Khulna Polytechnic Institute
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| Type | Polytechnic |
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| Established | 1963 |
| Principal | āĻļā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ |
Academic staff | 90 (2017)[1] |
Administrative staff | 58 (2017)[1] |
| Students | 4,000 (2019)[1] |
| Location | Old Jessore Road, Khalishpur Industrial Area , , GPO-9000 , Bangladesh 22°50â˛43âŗN 89°32â˛34âŗEīģŋ / īģŋ22.8452°N 89.5429°E |
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| Language | Bengali |
| Colours | Blue  Khaki  Black  |
| Website | www |
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Khulna Polytechnic Institute (abbreviated as KPI) is a government-owned polytechnic located in Khulna, Bangladesh. It is one of the biggest and oldest polytechnics in the country.
History
[edit]Work began on a technical training center in Khulna during Pakistan's First Five-Year Plan (1955â60).[2] By 1963, construction of institute buildings, workshops, student hostels, and staff housing was well underway.[3]
Campus and hostels
[edit]Since 2008, the hostel of Khulna Polytechnic Institute has been closed.[citation needed]
Academics
[edit]About 4000 students are pursuing diploma studies in engineering in this institution. At present, KPI has 9 teaching departments. Every year the intake of diploma students is around 800. A total of about one hundred teachers are teaching in these departments and institutes. Khulna Polytechnic Institute has the following departments:
- Civil engineering (100+100)
- Electrical engineering (100+100)
- Electronics engineering (50+50)
- Mechanical engineering (100+100)
- Power engineering (50+50)
- Biophysical environment engineering (50+50)
- Computer science and engineering (CSE) (50+50)
- Instrumentation & Process Control Engineering (I.P.C.E)(50+50)
- Instrumentation & Process Control Engineering (50+50)
- Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Engineering (50+50)
The Bangladesh Technical Education Board oversees the curriculum.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "KPI at a glance". Khulna Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- â Ramzi, Younus. "Technical Education in Pakistan". Pakistan Quarterly. 14 (4): 12.
- â East Pakistan Year Book. 1963. p. 74.
- â "BTEB & DTE". Khulna Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
