Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering (BNCoE), Pusad, founded in 1983, is a not-for-profit engineering college run by the Janta Shikshan Prasharak Mandal, located at Pusad, Yeotmal District in Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra, India.
History
Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal was established and registered as a society in 1960. The Founder President of JSPM was Late Shri. Vasantrao Naik - the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1963 to 1975), and the Founder Secretary was Sudhakarrao Naik - the former Chief Ministers of Maharashtra (1991 to 1993) and former Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1994 to 1995). In 1961, the JSPM started Phulsing Naik Mahavidyalaya at Pusad with an enrollment of 100 student.
in 1983–84, the JSPM started Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering (BNCOE). In 1984–1985, the JSPM started Sudhakarrao Naik Institute of Pharmacy, and Dr. NP Hirani Institute of Polytechnic. In 1991, the JSPM started JSPM College of Physical Education.
As of 2014, JSPM runs 22 schools, colleges and hostels. Today JSPM society imparts quality education to more than 10,000 students every year.
Location
Located within Kakaddati locality, the college is on SH-215 Karla Road from the Pusad bus stand, from district headquarters Yavatmal via SH-210 or alternate route via SH-213, from Amravati via NH-161G, from Nagpur via NH-53 and NH-361, from the state capital Mumbai, from the national capital Delhi and from Hisar.
Nearest railway station are at Nanded - for south bound, Akola - 140, from Hingoli and Washim for west & south bound, Wardha - for north bound and Nagpur - for north and east bound passengers.
Nearest airports with regular scheduled commercial flights is away Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport at Nagpur. Other airports nearby with no regular scheduled commercial flights are Yavatmal Airport at Yavatmal - , Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport at Nanded - , Akola Airport at Akola - , Amravati Airport at Amravati - , and Osmanabad Airport at Osmanabad - .
Affiliations and accreditation
BNCoE, Pusad is affiliated to the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University which is recognized under Section 12(B) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act of Ministry of Human Resource Development (India), Government of India as well as accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) (Permanent AICTE Application#: 1-4318017). Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University is an associate member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London. Independent recognition of BNCoE, Pusad by University Grants Commission (UGC) makes it eligible for the UGC grants for the schemes related to students and teachers.
BNCoE, Pusad is accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education and its successor National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for running undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various branches of engineering.
BNCoE, Pusad is ISO 9001- 2008 certified, accredited by Institution of Engineers (India) and has been awarded 'GRADE A' by the Government of Maharashtra.
BNCoE, Pusad Laboratory facilities have been recognized as PhD-level by the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. Though BNCoE, Pusad itself does not directly offer any PhD courses but this recognition allows its staff to pursue PhD courses while using college laboratory facilities for the research.
BNCoE, Pusad is ranked 23rd in Computer Science & Engineering and 29th in Mechanical Engineering among nearly 9,000 engineering colleges in India as per an all India survey done by the SiliconIndia. The same SiliconIndia survey also ranked BNCoE, Pusad 8th in Western India . It is considered one of the top engineering college in Maharashtra state by the 3rd party independent sources.
Courses
The college runs Bachelor of Engineering (BE)and Master of Engineering courses.
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses
The college has 1st year intake of 660 in the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses of minimum 4 years duration in the following academic disciplines:
Master of Engineering (ME) courses
The college has 1st year intake of 18 students (total 52) in each of the following Master of Engineering courses of minimum 2 years (4 semester) duration.
Facilities
The college has of buildings spread over a campus which has the following on-site facilities: