RCC Institute of Information Technology

RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) is a government sponsored engineering college which is located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The college was established in 1999. Government aids are given to the institution by Government of West Bengal and is academically affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.

RCC Institute Of Information Technology
Motto
श्रमम् विना न किमपि साध्यम्
Type
Established1999 (1999)
PrincipalProf. (Dr.)Anirban mukharjee [1]
DeanMr. Sarbojit Mukherjee.
Location
Kolkata
,
India

22.5593°N 88.3967°E / 22.5593; 88.3967
CampusUrban
ApprovedIEI
AffiliationsMAKAUT
Websitewww.rcciit.org
Location in West Bengal
RCC Institute of Information Technology (India)
Jadavpur University is the main leader in this college.
This is a college under MAKAUT.

All the faculties of this institution are recruited by the Government of West Bengal.

Campus
New Campus of RCCIIT

The college campuses are located at Canal South Road, Beliaghata, Kolkata-700015.[2] The old campus is housed at the old Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology campus. A new campus is about 20 metres from the old campus.

The campus is a 10 minutes drive away from East Metropolitan Bypass (near Chingrighata-2 km (1.2 mi) away). The nearest airport is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at Dum Dum, Kolkata. It is a 10 minutes walk away from the nearest bus stop Beliaghata (CIT More) and is well connected with the two city stations, Howrah and Sealdah.[3]

There is no hostel facility in this college.

Organisation and administration

The institute is a unit of the RCC Institute of Information Technology, an autonomous society of Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, with part funding from the Government of West Bengal. This provides the institution with a degree of autonomy, while being administrated and funded by the Government. It has been selected for a TEQIP grant in the govt/govt aided category by the World Bank[4]

The institute is currently headed by Prof. (Dr.)Ashok Mondal as the principal and Prof.(Dr.) Ajoy Kumar Ray (Padmashri) who has been given the responsibility of chairing the RCCIIT society by the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal.

Academics

Admissions

Admission to the undergraduate B.Tech. courses is done through the WBJEE or Joint Entrance Examination JEE MAIN. Postgraduate admissions are done on the basis of ranks in national entrance examinations like GATE[5] or the state level examination PGET conducted by MAKAUT, WB.

College Clubs

Rotaract Club of RCCIIT[6]

RCC Institute of Information Technology has its own institute-based Rotaract Club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Calcutta Renaissance. The club was established by the students of RCCIIT on the 13th of June, 2017 with Awsaf Ambar as the Charter President. The purpose of the club is to conduct non-profit social activities for career development and personal growth.

See also

References
  1. "RCC Institute of Information Technology official website".
  2. "HERE WeGo - Maps - Routes - Directions - All ways from a to B in one".
  3. "RCC Institute of Information Technology".
  4. "Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase‐II List of Project Institutions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015.
  5. "Guidelines on admission to 1st Year of degree Engineering & Technology including Pharmacy College of the State for the academic session 2011-2012" (PDF). wbut.ac.in. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. "Rotaract, RI District 3291 ~ Kolkata, South Bengal & Andamans". www.rotaract3291.org. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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