BTech

B.Tech Program in Navrachana University has five branches – Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering.  Engineering education and profession is a challenging and rewarding for young students who are talented and creative. It calls for developing expertise in designing technological systems to benefit the society. In addition, the problem-solving strategies learned in engineering are readily transferable and they are in high demand in a variety of professions, including medicine, law and business. NUV’s B.Tech education is best termed as “rigorous and broad” and aims to produce technological leaders who are both creative and entrepreneurial.

While the curriculum of all B.Tech programs have some common pattern in the courses, however, every program has educational characteristic unique to its own. The programs have a definite academic philosophy and pedagogy which imparts a distinct identity in NUV’s technical education.We follow a credit-based semester system that is followed internationally and take some time to understand the system and the grading pattern. In addition, the B.Tech program will provides a holistic education through courses in Basic Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Management. Science and Engineering education is supported through hands-on work in state-of-the-art laboratories and strong emphasis is placed on concurrently running theory  and lab courses so academic knowledge gets validated first hand. In addition, every student receives a strong education in Computer Programming and they get to develop expertise indiscipline-specific computerized tools.

Our education is built on a strong Industry-Academia partnership. The University is founded by Jyoti Ltd., and it supports education at the University. We are constantly partnering with other industries in and around Baroda through our Industry-Connect initiative to forge a relationship where they are equal partners in the classroom. Professionals routinely take part in classroom education to expose students to industrial realities and become professionals. Students also participate in real-life project to receive practical education.

There are several defining characterises about our B.Tech program:

General Education: General education is an important aspect of our education. We place strong emphasis on English, communication, Critical thinking technical reading and writing, environmental science and soft skills. Students get to study Economics and —– as part of the General Education at the university.

Foundational Courses: Engineering is the applied knowledge of scientific principles to analyze, design and develop a new device or machines. It is important to connect science and engineering curriculum. B.Tech curriculum integrates engineering with basic science courses for the preparedness of student’s foundation and for improving student’s understanding about engineering and technology. We place strong emphasis on physics, chemistry, Mathematics and including operation research.

Project based Education:

Practical Education: While early education in B.Tech is theory-focused and academic; in the first two year the education is through Experiential Engineering and later years the education is hands-on project based and students apply what gets taught in the classrooms. Upper level students undertake design projects to learn constructing working prototypes that solve problems confronting the Indian society.

Cross-disciplinary  Education: Cross-disciplinary education is another hallmark of our B.Tech education. Students from one discipline have a choice to take courses from another engineering discipline. For example Mechanical Engineering students choose a range of courses from Electrical, Civil or Computer Engineering programs. This helps to expand disciplinary boundaries, explore opportunities to fuse information and create new disciplines like Mechatronics.

Interdisciplinary Education: To provide comprehensive and broad-based education we offer interdisciplinary spanning over three semesters and students can choose courses from a basket of electives in management, education, design offered by programs across the university. This helps in the making T-shaped students who have a broad education through cross and interdisciplinary education and a focused expertise through disciplinary education.

Khoj: BTech students join other students from across the university to participate in Khoj – a hand-on interdisciplinary course in social innovation. They explore problems challenging the society, learn from people, engage them in co-creating new innovations of social relevance. This course teaches students important lessons in problem-solving through technology, co-creation and how to detect opportunity to create win-win innovations.  They also become a valuable member of the society.

Entrepreneurship Education: All students receive Entrepreneurship education at NUV as we believe in producing “job creators” in addition to “job seekers”. Consequently they take at least on Entrepreneurship course during their education at the university. Students can sign up for additional Entrepreneurship courses through Independent Study and with a faculty to receive education.  This helps students become entrepreneurs and also prepare for employment as employers seek out students with entrepreneurial skills.

Independent Study and Extra-Credit: NUV subscribes to the, “Be What You Want To Be” motto. So it has instituted the system of Independent Study and Extra-Credit. Independent Study is designed to help students undertake self-driven education of interest to them. In collaboration of a faculty, a student can choose to pursue areas of education outside of what gets offered in the classroom and receive academic credit at no extra cost. For example, a B.Tech student wanting to develop a new technology or study a new area or gain additional experience in an industry, can register for an Independent Study course with a faculty and receive academic credits. However, this is only open to students in second year and beyond. Similarly Extra Credit is designed to offer: “more marks for more work” through grades. Students can better academic performance by doing extra work or gain organizing knowledge by arranging an event or hold and attend talks under Extra Credit and receive additional marks. Consult your faculty about taking advantage of this and about how to further your education at NUV.