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Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

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Reference excerpt

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), in Jais, Amethi (formerly in Raebareli), Uttar Pradesh, India, is a training and education institute focusing on STEM and petroleum industry. It is an institute of national importance equivalent to IITs. It was formally opened in July 2008. It has been accorded the Institute of National Importance status and a governance structure similar to that available to IITs It admits undergraduate students from the rank list of students who have qualified for Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced (JEE Advanced) Examination.

History

4 Jul 2007: The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology at Jais in Amethi District of UP. 29 Nov 2007: The Rajya Sabha passed the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) Bill 2007. 3 Dec 2007: The Lok Sabha passed the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) Bill 2007. 20 Feb 2008: Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi lays foundation stone of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology at Jais. 2008–2009: Start of academic session. 2011: Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh laid the foundations of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (Assam centre). 2012: First BTech batch passes out. 2013: Bangalore centre gets approved. 2014: Veerappa Moily, former Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas inaugurates Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology at Kambali Pura Village, Hoskote Taluk, Bangalore District. 2015: First Convocation was conducted with Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and other high level dignitaries from Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as Chief Guests. 2016: Institute is moved to the permanent campus at Jais. 22 Oct 2016: Union ministers, Minister of Textiles Shrimati Smriti Irani, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javadekar, inaugurated the permanent campus at Jais. May 2017: The institute increases the student intake for BTech program to 120 seats from 75 seats. 13 May 2017: Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan jointly launched the full swing construction work of second campus at Sivasagar, Assam. Dec 2017: Sivasagar campus starts academic sessions for diploma in petroleum and chemical streams. Sept 2018: Bangalore Campus starts academic sessions for 3 MTech courses in the fields of Renewable Energy, Power and Energy Systems Engineering and Energy Science and Technology.

RGIPT and its Centers

Main (Old & New) campus The institute started functioning from a leased land from Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology at Rae Bareli as academic center and ITI Township as Residential center for almost 9 years. On 15 October 2016, the institute was moved to a 47-acre newly constructed permanent campus at Jais, Uttar Pradesh. The infrastructure is not completely finished, but is expected to complete in 5 years. The new campus is a state-of-the-art campus with air conditioned classrooms having projectors, high definition televisions, computers for the faculty, video conferencing equipment. LAN connectivity has been provided in each room including hostel, classrooms along with permanent WI-FI setup has been provided.

RGIPT Jais, Amethi Started academic sessions in June 2008 at a temporary campus at Rae Bareli. On 15 October 2016, the institute moved from temporary campus to the permanent campus at Jais. This campus offers the BTech, MTech, MBA, PhD programs and other research related activities. The cost for setting up this campus was ₹8.61 billion (US$89 million). From 2020 onwards, The Institute began offering BTech Courses in Computer Science Engineering and Electronics Engineering. In the year 2021, a new four year B.Tech. programme in Mathematics & Computing has been started at RGIPT with the goal of setting the stage for developing skills in mathematics and computer science.

RGIPT Sivasagar Campus, Assam Started academic sessions in 2017 at Sivasagar, Assam in 37 acres as a first phase while 63 acres is under construction. On 13 May 2017, Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan jointly launched the full swing construction work of second campus at Sivasagar, Assam. This campus is being built at a cost of ₹8.801 billion (US$91 million).

RGIPT Bengaluru Campus, Karnataka (center of RGIPT) Third campus of RGIPT is in Bengaluru. In July 2013, Karnataka government agreed to offer 150 acres of land to set up the Bangalore centre which is going to be Asia's first centre on fire and safety for oil and gas sector. The Bengaluru Campus is currently offering 04 M.Tech. programmes namely M.Tech. in Renewable Energy, Energy Science and Technology, Power and Energy Systems Engineering & Electric Vehicle Technology and PhD programmes in all disciplines of Engineering specifically in the field of Energy. The institute has commenced its academical activities from its transit campus at NMIT Bangalore from 2018. This campus would initially house 10 research labs established over 1.8 lakh square feet in a research cum academic complex. An Energy Experience Centre, Incubation/E-Cell, Library, Auditorium and Seminar Halls etc. will support the activities of the campus. The institute coming up will cost ₹18 billion (US$190 million).

Organisation and administration

Departments at RGPT Jais RGIPT has the following departments:

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Management Studies Department of Mathematical Sciences Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoengineering Department of Science and Humanities

Campuses RGIPT Jais Campus, Uttar Pradesh RGIPT Sivasagar Campus, Assam RGIPT Bengaluru Campus, Karnataka

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

In research: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2007 establishments in Uttar Pradesh, Amethi district, Educational institutions in India established in 2007, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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