Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Former names	Calcutta Civil Engineering College Government Engineering College, Howrah Bengal Engineering College, Sibpore Bengal Engineering College Bengal Engineering and Science University
Motto	उत्तिष्ठित जाग्रत प्राप्य बरान् निबोधत (uttiṣṭhita jāgrata prāpya varān nibodhata) (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Arise, Awake, Obtaining worthy Teachers, Know the truth
Type	Public engineering school
Established	24 November 1856
Chairman	Koppillil Radhakrishnan
Director	Dr. Ajoy Kumar Ray
Academic staff	410
Administrative staff	2067
Students	10130
Undergraduates	6500
Postgraduates	3630
Location	Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India 22°33′21″N 88°18′20″E / 22.55583°N 88.30556°E / 22.55583; 88.30556Coordinates: 22°33′21″N 88°18′20″E / 22.55583°N 88.30556°E / 22.55583; 88.30556
Campus	Urban
Website	www.iiests.ac.in

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur) is a national engineering and research institution located at Shibpur, Howrah district, West Bengal. It is classified as an Institute of National Importance. The institute was established to train scientists and engineers even before India gained its independence dating back to 1856.

The institute offers bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in engineering and architecture as well as master's and doctorate degrees in science and management.

Prompted by the idea of meeting the requirement for trained engineering personnel for the Public Works Department, the Council of Education, Bengal, decided to open Civil Engineering classes and a Professorship in Civil Engineering. A college was established on 24 November 1856 named Calcutta Civil Engineering College, training personnel for the Public Works Department, and located at the Writers' Building, Howrah. With the establishment of Calcutta University on 24 January 1857, the college was affiliated to this university in May 1857. The first degree examination for the Bachelor of Civil Engineering was held in 1864, when two students graduated. In 1865, the college merged with Presidency College, Kolkata and from 1865 to 1869 the college functioned as the Civil Engineering Department of Presidency College. In 1880, the college was shifted to its present campus at Shibpur, Howrah, and was christened the Government College, Howrah, in the premises of Bishop's College. The college became wholly residential from the year 1889. In 1906 Mining Engineering as a discipline was first started in India in this college to meet the requirements of statutory provision in Indian mines. After independence, Dr. B. C. Roy, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, revamped the department to satisfy the demand for mining professionals, and the Department of Mining & Geology was reborn in 1956. On 12 February 1920 the name was changed to Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur. The word Shibpur was deleted on 24 March 1921 and it became Bengal Engineering College. The Department of Electrical Engineering came into existence as a separate department from 1912. The B.E. degree course was introduced during 1935–36 with the first batch obtaining the degree from Calcutta University in 1936.The inception of the Mechanical Engineering Department may be traced back to 1921 when a diploma course in Mechanical Engineering was started in this Institute. The first degree course in Mechanical Engineering started in July 1930. The Department of Metallurgy started its journey at the Bengal Engineering College in the year 1939 with the introduction of a three-year degree course in Metallurgy under the Calcutta University. The department is the second oldest metallurgy department of the country.