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{{Short description|College in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
| image =
| other_name = IIT Hooghly
| motto = ''Developing Human Resources "
| established = 2004
| principal = Dr. Smitadhi Ganguly
| students = 1200 (approx.)(changes in every year)
| city = [[Hugli-Chinsura|Hooghly]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| website = {{url|www.hetc.ac.in}}
| faculty = 70 (approx.)
| administrative_staff = 60 (approx.)
}}
'''Hooghly Engineering and Technology College''' ('''HETC''') is a self financed [[engineering]] [[college]] run by the Hooghly Engineering & Technology College Society, engaged in the promotion of [[technical education]] amongst students and the dissemination of scientific knowledge in society. The institute is affiliated with [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]] (formally known as WBUT). It is recognised and aided by the [[Government of West Bengal]] and its courses are approved by the [[All India Council for Technical Education]] (AICTE).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hetc.ac.in/aicte.pdf |title=AICTE Approval |publisher=HETC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821120757/http://www.hetc.ac.in/aicte.pdf |archivedate=2012-08-21 }}</ref>

==Campus==
HETC is in [[Hugli-Chinsura|Hooghly]] of [[Hooghly district]] in [[West Bengal]], India. It is {{cvt|1.9|km}} from the [[Hooghly railway station]] and approximately {{cvt|800|m}} from [[Hooghly Ghat railway station]]. One half of the campus is connected through Wi-Fi. The college consists of an academic and administrative building, a library and a vast area of open land.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}{{vague|date=April 2018}}

===Hostel===
There is a hostel for female students inside of the college campus while the hostel for male students is external.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==Academics==
Hooghly Engineering and Technology College offers undergraduate programs in engineering disciplines. The college offers [[B.Tech]] in [[Computer Science and Engineering]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hetc.ac.in/computer_science.html |title=CSE |publisher=HETC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815101002/http://www.hetc.ac.in/computer_science.html |archivedate=2012-08-15 }}</ref> [[Electronics and Communication Engineering]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hetc.ac.in/electronics.html |title=ECE |publisher=HETC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724013723/http://www.hetc.ac.in/electronics.html |archivedate=2012-07-24 }}</ref> [[Electrical Engineering]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hetc.ac.in/electricals.html |title=EE |publisher=HETC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808183921/http://www.hetc.ac.in/electricals.html |archivedate=2012-08-08 }}</ref> [[Civil Engineering]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hetc.ac.in/civil.html |title=CE |publisher=HETC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423082242/http://www.hetc.ac.in/civil.html |archivedate=2012-04-23 }}</ref> and [[Mechanical Engineering]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hetc.ac.in/mech.html |title=ME |publisher=HETC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808190605/http://www.hetc.ac.in/mech.html |archivedate=2012-08-08 }}</ref>

===Admission===
Admission to the B.Tech courses is on the basis of the position secured by the candidate in the [[West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination]] And [[Joint Entrance Examination – Main]].

In all courses, 90% of students of approved intake capacity are admitted on the basis of merit position secured by the candidate in West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination. The 10% balance of students are admitted from Joint Entrance Examination – Main as per the norms stipulated by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] and the [[State Government|West Bengal]].

Diploma holders in any engineering and technical discipline can enter for a degree course in the second year at HETC, through the admission test JELET conducted by Central Selection Committee (CSC).

Among these, some (1 or 2) seats are also available for [[Reservation in India#Reservations in education|Reserved Category]], Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) and [[People with disabilities|PwD]] candidates.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Tuition-fee-waiver-for-poor-JEE-candidates/articleshow/8969451.cms TFW Reserved Seats] The Times of India City, 24/06/11</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Financial Support: Establishment of Special Cells for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Universities and Institutions Deemed to be Universities |url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/financialsupport/special_cell.html |publisher=University Grants Commission, India |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511165254/http://www.ugc.ac.in/financialsupport/special_cell.html |archivedate=2012-05-11}}</ref>

==Training and placement==
The training and placement cell arranges vacational training and placement for students at organizations like [[Indian Air Force]], [[Larsen & Toubro|L&T]], [[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre|VECC]], [[Air India]], [[Doordarshan]], [[BSNL]], [[DRDO]], [[WBPDCL]], WBSEDCL, [[Eastern Railways (India)]], [[NTPC Limited|NTPC]], [[Damodar Valley Corporation|DVC]], [[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works|CLW]], [[Simplex]], [[Bridge and Roof Company (India)|Bridge & Roof]], [[KMDA]], [[Shapoorji Pallonji Group]], Gannon Dunkerley & Company, [[Tata Consultancy Services|TCS]], mPockket.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hetc.ac.in/visit_company.html |title=Training & Placement |publisher=HETC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801040631/http://www.hetc.ac.in/visit_company.html |archivedate=2012-08-01 }}</ref> [[West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company]] (WBSETCL), [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]], Tatia Topi Engineering Works, West Bengal State Council of School Education and [[IBM]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://www.hetc.ac.in/ – Official website

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[[Category:Engineering colleges in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Hooghly district]]
[[Category:Colleges affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2004]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in West Bengal]]

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