Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
The Government of West Bengal set up an expert committee on 31 December 1998, under the Chairmanship of Ashesh Prasad Mitra, eminent scientist to explore the necessity and scope for establishment of an engineering and technology university in West Bengal.
The University came into operation formally with the assumption of the office of the first Vice Chancellor on 15 January 2001 as a sequel to the promulgation of "The West Bengal University of Technology Act", 2001, under West Bengal Act XV of 2000 passed by the West Bengal Legislature. The University started its academic programme, from 16 July 2001 following a Notification from the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal dated 15 June 2001 through the affiliation of Engineering and Management Institutions / Colleges and has entered the eighth year of its functioning. The University is included in Section 2F and also in Section 12B of UGC and recipient of UGC Grant.
The renaming of the university from West Bengal University of Technology to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal in April 2015[3] led to agitation in the student community and across the colleges affiliated to the university
Campus
The University, which began operating from the West Bengal State Archives Building was located at 43 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata 700017, India is currently located at Haringhata, Nadia(from 2018 onwards), India with area of 40 acres. It has accommodation for both boys and girls,a large playing ground, a central library and it is stated to launch many other facilities for students.
The University would have a permanent main campus of approximately 40 acres of land at Haringhata, District nadia, provided by the Government of West Bengal. Hostels have been built to accommodate both men and women students
List of Affiliated Colleges Under Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal
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