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Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

Coordinates: 30°07′59″N 75°25′26″E / 30.133°N 75.424°E / 30.133; 75.424
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Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology
संत लोंगोवाल अभियांत्रिकी एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान
भारत सरकार द्वारा स्थापित
File:Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology logo.jpg
Mottoयोगः कर्मसु कौशलम्
(yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam)
(Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Excellence in action is yoga
TypePublic
Established1989
DirectorV. K. Jain
Academic staff
340
Students4500
Location
Longowal, Sangrur, Punjab
India
Campus451 acres (1.8 km2)[1]
AcronymSLIET
AffiliationsUGC, AICTE, NAAC,[2] NBA
Websitesliet.ac.in
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Template:Contains Indic text Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) is an Institute of Technology with status Deemed University[3] in Longowal, Sangrur district, Punjab, India established by Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. The institute is an autonomous body, fully funded by the Government Of India and controlled by the SLIET society, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

The main objective of SLIET is to offer flexible, modular, layered, multipoint entry/exit programmes in Engineering & Technology. SLIET aims to promote Self-employment in all programmes by introducing a component of entrepreneurship & providing guidance and counseling services to help students to take up self employment ventures. It offers non-formal programmes in different areas of technology to strengthen the scope of institutional programmes. SLIET provides Technical Education facilities for women, through specially designed courses. The Institute also offers continuing education programmes for working personnel from industries at different levels.[4]

History

Formal shape was given to the idea of a National Level Institute in the Rural Backdrop of the Longowal Village, 1989. Shri Arjun Singh, Then Honorable Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India lays the foundation of the Institute,1991.[5] The institute was formally inaugurated on 20 December 1991 in the memory of the late Harchand Singh Longowal.

The institute commenced Certificate and Diploma programmes in the year 1991 and subsequently the Degree programme in the year 1993. The Post Graduate Courses in four disciplines commenced in the year 2003.[4] All Degree Programmes were Accredited by the AICTE,2003 & Impact Assessment and Review conducted by EdCIL,2004. The institute was accorded Deemed to be University Status during the year 2007-08.

Campus

SLIET is located 19 Kilometers(11mile) east of Sangrur on 451 acres of land provided by Punjab Government.

References

  1. ^ MHRD University Report 2012 (DCF - I)
  2. ^ "NAAC Accreditation List". NAAC.
  3. ^ "Deemed Universities in India". UGC.
  4. ^ a b "Institute History". Ministry of Human Resource Development. Retrieved 30 Sep 2014.
  5. ^ "Inaugrated by Arjun Singh". SLIET Academics Dept, Indiaresults.com. Retrieved 16 Oct 2012.

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