University Institute of Technology, RGPV, Shahdol

University Institute of Technology, RGPV, Shahdol — commonly known as UIT Shahdol — is a public engineering institute located at Chhatwai on Rewa Road in Sohagpur, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established in 2015 by the state technological university of Madhya Pradesh, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal, and functions as a constituent college of that university. Its creation was intended to bring technical education to the Shahdol division, an area comprising the districts of Shahdol, Umaria and Anuppur in the north-eastern region of Madhya Pradesh. The institute is described by its own administration as the only engineering college in the Shahdol division. It currently offers undergraduate engineering programmes leading to the B.Tech. degree, with specialisations in Mechanical Engineering and Mining Engineering. Each programme admits cohorts of about 60 students. The B.Tech. degree is a four-year, eight-semester course. The choice of mining engineering reflects the local economy: the division is rich in coal, limestone and dolomite, and contains the Sohagpur Coalfields, one of India's oldest and most productive coalfields, managed by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL). UIT Shahdol presents itself as an institution striving for education for all, with particular attention to Scheduled Tribes and backward students of the Shahdol division. The region is home to indigenous tribal communities such as the Gonds and the Baiga. Beyond academics, the institute runs a hostel, library and workshop, along with other amenities for student welfare. Its involvement with students is described as continuing beyond graduation, with support for higher studies and employment. The institute operates under the umbrella of RGPV Bhopal, a state technological university established in 1999 by Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Act 13, 1998. RGPV has a campus of about 247 acres and oversees a large network of affiliated institutions, including engineering, pharmacy, MCA and architecture colleges, as well as polytechnic institutions. UIT Shahdol is one of the university's constituent units rather than an independent private entity, and it is owned and funded within the state higher-education system of Madhya Pradesh. As a young and relatively small institute, UIT Shahdol's public profile is centred on its role in regional access to engineering education, its mining and mechanical programmes, and its connection to the industrial and resource economy of the Shahdol division. It maintains an official website at uitshahdol.rgpv.ac.in and can be contacted at its Chhatwai campus in Sohagpur.

UIT Shahdol was established in 2015 as a constituent college of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), the state technological university of Madhya Pradesh headquartered in Bhopal. Its founding followed directives of the Government of Madhya Pradesh to extend the university's technical education network into the north-eastern part of the state. The institute was located at Chhatwai on Rewa Road in Sohagpur, within Shahdol district, to serve the Shahdol division — the districts of Shahdol, Umaria and Anuppur. The parent university, RGPV, had itself been created in 1999 under Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Act 13, 1998, on a campus of about 247 acres. Over the following years RGPV grew into an umbrella institution with university teaching departments and a large number of affiliated engineering, pharmacy, MCA and architecture colleges, as well as polytechnic institutions. UIT Shahdol became one of the university's own constituent institutes, rather than an affiliated private college. From its beginning, UIT Shahdol offered undergraduate engineering education. Its two core programmes are B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering and B.Tech. in Mining Engineering, each with an intake of about 60 students. The four-year, eight-semester B.Tech. structure follows the standard Indian undergraduate engineering pattern. The mining engineering specialisation is closely tied to the local economy, since the Shahdol division contains the Sohagpur Coalfields, one of India's oldest and most productive coalfields, managed by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), along with deposits of coal, limestone and dolomite. The institute has described its mission in terms of education for all, with a particular emphasis on Scheduled Tribes and backward students of the Shahdol division. The surrounding region is home to indigenous tribal communities including the Gonds and the Baiga. To support students, the institute operates a hostel, library and workshop, among other amenities, and states that its involvement with students continues after graduation through support for higher studies and employment. As of the available public information, UIT Shahdol remains an active constituent college of RGPV Bhopal, operating from its Sohagpur campus and offering its two B.Tech. programmes. It is a relatively young and small institution whose history is still closely bound to the expansion of state technical education in Madhya Pradesh and to the resource-based economy of the Shahdol division.

• 2015

  UIT Shahdol is established by RGPV as a constituent college in the Shahdol division, offering B.Tech. programmes.

• 1999

  RGPV is established as the state technological university of Madhya Pradesh on a campus of about 247 acres.

• 1998

  Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Act 13, 1998 provides for the establishment of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV).

A state-run constituent engineering college of RGPV Bhopal, positioned as the only engineering college serving the Shahdol division and focused on access for tribal and backward students.

• B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering

  Four-year, eight-semester undergraduate engineering programme with an intake of about 60 students.

• B.Tech. in Mining Engineering

  Four-year, eight-semester undergraduate engineering programme with an intake of about 60 students, aligned with the mining economy of the Shahdol division.

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