About University

Thapar University previously known as Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology was founded in 1956 by Karam Chand Thapar of the Thapar Group of companies. Situated in the city of Patiala in Punjab, it is one of north India’s premier institutes of engineering and technology. Thapar University offers courses at the bachelors, masters and Ph. D., level in several disciplines of engineering and technology. Over 10,000 students have graduated from Thapar University. In a survey conducted by DataQuest, it was rated among the top 15 engineering schools in India.

Thaparian culture is based on overall growth. The students keep themselves busy in some activity or the other. These include various academic, cultural and literary activities. At the same time discipline is maintained by the institute to maintain focus on professional growth. The annual college festival “Aranya” has been quite a success among all colleges in Punjab. The institute also has an literary-cultural festival by the name “Saturnalia” held every year in March

Campus

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) is the major Institute located in the 250-acre  Thapar Technology Campus (TTC) in the historic city of Patiala(Punjab). Other prominent institute is the L.M.Thapar School of Management. It is one of the premier institute of management in India which facilitate young minds having traits of management and technology blended together to form a perfect suit for current scenario.

Academics

The Institute offers undergraduate programmes leading to Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree and postgraduate programmes leading to Master of Engineering (M.E.), Master of Software Engineering, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degrees. In addition, industry oriented and practice based Master’s Degree programmes in various disciplines are offered in collaboration with TTTI, Chandigarh.

Recently, the institute has started MBA as well as dual MBA+BE five year integrated programme.

A number of Thapar graduates have made it to the IES. D.S.Kapur, a civil graduate of 1978 batch was all India IES Topper. Apart from the technical field, Thaparians have excelled in the administrative services.IAS and other Central Services also caught the fancy of the Thaparians, after a 1983-batch electronics and telecommunications graduate K. B. S. Sidhu set the trend, finishing among the IAS toppers in the 1984 batch.

The Management school i.e. L.M.Thapar School of Management has also marched its steps towards excellence. The students, most of whom have prior professional work experience, have been crossing the boundaries and are frequently visiting top institutes like IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad for project work and dissertation purposes.

LMTSOM is also hugely benefited by the presence of Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park which is a part of Thapar University. Management Research and Innovation Forum (MRIF) has been set up specifically for promoting management based research. It is looking forward for collaboration with prominent research centers across the world.

Past of the University

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) was established in 1956 with the goal of providing undergraduate and postgraduate education in Engineering and Technology, a close interaction with industry, and a strong emphasis on research. TIET has grown steadily in size and activities during the last four decades of its existence. Over 10,000 engineers have graduated from TIET. In recognition of its achievements, TIET was granted full autonomy and the status of a Deemed University in 1985 by the University Grants Commission.

Thapar Group

Ballarpur Industries Limited  , Bilt Paper Holdings Limited, Orient Engineering and Commercial Company Limited, The Pioneer, Sohna Stud Farm Pvt Limited, TT & G Trading Pvt Limited, iBilt Technologies Limited, Bilt Middle East Pvt Limited, Himalayan Hideaways Pvt Limited, Karam Chand Thapar & Bros Limited, Lavasa Corporation Limited and KCT Papers Limited are some of the Thapar group companies. Other Thapar group companies and concerns in India are, the Pioneer newspaper, Thapar house on Janpath lane, Tiger Bay restaurant, Global Green. The Crompton Greaves  Greaves Cotton and JCT group is with MM Thapar. His son Samir Thapar runs JCT Mills and JCT Limited and his son Arjun Thapar runs JCT electronics.Bilt Chemicals and Bharat Starch was vested with BM Thapar and hence would be under his sons Gautam and Karan Thapar’s control. Gautam has also been named by L.M. Thapar as the successor of his group of companies. IM Thapar’s son Vikram Thapar looks after his group which includes the Calcutta based coal trading business K.C Thapar started out with and prawn farms for prawn exports as well as the Tiger Bay restaurant chain. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Tech. is a group project funded by the Thapar’s. JCT Mills FC is a Football club of JCT Mills.

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