

Instrumentation Instrumentation is a collective term for measuring instruments, used for indicating, measuring, and recording physical quantities. It is also a field of study about the art and science about making measurement instruments, involving the related ...

-120 seats * B.Tech

- 120 seats * B.Tech

Internet of things Internet of things (IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks. The IoT encompasse ...

- 60 seats * B.Tech

Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

Data science Data science is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processing, scientific visualization, algorithms and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge from potentially noisy, stru ...

- 60 seats * B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering in Blockchain Technology - 60 seats * B.Tech

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

- 60 seats Part-Time Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Courses (4 Year Duration) for Serving Self Employed

Diploma A diploma is a document awarded by an educational institution (such as a college or university) testifying the recipient has graduated by successfully completing their courses of studies. Historically, it has also referred to a charter or offi ...

Holders. ''NOTE:'' As of 2019 Biomedical engineering and petrochemical engineering B.tech/B.E. are no longer available and departments were merged with E & I and Mechanical department respectively. From the academic year 2020, two new programs namely the Internet of things(IoT) and Artificial intelligence & Data science were started. Full Time/ Part Time Postgraduate Programs (A) Engineering & Technology Courses ( 4 semesters ) * M.Tech. Advance Production Systems (Mechanical) (Full Time) * M.Tech. Construction Technology & Mgt.(Civil) (Full Time) * M.Tech. Construction Technology & Mgt. (Civil)(Part Time) * M.Tech.

Transportation Engineering Transportation engineering or transport engineering is the application of technology and scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and management of facilities for any mode of transportation to provide for the safe, ...

(Civil) (Full Time) * M.Tech.

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...

(Civil) (Full Time) * M.Tech.

Power Electronics Power electronics is the application of electronics to the control and conversion of electric power. The first high-power electronic devices were made using mercury-arc valves. In modern systems, the conversion is performed with semiconduct ...

(Electrical) (Full Time) * M.Tech.

(CSE) (Full Time) (B) M.C.A. (

Master of Computer Applications A Master of Science in Information Technology (abbreviated M.Sc.IT, MScIT or MSIT) is a master's degree in the field of information technology awarded by universities A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiar ...

) ( 4 Semesters) intake of 30 seats (C) Courses in

Applied Sciences Applied science is the application of the scientific method and scientific knowledge to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines, such as engineering and medicine. Applied science is often contrasted with basic science, ...

( 4 Semesters) intake of 25 seats * M.Sc.

Applied Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their com ...

(D) Management

M.B.A A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ar ...

(

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

) ( 4 Semesters) intake of 60 seats Ph.D. program ( full or partial ): The Institute is approved as

research center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentric ...

of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Bhopal &

for Ph.D. program in all disciplines of engineering technology, science, and management from affiliated university. Institute publishes a (

research journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the dissemination, scr ...

) SATI journal of science and technology.

AICTE 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 (India), Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 firs ...

has approved this institute as a QIP research center for Ph.D. in engineering and technology in civil, mechanical,

Electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

, CS, IT with two seats each.

D.Sc. A Doctor of Science (; most commonly abbreviated DSc or ScD) is a science doctorate awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. Africa Algeria and Morocco In Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia, all universities accredited by the s ...

Program Institute has approved as a research center of

Bhopal for the D.Sc program.

Educational facilities

Laboratories

The institute has the latest laboratories in all the science and engineering departments capable of catering to the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The institute has following laboratories 1. Computer Science laboratory 2. Mechanical laboratory 3. Chemistry laboratory 4. Electronics laboratory 5.Electrical laboratory and many more laboratories are present in this institute .

Computer facilities

Apart from a computer centre catering to the needs of B.Tech. (computer science and engineering/information technology), each department has its own computer lab. Likewise, the

applied mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematics, mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and Industrial sector, industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a ...

department, which runs an advanced course of M.Sc. in computer science, has developed its own computer center.

Central workshop

Shops have been modernized to cater to the needs of fabrication works involved in student projects and have very modern

metrology Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of Unit of measurement, units, crucial in linking human activities. Modern metrology has its roots in the French Revolution's political motivation to stan ...

laboratory for precision measurement.

Central library

The library has a collection of text and

reference books A reference work is a document, such as a paper, book or periodical (or their electronic equivalents), to which one can refer for information. The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Such works are usually ''referred'' ...

related to engineering, management, and science. It has more than 70,000 volumes with educational videos and CDs covering various subjects and subscriptions of more than 100 national and international

journal A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

s. The library provides open access system facility(OPSF) to all its users. It also provides

online public access catalogue The online public access catalog (OPAC), now frequently synonymous with ''library catalog'', is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the analog card catalogs previously ...

(OPAC) facilities to make easy access to all its contents. The institute has consortium membership of INDEST

new Delhi and INFLIBNET Ahmedabad through the central library. Institute library has subscription to various

e-journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the dissemination, scr ...

databases e.g.,

science direct ScienceDirect is a searchable web-based bibliographic database, which provides access to full texts of scientific and medical publications of the Dutch publisher Elsevier as well of several small academic publishers. It hosts over 18 million ...

, Open J-Gate, IET Digital Library,

American Institute of Physics The American Institute of Physics (AIP) promotes science and the profession of physics, publishes physics journals, and produces publications for scientific and engineering societies. The AIP is made up of various member societies. Its corpora ...

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of ...

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

, Indian Journal,

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society and professional association in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the ...

Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar is an autonomous research institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (India), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. The institute was founded by Professor Bidhu Bhusan Das, who was Direc ...

, etc.

Alumni

Kailash Satyarthi Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformers of India, social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace ...

, Nobel Peace Prize laureate,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, as a graduating student of the University of Bhopal, renamed in 1988 as

. * P. B. Sharma, vice-chancellor, Amity University, Gurgaon, and former vice-chancellor,

Delhi Technological University Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) is a state university in Rohini, Delhi, India. It was established in 1941 as Delhi Polytechnic. In 1952, it started giving degrees after being affiliated with th ...

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

V. K. Chaturvedi, former chairman and managing director,

Nuclear Power Corporation of India The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is an Indian public sector undertaking based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is wholly owned by the Government of India and is responsible for the generation of electricity from nuclear power. N ...

* Pratap Bhanu Sharma, former member of parliament,

* Harneet Singh, CEO, Domino’s Pizza

References

{{Authority control All India Council for Technical Education Vidisha Engineering colleges in Madhya Pradesh Education in Bhopal Universities and colleges in Madhya Pradesh

Background

Campus

Facilities

Educational facilities

Laboratories

Computer facilities

Central workshop

Central library

Alumni

See also

References