Showing posts with label Kumaon Engineering College Dwarahat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kumaon Engineering College Dwarahat. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Engineering Colleges in Uttarakhand

1) IIT Roorkee (also called IIT R):
This is the premier engineering college in the state. Located in the city of roorkee, it is one of the 9 IIT's in India who are known for their brand name due to highly selective admission,rigorous education and well placed alumni. Earlier it was known as College of Engineering Roorkee before being converted to an IIT.
Courses: It has bachelor's degree courses in 10 disciplines of Engineering and Architecture and Postgraduate's Degree in 55 disciplines of Engineering, Applied Science, Architecture and planning.
Admission: Admission to all the bachelor's courses is through the common joint entrance exams of the IIT's (called IIT-JEE) while GATE is used for admission to master's courses.

Contact Information:
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
India - 247667
Contact No. (011) (91)-(1332)-285311
Email Id: regis@iitr.ernet.in
Web Site: http://www.iitr.ac.in

2) Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (also called GBUAT):
This engineering college is part of the G.B Pant university. Located in the university town of Pantnagar, it is specially known for its agriculture technology courses
Courses: It has bachelor's degree courses in 8 disciplines of Engineering and agriculture and Postgraduate's Degree in 22 disciplines of Engineering and agriculture.
Admission: Admission to all the bachelor's courses is through the common entrance exams of CBSE (called AIEEE)while GATE is used for admission to master's courses.Master courses in Agricuclture engg are conducted through Entrance Examination conducted by ICAR.

Contact Information:
G. B. Pant University Of Agriculture & Technology
Pantnagar - 263145
Dist. Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India
Contact No. (011) (91)-(5944)-233320, 233350
Web Site: http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/acads/ct/index.htm

3) Kumaon Engineering College (also called KEC):
This engineering college is a new entrant to the scene and was set up in 1991. It is located in the town of Dwarahat, Almora.
Courses: It has bachelor's degree courses in 4 disciplines of Engineering.
Admission: Admission to all the bachelor's courses is through the common entrance exam of CBSE (called AIEEE).

Contact Information:
Kumaon Engineering College
Dwarahat - 263653
Dist. Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Contact No. (011) (91)-(5966)-244333, 244812
Web Site: http://www.kecua.in/

4) Dev Bhoomi Institute of Technology (also called DBIT):
This private engineering college is a new entrant to the scene and was set up in 2004. It is located in the town of Manduwala, Dehradun.
Courses: It has bachelor's degree courses in 5 disciplines of Engineering.
Admission: Admission to all the bachelor's courses is through the common entrance exam of CBSE (called AIEEE). However 20% seats are reserved for nominees of management and NRI (for people who didn't do too well academically and/or AIEEE exam.

Contact Information:
Dev Bhoomi Institute of Technology
Chakrata Road,Navgaon (Near Venky's hatcheries), Manduwala - 248007
Dist. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Contact No. (011) (91)-(135)-2694241, 244812
Web Site: http://www.dbitdoon.com/

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Dwarahat, Uttarakhand

Dwarahat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.


Dwarahat is situated in Almora district of Uttarakhand, 37kms from Ranikhet and is popular for a group of 55 ancient temples. It is quite a small place in the centre of Ranikhet and Garsian at the intersection of Ranikhet - Kasauni road and Almora ? Badrinath road. As the name suggests, Dwarahat means way of Heaven where /Dwara/ means way and /Hat/ means Heaven.

A visit to Dwarahat gives you a feeling of closeness with God. Dwarahat has a population of 2543 where 53% constitute males and 47% females. Though it is not a very popular education center of the region, it houses a government engineering college called Kumaon Engineering College. There are also two government colleges in Dwarahat one exclusively for girls and the other a co-education college. Dwarahat is famous for its ancient temples which were constructed mainly by the Katyuri kings and its architecture resembles the Gurjari School of Art.

Maa Dunagiri temple located at a distance of 20km from Dwarahat belongs to the mountain brought by Pavandev. Eevery night of navratri is dedicated to none different forms of Goddess Durga. They are Maa Shailputri, Maa Brahmachaarin, Maa Chandraghanta, Maa Kushmaanda, Skand Maa, Maa Kaatyayini, Maa Kaalratri, Maa Chaamunda, and Mata Sidhidaarti.To reach the Durga temple or Paban Maharaj Ashram on the highway, you have to climb 500 steps on the top of a hill. You can get both food and lodging facilities in the Ashram. Almora , Ranikhet and Kasauni are visible from the Ashram which also provides an excellent view of the mountain peaks of the Himalayas. A couple of fairs are also held at Dwarahat. These are Doonagiri Mela about 52kms from Ranikhet and Syalde Bikhauti Mela which is celebrated on Vishuwat Sankranti day.



A Govt. Engineering College "Kumaon Engineering College Dwarahat" is located in Dwarahat. A polytechnical college and Degree college and the best school is Sishu mandir dwarahat .