# Samrat Ashok Technological Institute

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI) is a Grant-in-Aid Autonomous college in Vidisha in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It was established by Late Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia on November 1, 1960, with a donation from Gangajali Trust fund. It is an autonomous institute, which is funded by Government of Madhya Pradesh and managed by the Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Education Society chaired by Hon'ble Shrimant Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia. The institute started with degree courses in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Electrical Engineering. The institute now offers nine full-time and six Part-time undergraduate courses leading to the degree in Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) and sixteen Postgraduate courses in the areas of Engineering, Science and Management. The college campus is spread over an area of 85 acres.

## Background

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute is located at Vidisha, a town in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It was established on 1 November 1960 under the "Open Door" policy of Government of India by Maharaja Jiwajirao Education Society Vidisha, with a donation from the Gitanjali Trust Fund of the Scindias, (the erstwhile rulers of Gwalior state), and commitment of non-recurring grants from the Government of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh in agreed proportions.
The foundation of the Institute was laid down by late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 13 February 1962. The institute was inaugurated by late Dr.Rajendra Prasad, Hon'ble President of India.
Initially the institute was affiliated to Vikram University Ujjain to which three other colleges in the region namely MACT Bhopal (now MANIT), Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science Indore and MITS Gwalior were also affiliated at that time.
After the establishment of Bhopal university at Bhopal (now Barkatullah University) the institute was affiliated to it along with MACT Bhopal and GEC Bhopal.
SATI is academically and administratively an autonomous institute, however, it is a part of the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya also known as RGPV Bhopal from 1998 and its degrees are issued by this university.
The institute was named after the emperor Ashoka the great who was the governor of the emperor Chandragupta Maurya in Ujjain and Vidisha (formally known Bhelsa). He married Devi, daughter of a businessman of Vidisha.
In March 2016, the institution received NAAC certification. Also the government of India has selected this institute under the world bank scheme TEQIP-III (Technical Education Quality Improvement Program -III) for a financial assistance of Rs-15 crores, after TEQIP-I and TEQIP-II. The objective of this scheme is to establish academic excellence in the institute through various activities and enhance the employment opportunities of undergraduate and post-graduate students.

## Campus

The college campus is situated in the civil lines area near the industrial state of Vidisha. It spreads over 85 acres. The campus has Engineering and Polytechnic College. It has six hostels, three boys' hostels, and three girls' hostels. The campus also has quarters for professors and employees.

### Facilities

* Cooperative store
* State Bank of India bank, ATM, and Indian Post office
* Dispensary; Institute has tie-up with a hospital.
* Kailash Satyarthi Auditorium
* Guest house
* Alumni Transit Home
* Canteen
* Central Reprographic Center
* Kiosk centre
* V V Natu Computer Center
Full-time and part-time Undergraduate Programs
* B.Tech Civil Engineering - 60 seats
* B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering - 120 seats
* B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering - 60 seats
* B.Tech Electrical Engineering - 60 seats
* B.Tech Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering -120 seats
* B.Tech Mechanical Engineering- 120 seats
* B.Tech Internet of things - 60 seats
* B.Tech Artificial intelligence & Data science - 60 seats
* B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering in Blockchain Technology - 60 seats
* B.Tech Information Technology - 60 seats
Part-Time Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Courses (4 Year Duration) for Serving Self Employed Diploma Holders.
NOTE: As of 2019 Biomedical engineering and petrochemical engineering B.tech/B.E. are no longer available and departments were merged with E & I and Mechanical department respectively. From the academic year 2020, two new programs namely the Internet of things(IoT) and Artificial intelligence & Data science were started.
Full Time/ Part Time Postgraduate Programs
(A) Engineering & Technology Courses ( 4 semesters )
* M.Tech. Advance Production Systems (Mechanical) (Full Time)
* M.Tech. Construction Technology & Mgt.(Civil) (Full Time)
* M.Tech. Construction Technology & Mgt. (Civil)(Part Time)
* M.Tech.Transportation Engineering (Civil) (Full Time)
* M.Tech.Environmental Engineering (Civil) (Full Time)
* M.Tech.Power Electronics (Electrical) (Full Time)
* M.Tech.Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) (Full Time)
(B) M.C.A. (Master of Computer Applications) ( 4 Semesters) intake of 30 seats
(C) Courses in Applied Sciences ( 4 Semesters) intake of 25 seats
* M.Sc. Applied Chemistry
(D) Management M.B.A (Master of Business Administration) ( 4 Semesters) intake of 60 seats
Ph.D. program ( full or partial ): The Institute is approved as research center of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Bhopal & Barkatullah University, Bhopal for Ph.D. program in all disciplines of engineering technology, science, and management from affiliated university. Institute publishes a (research journal) SATI journal of science and technology. AICTE has approved this institute as a QIP research center for Ph.D. in engineering and technology in civil, mechanical, Electrical, CS, IT with two seats each.
D.Sc. Program Institute has approved as a research center of Barkatullah University Bhopal for the D.Sc program.

## Educational facilities
### Laboratories

The institute has the latest laboratories in all the science and engineering departments capable of catering to the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The institute has following laboratories
1. Computer Science laboratory
2. Mechanical laboratory
3. Chemistry laboratory
4. Electronics laboratory
5.Electrical laboratory
and many more laboratories are present in this institute .

### Computer facilities

Apart from a computer centre catering to the needs of B.Tech. (computer science and engineering/information technology), each department has its own computer lab. Likewise, the applied mathematics department, which runs an advanced course of M.Sc. in computer science, has developed its own computer center.

### Central workshop

Shops have been modernized to cater to the needs of fabrication works involved in student projects and have very modern metrology laboratory for precision measurement.

### Central library

The library has a collection of text and reference books related to engineering, management, and science. It has more than 70,000 volumes with educational videos and CDs covering various subjects and subscriptions of more than 100 national and international journals. The library provides open access system facility(OPSF) to all its users. It also provides online public access catalogue(OPAC) facilities to make easy access to all its contents. The institute has consortium membership of INDEST AICTE new Delhi and INFLIBNET Ahmedabad through the central library. Institute library has subscription to various e-journal databases e.g., science direct, Open J-Gate, IET Digital Library, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, Cambridge University Press, Indian Journal, Oxford University Press, Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, etc.

## Alumni

* Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2014, as a graduating student of the University of Bhopal, renamed in 1988 as Barkatullah University.
* P. B. Sharma, vice-chancellor, Amity University, Gurgaon, and former vice-chancellor, Delhi Technological University
* Padma Shri V. K. Chaturvedi, former chairman and managing director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India
* Pratap Bhanu Sharma, former member of parliament, Vidisha
* Harneet Singh, CEO, Domino’s Pizza