THE opening up of deemed university status to standalone engineering and management colleges has enabled some institutes such as Institute of Tech Education & Research to drastically increase capacity in the last two to three years. While the recent decision by the government to derecognise some of them came as a jolt, the Supreme Court’s decision to maintain status quo has resulted in most of these colleges moving further up on their growth path.

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While some of the deemed universities like Amrita  have begun to produce academic work of good quality, all of them have infrastructure of a reasonable quality. Some of these colleges like SRM have multi-location campuses while many others like VIT  boast of  a truly international student body. Most of them have student exchange programmes with different universities. What stands in good stead for the student is the assurance of a certain level of infrastructure and resource availability, though the level of teaching and learning experience vary widely. With individual admission processes and large capacities, these colleges do provide a better chance of obtaining an admission vis-à-vis some of the comparable state colleges. So  it makes sense to keep some of these colleges in your consideration set.  

College Profile: Institute of Tech Education & Research

Location: Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Dean: Prof. (Dr.) K.K. Mishra
Flagship programme: BTech
Entrance exam: SAAT (Siksha Anusandhan Admission Test)
Student intake: 1,620 [(240 (Electrical), 240 (Electronics and Communication), 240 (Computer Science), 240 (Mechanical), 120 (Information Technology), 240 (Advanced Electronics and Instrumentation), 120 (Civil), 120 (Electrical and Electronics), 60 (Information and Control)]
Disciplines: Electrical, Electronics and Communication, Computer Science, Mechanical, Advanced Electronics and Instrumentation, Civil 
Full-time faculty: 345
Fees (full course):  Rs. 480,000
Board & lodging (two years): Rs. 64,000
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE approved, NBA and NAAC accredited
Average placement salary: Not available
Top recruiters: Infosys, TCS, L&T Integrated Engineering Services, Wipro
Other programmes:  MTech
Other campuses: None
Web site: www.iter.ac.in

Established in 1996-97, the institute is spread over 40 acres of landscaped area within the corporation limits of Bhubaneswar. ITER has 14 academic disciplines and currently, 5,600 students are enrolled at the institute. 

 Infrastructure includes two conference halls equipped with audio visual, multimedia facilities and 6 air-conditioned seminar halls, audio visually equipped with roof-mounted LCD/DLP projectors and Internet connection. 

ITER has a well equipped centralised computer centre, which is always functional with a number of servers and over 250 Pentium-IV computers in LAN setting and Wi-Fi connectivity systems. 

The library has 60,000 volumes with 5,746 titles besides e-journals. It is fully computerised with LIBSYS software which helps in accessing a wide range of material, both in print and in electronic. 

MoUs have been signed with IIT Bhubaneswar, IMMT Bhubaneswar, NALCO, CIPET, Infosys, Mindtree, Hexaware, and Wipro, which entail industrial visit by the students, in-plant training, students’ projects, human resources exchange programme, short-term courses, seminars, symposia, computer and web-based training, development of technology support, sponsored PhD and MS projects at SOA University, and consultancy. 

ITER’s Placement Cell equips students for recruitments through counselling sessions for overall personality development, training through GDs, personal interviews, industry readiness tests  and other soft skills.