Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology
Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology is a private engineering college under the University of Nagpur, India. It is located in Nagpur city, Mouza Shivangaon, Behind CRPF Campus, Hingna Road, Nagpur. The college was established in 1999. The principal is Dr. V. M. Nanoti. The college is run by Lokmanya tilak Jankalyan Shikshan Santha's Nagpur.
History
PIET was founded in 1999 by Dr. Satish Chaturvedi, a former Parliamentarian and a veteran state leader.It started with unique branches, Chemical and Biotechnology and was affiliated to the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. The college continued to progress rapidly and by 2001 had seven different departments and offered postgraduate programs as well.
Campus
The campus is 5 acres wide.There is an on-campus boys hostel with all possible amenities. Sports facilities for the college students are present with basketball, football, cricket, badminton and gymnasium within the campus.
The main campus buildings are as follows:
- Library and Administration Block
-Chemical Engineering Department
-Biotechnology Department
- Mechanical Engineering Department
- Electronics Engineering Department
- Electrical Engineering Department
- Computer Engineering Department
- Information Technology
- Computer Technology
- Science Department
- Central Computing lab
- Workshop
- Engineering Drawing Lab
- Fluid Engineering Lab
- Language Lab
- Hostel buildings
- Gymnasium
- Canteen
Admission
- Admission is done based on the score obtained in 12th standard or JEE Mains exams.
- Common Admissions Process conducted by Directorate of Technical Education is used to fill 80% seats of the institute.
- 40% of the CAP seats are reserved for OBC, SC,ST,VJ,NT,NT,NT,NT,SBC.
- To improve chances of a career in engineering for women, 30% of all the seats allocated for CAP are reserved for women.
Rankings
Departments
The following departments for higher study and research have been in continuous operation since these were established:| Department name | Year of establishment |
| Applied Sciences | 1999 |
| Chemical Engineering | 1999 |
| Biotechnology | 1999 |
| Information Technology | 2001 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 2002 |
| Computer Technology | 2008 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2010 |
| Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering | 2010 |
| Electrical Engineering | 2010 |
Courses offered
UG courses
Under Graduate Full Time Courses| Courses | Year of starting the course | Intake 2015-16 |
| B.E. | 1999 | 60 |
| B.E. | 2010 | 60 |
| B.E. | 1999 | 60 |
| B.E. | 2010 | 60 |
| B.E. | 2008 | 60 |
| B.E. | 2001 | 120 |
| B.E. | 2001 | 60 |
| B.E. | 2002 | 60 |
PG courses
Post Graduate Full Time Courses| Courses | Year of starting the course | Intake 2012-13 |
| M.Tech. | 2010 | 18 |
| M.Tech. | 2010 | 18 |
| M.Tech. | 2009 | 18 |
Placements
The following is the placement statistics 2014–15:Academic Staff
| Branch | Staff |
| First year | 36 |
| Chemical Engineering | 20 |
| Biotechnology | 20 |
| Computer Technology | 20 |
| Electrical Engineering | 20 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 20 |
| Electronics and communication Engineering | 33 |
| Information Technology | 22 |
| Computer Science and Engg | 22 |
- Total Academic Staff = 200