MBM Engineering College

M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur
Motto Faith and Labour
Type Technical Education and Research Institute
Established 1951
Chancellor Governor of Rajasthan
Vice-Chancellor Vice Chancellor of JNVU
Dean Prof. Kamlesh Purohit
Academic staff
 170
Administrative staff
 150
Students 2965
Location Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Campus Urban, 62 acres (250,905.1 m2)
Acronym MBM
Website

www.mbm.ac.in

www.jnvu.edu.in

M.B.M. Engineering College (Mugneeram Bangur Memorial Engineering College, MBM), Jodhpur is one of the oldest engineering colleges in India.

History

The M.B.M. Engineering College was established on 15 August 1951, by the Government of Rajasthan. This was made possible by a donation of INR 8,00000 (8 Lacs) from Seth Ramcooverji Bangur of Didwana and INR 2,00000 (2 Lacs) from the Hanwant Benevolent Fund. Mathuradas Mathur and A. D. Bohra started the college in the Ugamji's bungalow near the railway over bridge leading to Sojati Gate, within two months of obtaining approval from the Government. The laboratories and hostels were housed in the old guest house in Ratanada. After a couple of years, the college moved to its present location covering an area of 92,000 sq.m. and new hostels were constructed. With the establishment of Jodhpur University (now J.N. Vyas University) in July 1962, this college became its Faculty of Engineering.[1]

V. G. Garde became Principal on 3 December 1951. Professors who later joined the college include Hari Singh Choudhary, S.C. Goyal, R.M. Advani, M. L. Mathur, Alam Singh, S. Divakaran, V. S. Bansal, D. C. Surana, and BC Punamia.[1]

(Administrative Block of MBM Engineeing College)

Academic history

MBM offers courses of study in engineering and educational programmes leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Post Graduate Diploma in the following:[1]

Visitors

Presidents of India Rajendra Prasad and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Home Minister Govind Ballabh Pant, Finance Minister Man Mohan Singh are among visitors to the college.[1]

Departments and centers

MBM has 14 departments and 3 centers:

Educational Multimedia Research Center

Educational Multimedia Research Center (EMMRC), Jodhpur a production and research center for educational films for UGC-CWCR, received national recognition for its contribution in the field of electronic media. The Center is fully funded by the University Grants Commission.[2]

The AVRC project (Now Educational Multimedia Research Center) was sanctioned by the UGC in 1986, and produces educational TV films. The UGC upgraded the Center from AVRC to EMRC (Educational Media Research Center) in 1991, which became EM2RC (Educational Multimedia Research Center) in September 2004. After producing its first film, "Desert Bats", in 1987, the EMMRC produced over 1,900 educational TV films in Hindi and English on subjects including science, commerce, arts, education, literature, culture, folklore, humanity, medical science, engineering, etc.[2] Twenty of them won appreciation and awards at the national level; they include[3]

Alumni association

"MBM Engineering College Alumni Association" was founded at the time of Silver Jubilee celebration of the college in 1976 by professors Alam Singh, GK Agarwal, ML Mathur, S. Divakaran, BC Punmia and D V Talwar. The association's stated objectives include organizing activities in the college, and awarding scholarships and prizes to students. Alumni association:[4]

Dr. PC Purohit, an alumnus of batch 1977 is the current president of the association.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.mbmalumni.org/brief_history.php
  2. 1 2 http://emmrcjodhpur.edu.in/node/2
  3. ↑ http://emmrcjodhpur.edu.in/node/15
  4. ↑ http://www.mbmalumni.org/fast_facts.php

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