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Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

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Rajiv Gandhi Technical University (RGTU) (Hindi: ), also known as University of Technology of Madhya Pradesh, is an Indian multi-campus affiliating university in Madhya Pradesh. It has campuses and affiliated colleges in Bhopal, Sagar, Indore, Jabalpur, and Gwalior etc. The university was established as a common university for all the technical institutes, mainly including engineering and pharmacy colleges in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The university was named after the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. All the colleges of Engineering, Pharmacy, Science and Technology as well as the Polytechnics affiliated to various Universities and Boards of Technical Education are affiliated to the newly set up University of Technology.

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

Motto

Pragyanam Brahma

Established 1998 Type Public

Chancellor Dr.Rameshwar Thakur ViceChancellor Prof. Piyush Trivedi

Contents
1 History 2 BEC/GEC/UIT-RGPV 3 Campus 4 Constituent institutes 5 Institute facilities 6 External links

Rector Location Campus Other names Mascot

Dr.V.K Sethi Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Urban Rajiv Gandhi Technical University

Falcon

Affiliations UGC

History
Rajiv Gandhi Technical University was established by the government of Madhya Pradesh vide Act No. 13 of 1998.

Website

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (http://rgpv.ac.in)

Mascot Falcon, the mascot of RGPV, holds a degree in its beak, portraying the engineers graduating from RGPV. The falcon holds a pen in one of its claws, symbolizes the power of expression. The paddy grasped by the other claw represents the productivity and prosperity resulting from the efforts of the graduates in their profession.

BEC/GEC/UIT-RGPV
UIT-RGPV is an engineering institution in central India. The institution was established in 1986 by the Government of Madhya Pradesh as the Government Engineering College, Bhopal. It has been granted Autonomous status from the 2010 session. Its official website is http://rgpv.ac.in/. In 1998 the government of Madhya Pradesh declared the institute autonomous and named it Bhopal Engineering
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College (BEC). The institution was declared a constituent college of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (Technical University of the State of Madhya Pradesh) from July 2002 by an order of the government of Madhya Pradesh. It is knowns as the University Institute of Technology-RGPV,Bhopal or UIT-RGPV (also RGUIT).

Campus

The

institution is situated near Gandhi Nagar on the outskirts of the city, 3 k.m. from the airport on the Gwalior by-pass road. The campus is spread on 241.14 acres (0.9759 km2). The main buildings start 1 km from the main gate. The campus has Instructional blocks, Workshop, Library block, Nano Technology block, School of Energy and Environment block and Administrative block. The campus has residential facilities for the staff and separate hostels for boys and girls. The campus is full of greenery and sight seeing locations specially in rainy season. Besides the above mentioned blocks, the campus also includes an Energy Park, Bio-diesel Plant, Medicinal Garden and a number of wind mills and solar panels which contribute to the energy requirement of the University..

Constituent institutes
UIT : University Institute of Technology. Offers BE courses in Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Industrial Production Engineering, Information Technology, and Mechanical. * SOPS: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Devoted entirely to postgraduate study and research in pharmaceutical Sciences and allied disciplines, the school was established in 2002. The school teaches an understanding of medicines- how they made, how they act and how people use them to prevent and cure diseases. It does research in the areas of cancer drugs and HIV drug design and development, biopharmaceutics and drug delivery. Courses: M.Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Chemistry M.Pharmacy - Pharmaceutics M.Pharmacy - Quality Assurance
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The department promotes collaboration and creativity among the faculty through collegial interaction, research centres, Pharmaceutical Industries, mutual respect and exchange of ideas. it collaborates with international researchers in the area of new drug discovery and development. Sophisticated Analytical Instrumental Laboratory (SAIL) High Performance Liquid Chromatograph ( Shimadzu, Japan) FTIR Spectrophotometer ( Jasco, Japan) UV Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu, Japan) Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatograph ( Waters, Austria) Freeze Drier ( Virtis, USA) LC-Mass-Mass (Applied Biosystems, USA) Rotary Vacuum Flash Evaporator (Roteva, India) Eight Basket Dissolution Test Apparatus (Electrolab, India) Differential Scanning Calorimeter ( Perkin Elmer, USA) Tablet Section (Rotary Tablet Machine, Granulator, Coater with accessories) (Karnavati, India) Particle Size Analyzer (Malvern, UK) Fluorescent Microscope (Radical, India) Refrigerated Centrifuge ( Eppendorf, USA) Nitrogen Evaporator (Caliper Life Sciences, USA) Homogenizer ( Omni, USA) CHN Analyzer ( Elementar, Germany) Drug Design Softwares (Schrdinger, Open Eye, Auto Dock) SOB: School of Biotechnology Offers an M.Tech in Biotechnology SOIT: School of Information and Technology Courses Offered The courses are BE in Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Industrial Production Engineering, Information Technology, and Mechanical. From 2008 UIT began three ME courses in: ME - Power Systems ME - Structural Engineering ME - Heat Power Engineering Research interests Power sector reforms Energy conservation and audit IC engine and air pollution, robotics Trenchless technology, NDT, design of pressurized concrete structures.

Institute facilities
The departments of UIT are equipped with computer centers, departmental libraries, and labs for teaching research
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and innovation. Some of these are: Electrical Drives Lab Power System and Protection IM Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) & CAD Lab Advanced Chemistry and Physics Labs Computer Controlled CI engine Non CFC refrigerant Testing Ring Environmental Lab Hydraulic Lab and Geotech Engineering labs. All Weather Approach Road Portable Water Supply System Electrical Generator Students' Canteen Students' Common Room Hostel Boys and Girls Principal's Quarters Digital Library Quarters for Faculty Guest House

External links
RGPV website (http://rgpv.ac.in/) Results from RGPV (http://rgpv.ac.in/Exam/ProgramSelect.aspx) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Proudyogiki_Vishwavidyalaya" Categories: All India Council for Technical Education | Educational institutes in Bhopal | Universities and colleges in Madhya Pradesh | Engineering colleges in Madhya Pradesh This page was last modified on 9 February 2011 at 13:24. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

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