Pune Institute of Computer Technology

Private unaided engineering college in Dhankawadi, Pune, India

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Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune

Type| Private co-educational
Established| 1983
Principal| Dr. S. T. Gandhe
Director| Prahlad Kulkarni

Academic staff

| 200+
Students| 2550+
Undergraduates| 2400+[1]
Postgraduates| 100+
Address|

Near Bharati Vidyapeeth, Off Satara Road Dhankwadi

Pune

Maharashtra

India

Campus| Urban, spread over 5+ acres in Southern Pune.
Colors| -
Website| www.pict.edu

Pune Institute of Computer Technology, (or PICT) is a private unaided engineering college located in Dhankawadi, Pune, India. It was established by the Society for Computer Technology and Research, SCTR in 1983. It offers degrees in Information Technology, Computer Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering.

## Accreditation

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PICT was accredited by India's two major accreditation agencies - National Assessment and Accreditation Council [NAAC] and National Board of Accreditation [NBA].

## Specializations and departments

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### Computer Engineering

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* Head of Department: Dr. Geetanjali. V. Kale
* Undergraduate intake per year: 240
* Postgraduate intake per year: 52

The Bachelor of Engineering Program in Computer Engineering commenced from the academic year 1983–84. The Department is known for its excellent results and student placements. There are 10 well-equipped laboratories in the department. The Department has been pioneered as the first Post Graduate Department in Computer Engineering in the unaided Engineering Colleges in University of Pune; with first batch commencing in year 2000. There are two shifts in this program, first consisting of 180 students and the other 60 students.

### Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

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* Head of Department: Dr. Mousami. V. Munot[2]
* Undergraduate intake per year: 240

This program also consists of two shifts, consisting of 180 students in first shift and 60 students in second shift. Established in 1995, this department has a lab with around 25 Texas and Motorola experimental kits. The E&TC department has won the "Best Department Award" in 2003 and 2004. In 2009–2010, the E&TC department had the highest MHT-CET cut-off in University of Pune of 178/200.[citation needed]

### Information Technology Engineering

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* Head of Department: Dr. Archana. S. Ghotkar[3]
* Undergraduate intake per year: 180

PICT's Bachelor of Engineering Program in Information Technology began in 2001 with an intake capacity of 60 students. The current intake capacity is 180 students. It has a multimedia laboratory, operating system Laboratory and network laboratory along with the programming and project laboratories.

## Degrees awarded

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The Bachelor of Engineering(B.E) degree is offered in all the aforementioned departments. ME degree is also offered by all departments. As PICT is affiliated with the University of Pune, the degrees are offered by the university.

### Admissions

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The institute considers the MHT-CET and JEE-Main scores of students for admissions. Also students successfully completing Diploma from polytechnic institutes are eligible for admissions to direct second year. It is considered one of the most selective institutes to get into. There are also programs for students of non-residential Indians ([Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRIs]) in the college.

## Campus and buildings

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The campus is located in Dhankawadi, a suburb of southern Pune. It is a totally urban campus. The hallmark of the 4 acre campus is the central sprawling lawn in front of main library, which is off limits to all the students and teachers.

The buildings in the campus are:

* Main building
* School of Management
* Canteen
* Boys hostel
* Girls hostel
* Workshop
* Guest House

### Main Building

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The main building is the largest building on the campus. It consists of the administrative wing, Computer Engineering wing, Electronics and Telecommunication wing, IT wing and the main library. The building has classrooms, laboratories and staff rooms which are shared between the three undergraduate courses. The PICT library has a collection of books and subscriptions to journals. The library is accessible from 6 AM to 10 PM to students and is centrally located between the three academic wings. The whole of the Main Building has seamless Wi-Fi connectivity except the Lecture Hall Complex.[citation needed]

### F Building

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H.O.D=E. M. Reddy

The F Building is building occupied by First year engineering students. The F Building has various departments namely Electral, Mechanics, Mechanical. Also lab of above departments are located in this building.

### Hostel

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The boys and girls hostel have a combined capacity of 200 students and are located on the north of the campus. All the Hostels have LAN facilities, which facilitate seamless learning. The cafeteria serving mostly Indian cuisine is situated between the two hostels. The PICT basketball court is situated adjacent to the girls hostel building. Also there is a Student Activity Center(SAC) which has facilities for student recreation.[citation needed]

## Extra-Curricular Activities

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Apart from academics, annual technical and cultural festivals are held such as,

* Impetus and concepts (INC 2014)
* PICT Robotics
* TEDxPICT
* PICT MUN Club
* Credenz - PICT IEEE Student Branch organized
* Scientia - PICT IET Student Chapter
* Pulzion - PICT ACM Student Chapter
* Abhivyaktee and Art Exhibition - PICT Art Circle. Cultural show by FE students.
* Addiction - Annual Cultural festival.

Impetus and Concepts, popularly known as INC, was initiated in 1990 and soon reached a stage where it created national and international interest. It won acclaim and industry stalwarts with vision recognized its importance and actively supported the event. Concepts is a national-level project competition, having students participating from colleges all over the country. Apart from technical events PICT's annual cultural event, ADDICTION, also takes place during the month of January.

### PICT Art Circle

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With a Record of winning Best Organized Team 11 times, PICT Art Circle is an official Cultural group of PICT that represents college at various Cultural Events such as Mood Indigo and participates in Intercollegiate competitions such as Purushottam Karandak, Firodiya Karandak and Dajikaka Gadgil Karandak etc.

* PICT has won Purushottam Karandak in 2000,2015 and 2022 along with numerous prizes.
* Recently it has shown exemplary performance at Firodiya Karandak 2019 winning the 2nd Runner Up Position for one act play 'Naqab' in the same for the 3rd Time along with awards such as Best Writer, Actor, Set etc. and Best Organized Team, previously in 2005 and 2017.

### Sports

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Basketball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Football

## Rankings

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PICT was ranked 8th on the list of best Engineering College of India by the Edu-Rand Rankings in 2016.[4] The survey was done jointly by Edu, an Indian company and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American thinktank.[5]

## Alumni

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Neha Narkhede \- Co-founder and former CTO of Confluent. Co-author of Apache Kafka.

Niki Parmar \- Co-author of Attention Is All You Need, Co-founder Elemental AI.

Vaibhav Nivargi \- Co-founder and CTO of Moveworks

Gautam Golwala \- Co-founder of Poshmark

Chetan Pungaliya \- Co-founder of Poshmark

Rahul Ganjoo \- CEO, Food Delivery, Zomato

Atindriyo Sanyal \- Co-founder of Galileo

Michel Susai \- Co-founder NetScaler, NeoAccel

Milind Borate \- Co-founder, Druva

Sahil Sharma \- Co-founder, GigIndia

## References

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1. ^ Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Mandatory Disclosures, 2009-2010 Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ [1] Archived 7 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ [2] Archived 29 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "Best engineering colleges in India". digit.in.
5. ^ "Case Studies, Leaders, Policy, Administration, Industry Focus, Campus, Technology". www.edu-leaders.com.

## External links

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* Official website
* Review of PICT by students
* Inspection of Affiliated Collegeshttp://sppudocs.unipune.ac.in/sites/circulars/Affiliation Circulars/regarding-overall-deficiencies-and-observation-11-12-15.pdf

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History|

* Maratha Empire
* 2010 Pune bombing
* 2012 Pune bombings

Geography|

| Hills and passes|

* Baner Hill
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* Parvati Hill
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* Vetal Hill
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Waterbodies|

* Mutha River
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* Blades of Glory Cricket Museum
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Parks|

* Bund Garden
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Transport|

| Air|

| Commercial|

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* Pune Suburban Railway
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Road|

| Major roads|

* National Highway 48 (India)
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* National Highway 60 (India)
* State Highway 27 (Maharashtra)
* Mumbai–Pune Expressway

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Ring roads|

* High-capatity mass transit route (proposed)
* PMRDA Ring Road (proposed)
* MSRDC Ring Road (proposed)

Bus|

* Pune Station Bus Stand
* Swargate bus station
* Rainbow Bus Rapid Transit System
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Economy|

* Mahathma Phule Mandai
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Culture|

* Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival
* Vasantotsav

Sports|

| Events|

| Multi-sport|

* 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

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World championships|

* 2008 BWF World Junior Championships
* 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
* 2009 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
* 2011 Roll Ball World Cup
* 2013 Asian Athletics Championships

Others|

* Pune Marathon
* 2009 NECC–ITF Women's Tennis Championships
* KPIT MSLTA Challenger
* Royal Indian Open

Teams|

| American football|

* Pune Marathas

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Badminton|

* Pune Pistons

Cricket|

* Pune Warriors India
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Field hockey|

* Pune Strykers

Football|

* FC Pune City
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* DSK Shivajians FC

Kabbadi|

* Puneri Paltan

Tennis|

* Pune Marathas

Venues|

| Stadiums|

* Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
* CAFVD Sports Stadium
* Nehru Stadium, Pune
* Rajendrasinhji Stadium
* Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
* Pune District Football Association Stadium
* Rajendrasinhji Stadium

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Others|

* Poona Gymkhana Ground
* Pune Race Course
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* Royal Connaught Boat Club
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Personalities|

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* Shivaji
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Music|

* Bhimsen Joshi
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Central Pune|

* Kalyani Nagar
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North Pune|

* Chakan
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* Viman Nagar
* Vishrantwadi
* Dehu
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Pimpri Chinchwad
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* Bhosari
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West Pune|

* Aundh
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* Pashan
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* Camp
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South Pune|

* Kothrud
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