Sardar Patel College

of Engineering

Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE) is a government-aided autonomous engineering

college located in Mumbai, India. It is affiliated to the University of Mumbai[1] and offers
undergraduate (Bachelor) and graduate (Master) degrees in engineering. It is one of the few
Mumbai University affiliated colleges that have received Grade ’A’ rating from the Government of
Maharashtra.[2] The college is supported by government funds, and was granted autonomous
status by the UGC in June 2010.[3]
 Sardar Patel College of Engineering
Other name spce

Motto अमृतं तु विद्या (Knowledge is Nectar)

Type Government-Aided

Established 1962

Principal Dr. M. M. Murudi

Undergraduates 1680

Postgraduates 18*6=108

Location Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Campus Metropolitan- 47 acres

Website www.spce.ac.in (http://www.spce.ac.in/)

The students and alumni of college are colloquially referred to as SPCEians.

History

The college was founded in 1961 as a government-aided engineering college by Kulapati Dr. K.
M. Munshi under the management of the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. The foundation stone of the
college was laid on 17 September 1961 by Yashwantrao Chavan, who was then the Chief
Minister of Maharashtra. The college was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962. The college
is dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, an eminent
nation builder of independent India.

The college started with courses in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering with an initial
intake of 40 in each branch that was subsequently increased to 60. At the time, it was only the
fifth engineering institute in the Bombay region after Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute,
University Department of Chemical Technology, IIT Bombay and M. H. Saboo Siddik College of
Engineering. The institute introduced its first post-graduate course, a Masters of Engineering
(Civil) with structural engineering subjects, in 1988 with aid from the Ministry of Human
Resource Development. Subsequently, a post-graduate program in mechanical engineering
disciplines was also introduced.

The college is autonomous and affiliated to the University of Mumbai for its full-time degree,
post graduate, and research programs. The institute is a recognised PhD and QIP center and it is
one of the TEQIP-II & TEQIP-III institutes.[4]

The University of Mumbai recognised the college as two separate institutions - SPCE (Aided)
offering Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering courses and SPCE (Unaided - now a
separate institute called SPIT) offering Computer Engineering, Electronics & Information
Technology courses. The university desired that these self-financed courses be separated and
housed in a separate building and developed as a separate self-financed entity. Thus, in 2005-06
the unaided wing was formally separated from its parent college and established as Sardar Patel
Institute of Technology (SPIT).[5][6][7]

Campus

The college is located in Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's lush green campus at Munshi Nagar, Andheri
(West), Mumbai- 400058. The campus has a bank extension (Indian Bank), a lake and a
botanical garden, Lord Shiva Temple, Bhavan's Adventure Park, greenery everywhere.

The college is at about 2 km from Andheri Railway Station. And also about 7–8 km from
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Mumbai.

The college is also at 2 minutes walkable distance from Azad Nagar Metro Station

The college shares its campus with

SP Jain Institute Of Management And Research

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology

Bhavans College

A.H.Wadia Highschool

Departments

Department Of Civil Engineering

 Department Of Structural Engineering

Department Of Mechanical Engineering

Department Of Electrical Engineering

Academics

Academic programmes

The college offers full-time courses in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. Recently, the
college has been granted permission to conduct PhD course in civil and mechanical engineering.
Courses offered include:

Bachelor of Technology (Civil)

Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical)

Bachelor of Technology (Electrical)

Master of Technology (Civil) Construction Management

Master of Technology (Civil) Structural Engineering

Master of Technology (Mechanical) Thermal Engineering

Master of Technology (Mechanical) Machine Design

Master of Technology (Electrical) Power Electronics & Power Systems

PhD Civil

PhD Mechanical

Ranking

The college was ranked 25th in a 2016 survey of Indian engineering institutes conducted by i3
Research Consultants and published by The Times Group.[8]

Student life

College magazine
The first magazine of the college was titled Sukarma. Today an annual college magazine named
DISHA (meaning "direction") is produced. It includes reports on the activities that have taken
place in the college throughout the year, as well as articles and photographs. A newsletter
named Communication Times is also run by the IETE committee.

College festivals & Events

SPACE - Sardar Patel Annual Cultural Extravaganza

SPCE hosts its annual cultural festival named SPACE in February or March.[9] It started in the
year 1983.

SPECTRA

SPCE hosts its annual technical event named SPECTRA in February or March.

SPCE CUP

It is the annual sports event of SPCE which is organised every year in September.

PRARAMBH

PRARAMBH is the freshers party event to welcome the dearest freshers (first year students). It is
organised in August.

SPIRIT

The sports committee of the college organises an annual state-level sports festival "SPIRIT".[10]

SPPL - Sardar Patel Premier League

SPCE along with SPIT organise cricket tournament every year in the month of March–April,
started in 2010. It also one of the biggest sports event in campus.

SPCE Annual Debate Competition

College also organises open annual debate competition started in 2009.

Ganeshotsava

Ganeshotsava is annually organised by students of SPCE Boys Hostel in hostel.

Hostel Facility

Hostel Facility is available and the institute is presently trying to cope with the need to
accommodate the increasing number of female students. The hostel intake is currently about 36
students per branch. Around 350 students stay in the boys' hostel.

Student associations

SPeakers' Club

The Speakers' Club of SPCE is a club which trains the budding orators. It helps them to improve
their delivery. Teaches them how to write speeches. The Speakers' Club is also responsible to
train students on how to participate in group discussions, debates, extempores, MUNs etc

Student Council

College hosts student council which has different posts for students (only for third year
students) with one faculty as a head of council. All events and other activities are conducted by
student council. The posts for students are

General Secretary, Literary Secretary, Cultural Secretary, Sports Secretary, Technical Secretary,
Magazine Secretary, Finance Secretary, Ladies Representative

Each department in college also have their own student committees. They organise guest
lectures, seminars for students. They also organise other activities such as trekking, treasure
hunt, industrial visits, their own sports events known as CEA CUP, MESA CUP, EESA CUP, etc.

CEA Committee

Civil Engineers Association is the department committee of students of civil engineering with
one faculty of department as head.

MESA Committee

Mechanical Engineering Students Association is the department committee of students of

mechanical engineering with one faculty of department as head.

EESA Committee
Electrical Engineering Students Association is the department committee of students of
electrical engineering with one faculty of department as head.

ISHRAE

Indian Society of Heating, Refigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

SPCE START-UP CELL

SPCE Start-Up Cell was established in January 2018 as a mandate from AICTE in Sardar Patel
College of Engineering in order to develop a vibrant and ideal entrepreneurial ecosystem in the
institute. The main objective of this cell is to build entrepreneurial culture, to support student
innovations, to identify entrepreneurial potential of students and transform them into start-up
entrepreneurs.

TESA COMMITTEE

Thermal Engineering Students Association is an academic forum of students of Mechanical

Engineering Department, SPCE, was incepted on 30/10/2017 at SPCE Seminar Hall. Vision and
Mission of TESA-SPCE is constant involvement of students, through participation and practice,
in exploration of knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and allied multidisciplinary domains.

SPCE MUN

SPCE MUN is a conference in which the participants simulate the proceedings of the United
Nations to discuss, debate and formulate to the most complex and enthralling international
issues.

References

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ets-autonomy/articleshow/6112993.cms) . Times of India. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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engineering-survey.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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External links

Official website (http://www.spce.ac.in/)

Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan (https://web.archive.org/web/20050404033250/http://www.bhavans.in

fo/engineeringcolleges.html)

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