Delhi Technological University - [DTU]

About College

In the end years of the pre-independent era, India witnessed a great change in the educational sphere with the inception of the Delhi College of Engineering. It was a great milestone achieved by India which contributed towards strengthening the Indian industries.

• Initially known as the Delhi Polytechnic, the DCE came into existence in the year 1941 as a result of the Wood and Abott Committee of 1938.
• The DCE came under the affiliation of the Delhi University in 1952 which allowed it start formal programs of graduation level.
• It is credited as being the mother of numerous institutions that are now present across Delhi including the IIT Delhi.
• It was then under the administrative control of the Government of NCT of Delhi under the Department of Technical Education & Training.
• In July 2009, DCE was changed to Delhi Technological University by the Delhi Act 6 of 2009
• The university has an amazing 164 acres of land of pure scenic beauty.
• The university offers a wide range of courses that are tailor-made for the professional field and which would help the students to get the relevant preparation.
• It provides best placement opportunities to the students. Every year the students of the university get placed in multinational companies.

Academic Overview: DTU offers admission to following courses-

1. B-Tech – Full Time: Below table describes the total no. of seats in each stream and last year cut-off ( Delhi General) based on JEE(Main) 

2. M-Tech Programme: Below is the GATE cut off(2013) for candidates for respective stream students

Extracurricular: DTU also has various committees and clubs which help in imbibing leadership, team work and other moral and behavioral qualities in them. Also, they help students to showcase their extracurricular talent and will.

Some of the major are as follows:-

• Madhurima - The Music Society
• Pratibimb – The Dramatics Society
• Kalakriti – The creative Arts Society
• Dhoom – The Dance & Choreography Society
• Furore – the live events Society
• SPIC-MACAY
• EDC – Entrepreneurship Cell
• SPIE – International Society for optical Engineering
• IEEE – Institution of Electronics and Electrical Engineers
• SAE- Society for Automative Engineers
• SME – Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• CSI – Computer Society Of India
• IET – Institution of Electricals Engineers
• SPE – Society of Plastic Engineers
• ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• SWM – Society for Experimental Mechanics

It also has various teams for the college projects named as follows:-

• Unmanned Aircraft System
• Solaris
• Super Mileage Vehicle
• Hybrid Car
• Chandra Rath
• Moon Buggy

Placement Description: DTU is one of the top engineering colleges in the country with an unmatched placement record. It is ranked #1 in placement category by Outlook India. Placements details for previous academic years is tabulated below-

Facilities:

• Library: DTU library is a three storied centrally air-conditioned spread over an area of 5000 sq. meters. It also has a conference hall with capacity for 150 people and reading room for 300 people. It has a rich set of books collection with almost 1,23,978 books in main library, 52,700 in General book bank, 9,057 in SCP Book Bank and 2085 received through donation.
• Health Services: It has fully fledged 20 bed hospital block. Services of two medical practitioners are available to the students. It also invites special medical practitioners for ENT, eye, dental care etc once a week.
• EDUSAT Studio: DTU is one of the AICTE EDUSAT Base network center where experts lectures and programs related to engineering, science etc. are conducted.
• Sports: DTU has provided the best of the facilities in sports and games for its students. It has special dedicated courts for almost all of the major games.

Events/Festivals: The various cultural societies of the Delhi Technological University organize many cultural events and festivals in the university that gives the students a chance to display their skills in the fields other than academic.

• Engifest   : It is the annual college cultural festival.
• TOIKA     : It is the annual technical festival.

Ranking:

Scholarship: The University of Delhi gives scholarships to the DTU students. Some of them are-

• Pandit Man Mohan Nath Dhar Scholarship for undergraduate financially weak students
• Inder Kohli and Anand Kohli Scholarships to the students passing Senior Secondary School Examination with first division marks
• Man Mohan Krishna Kaul Scholarships for the students enrolling their names in B.E Electronics/Electricals/Mechanical and Civil first year courses.
• Smt. Savitri Agnihotri Scholarships for those who join 1st degree program in any one of the Faculty of Technology branches