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Focus on Excellence 3Setting 4About Us 5Principal and Staff 6Our Vision 7The Campus 8Academic Facilities 10Mechanical Engineering 12

Sandur Polytechnic is considered one of the finest in Karnataka. Our focus on excellence is evident in the quality of teaching, facilities offered and methods of early course completion.

We have consistently produced excellent results. Students of our institution have earned state ranks year after year, ever since the Polytechnic’s inception.

Our students have been successful in securing admissions to prestigious professional institutions as well as impressive placements in reputed firms in India and abroad.

Contents Focus on ExcellenceElectronics and Communication Engineering 14Computer Science and Engineering 16Electrical and Electronics Engineering 18Civil Engineering 20Laboratories 22Library 24Sports and Co-curricular Activities 26

Vocational Training School 28M.Y. Ghorpade Special Residential School 30Residential Facilities 32Our Pride 34Prospectus 36Polytechnic Aerial View 38Location 39

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Sandur Polytechnic enjoys a peaceful and picturesque setting surrounded by hills, in Bellary District, Karnataka. The campus is located at Yeshwantnagar, just 8 km from the town of Sandur.

Sandur Polytechnic was established in 1988. It is managed by the Shivapur Shikshana Samiti, which was founded by the visionary educationist Shri M.Y. Ghorpade, to meet the educational needs of rural India.

The Polytechnic is supported by the Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores Limited (SMIORE), and is recognised by the Government of Karnataka and All-India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi (AICTE).

Setting About Us

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The Governing Council of the Polytechnic includes representatives of the Shivapur Shikshana Samiti, Department of Technical Education, All-India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi (AICTE) and industries, educationists and technologists in the region.

• To provide high quality technical education and training in engineering, using the latest technologies.

• To enable students to gain necessary skills, develop entrepreneurial capabilities, improve overall personality, acquire leadership qualities, contribute to the socio-economic development of the country and meet the requirements of the challenging global arena.

To translate our vision to reality, we make all efforts to help our students. This includes involving them in the conduct of the academic session, for which we have set up a Student Advisory Council composed of representatives from different classes. The Council meets every month to discuss and solve academic and non-academic problems. We also provide special evening coaching, at nominal fees, to those who require additional tutoring.

Principal and Staff Our Vision

We have an experienced, well-trained and well-qualified staff. Our Principal, Mr. T.M. Aleem Ahmed, is assisted by a dedicated team of excellent teachers.

Shri M.Y. GhorpadeFounder-Patron

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Sandur Polytechnic is spread across a 25-acre campus which includes classrooms, workshops, laboratories, library, dispensary, hostel and mess for residential students, a canteen and administrative offices. The Polytechnic has on-campus quarters for the teaching faculty.

The Polytechnic has buses and vehicles to provide conveyance for staff, students and trainees commuting from Sandur.

Reliable round-the-clock security covers both the Polytechnic and hostels.

The Campus

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We have ensured quality classroom instruction with the use of modern teaching-aids like LCD, overhead projectors and audio-video CDs.Well equipped laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment enable students acquire hands on experience and make them industry ready.

The Polytechnic offers 5 different diploma courses, details of which are given in the following pages.

The English Language and Communication Skills (ELCS) programme has helped the students enhance spoken English capabilities. Apart from the regular syllabi, additional training is imparted to the students through online courses on the latest developments in the industries.

Academic Facilities

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• Operation and Maintenance of Machine Tools• Design and Fabrication of Machine Elements• Manufacturing Processes

• Thermal Engineering• CAD / CAM and Robotics• Mechatronics

Mechanical Engineering

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• Operation and Maintenance of Electronics and Communication Equipment

• PCB Design and Simulation• High-level and Assembly Language Programming• PC Hardware & Network Maintenance

• VLSI Design• Embedded Systems• Industrial Automation• Audio & Video Systems

Electronics and Communication Engineering

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• Programming in C, C++, Java,

SQL, ASP and .NET

• Web Designing

• PC Hardware and Networking

• Database Designing using Oracle /

MS Access

• Internetworking and Network Security

• Embedded & Real Time Operating Systems

Computer Science and Engineering

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Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Operation and Maintenance of Electrical Machines and Appliances

• Power Transmission and Distribution• High-level and Assembly Language Programming• Electrical Circuit Design

• Electrical Drawing in CAD• Mechatronics• Industrial Drives and Controls• Embedded Systems

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• Operation and Maintenance of Surveying Equipment• Materials of Construction – Testing and Applications• Water resource Engineering and Irrigation Drawing• Construction Technology

• Building Drawing using CAD• Structural Design • Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering

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Machine Shop (Lathe)

Project Work (Go Carting) Basic Workshop (Fitting Shop)

Basic Electronics Lab Machine Shop (Milling)Thermal Engineering Lab

Fluid Power Lab

Project Work (Online Vehicle Tracking)

Electrical Machines Lab Survey Practice

Project Work (Synchronous Fountain) Machine Shop (Radial Drilling)

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• Over 21,000 books, both academic and general subjects

• The library is open for 12 hours on all working days during the academic session

• During board examinations, students are encouraged to use the library freely

• The spacious Library named as Bodhi has 3 sections: Circulation, Reference and Digital library

• The Digital Library section has Internet facility to enable students access latest information. A good number of CDs with educational videos is also provided

Library

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To facilitate all-round development of our students, we encourage sports and cultural activities.

The Polytechnic has a large playground where team games like Football, Cricket, Hockey and Volleyball are played. There are also facilities for indoor games like Table Tennis, Carrom and Chess.

In our calendar of events, the first week of December is devoted to inter-departmental sports and cultural competitions and activities. Competitions are also held at the beginning of the academic session to select and train students for participation in Taluk, District and State level sports and cultural meets.

Sports and Co-curricular Activities

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• Fabrication Welding• Basic Computer Operator• Electrical Wiring• Carpentry• Fitting

• 3 months (180 hours) – 6 months (360 hours) Courses

• Experienced and skilled Instructors• Free Training, Conveyance and Lunch

THE SANDUR MANGANESE & IRON ORES LIMITED TRAINING INSTITUTE

Training for better employability and self employment

Vocational Training School

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• Managed and run by Karnataka Seva Sangha• Sponsored by The Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd• National and State Child Labour Project Grants• Villages in and around Sandur surveyed, parents

counselled and school drop outs or non-school going children offered free boarding, uniforms, personal effects, special courses and schooling

• Grant of `500/month to Parents (Govt. gives `150)• When fit to join regular mainstream schools, children

are sponsored to continue to stay in MYG Special Residential School and attend regular schools

• In addition to Government prescribed syllabus, vocational and skills training provided in carpentry, fitting, horticulture, masonary, electrical wiring, etc.

M.Y. Ghorpade Special Residential School

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We have separate hostels for boys and girls, with spacious rooms, DG power connection for uninterrupted power supply and hot water facility. Wardens serve as local guardians for the hostelites. The Management is in the process of building new hostels and also modernising the existing ones.

We operate a vegetarian mess, run on a dividing system. We also have a canteen, which supplies refreshments to

staff and students at very reasonable rates.The campus is equipped with electrical generator sets.

RO filters ensure clean drinking water. The campus has a dispensary that provides free

primary health care for students and staff. An ambulance is available for students who need to be treated at hospitals in Sandur or Bellary.

Residential Facilities

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STATE RANKS (ANNUAL SCHEME) SEMESTER SCHEME TOPPERS

OUR PRIDE

Sl. Name of Year of StateNo. Candidate Branch Passing % Rank

1 Nagalinga S.B.T ME 1992 72.45 I

2 Vinod John CS&E 1993 73.60 IV

3 Somanna Setty T.K CS&E 1993 70.70 IX

4 Setty Ravi Sreenivasa E&CE 1993 79.00 V

5 Ramesh Kumar S CS&E 1994 81.00 I

6 Nagendra C.G CS&E 1994 75.50 II

7 Kalamangi Manjunath CS&E 1994 74.90 III

8 Prashant Savangoudar CS&E 1994 74.00 IV

9 Devindra E&CE 1994 77.36 IX

10 Sandeep I.V ME 1994 72.80 V

11 Sunitha J E&CE 1995 78.10 IV

12 Krishnamurthy T ME 1995 71.60 VI

13 Priyadarshanam CS&E 1995 73.00 VII

14 Mohammed Suleman E&CE 1996 78.90 VII

15 Lalit Kumar Kalihari E&CE 1996 77.80 X

16 Sandeep Vaidya CS&E 1997 77.30 II

17 Raghavendra CS&E 1997 76.80 III

18 Sunil Kumar CS&E 1997 75.80 IV

19 Hanumesh T CS&E 1997 74.60 V

20 Joshi Mahesha Kumar E&CE 1997 77.27 X

21 Md. Khalid Mohiuddin E&CE 1998 77.00 III

22 Sameer M CS&E 1998 76.20 VI

23 Basavaraj ME 1998 73.00 VII

24 Lokesh A.P CS&E 1999 82.40 I

Sl. Name of Year of StateNo. Candidate Branch Passing % Rank

25 Lokesh Reddy B CS&E 1999 77.70 V

26 Sujatha H CS&E 1999 77.40 VI

27 Sushma K.S E&CE 1999 76.58 IV

28 Pavan Desai E&CE 1999 75.00 VIII

29 Shilpa V CS&E 2000 82.40 II

30 Raghavendra Setty K CS&E 2000 76.80 X

31 Pradeep kumar K E&CE 2000 73.75 VII

32 Srinivas S.M E&CE 2001 80.50 III

33 Roopa K CS&E 2001 78.18 IV

34 Priyadharshini D CS&E 2001 76.27 VI

35 Rajkumar H.J ME 2003 86.72 I

36 Kakalli Kenchappa ME 2003 83.72 III

37 Arun Kumar S ME 2003 81.54 VII

38 Radha Krishna A E&CE 2003 85.91 I

39 Shiva Kumara K.B ME 2004 84.09 I

40 Asharaf Ali R.N ME 2004 82.09 V

41 Manjunath L ME 2004 80.27 IX

42 Kamal Kiran J E&CE 2004 83.17 II

43 Guruprasad K CS&E 2004 73.00 X

44 Geeta V. Reddy CP 2004 75.90 VII

45 Venkatesha Rao ME 2005 83.80 III

46 Thirumalesh P.M ME 2005 81.55 VII

47 Praveen G ME 2005 80.82 VIII

48 Gaikwad Mahduri M CS&E 2005 77.00 VII

Sl. Name of Year of No. Candidate Branch Passing %

1 Jinsi K CS&E 2006 88.00

2 Nagamohan V.T E&CE 2006 89.00

3 Sharmas Vali S ME 2006 84.00

4 Pallavi Kulkarni CP 2007 75.14

5 Priyanka Dutt B CS&E 2007 86.75

6 Roopa M E&CE 2007 84.18

7 Basavakumar M ME 2007 91.88

8 Sharmashvali M CP 2008 64.98

9 Hasina M CS&E 2008 86.36

10 Naresh Babu M E&CE 2008 86.09

11 Chethana J ME 2008 87.94

12 Swetha R.K CS&E 2009 91.80

13 Aruna G E&CE 2009 87.57

14 Srinidhi ME 2009 81.29

15 Shaik Salma Mehaboobsab CP 2010 81.00

16 Shyam Bahadur Rawal CS&E 2010 89.20

17 Renukaraj T E&CE 2010 88.74

Sl. Name of Year of No. Candidate Branch Passing %

18 Manjunatha S E&EE 2010 78.70

19 Vinayak Maladkar ME 2010 87.26

20 Suhashini S CP 2011 76.00

21 Venkatadri Kumar C CS&E 2011 88.00

22 Nagamani E&CE 2011 85.85

23 Kotresh S.P E&EE 2011 83.93

24 Hatti Mariswamy ME 2011 86.14

25 Venkoji Rao M CP 2012 74.80

26 Dadapeer S CS&E 2012 89.20

27 Basavaraj C E&CE 2012 84.85

28 Nagaraja B E&EE 2012 90.90

29 Chandrashekhar K ME 2012 84.28

30 Jyothi Veena CE 2013 89.22

31 Yatheesh S CS&E 2013 91.34

32 Manjula R E&CE 2013 91.58

33 Sharath H.K E&EE 2013 91.16

34 Karthik G.K ME 2103 86.19

The ranking system was abolished for the Semester scheme from 2006

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Eligibility and admission

Course EligibilityPass in SSLC or equivalent exam • Candidates with less than 5 years of schooling (from Stds

1-10 equivalent) in Karnataka will come under General Merit Category.

• Reservation is applicable to Karnataka candidates only. There is a branch-wise ceiling of 20% of intake for students from outside Karnataka.

• Candidates educated under CBSE, ICSE or other boards should produce an ‘Eligibility Certificate’ issued by the Board of Technical Examinations, Directorate of Technical Education, Bangalore.

Entrance Examination & Counselling• A 90-minute test in Mathematics and Science (equal

weightage), based on Std 10 syllabus. • Date of entrance examination will be published in the

admission notification.• Short listed candidates will be subjected to an oral test &

counselled to offer a suitable course

admission date• Admission date will be released in leading newspapers

shortly after announcement of the Karnataka SSLC results. • Admissions will be based on combined merit in the

qualifying exam (Karnataka SSLC/equivalent) and entrance examination conducted by Sandur Polytechnic.

appliCation Form

• The application form may be obtained from the Principal’s office on payment of ` by DD/Cash. Outstation candidates should send `50 extra towards postage.

• Application for admission has to be made in the prescribed form addressed to: The Principal, Sandur Polytechnic, Yeshwantnagar 583124, Sandur, Bellary District. The

Prospectus

form has to reach the Principal on or before the last date of submission mentioned in the admission notification.

documents required

Originals of the following should be submitted at the time of admission, for approval by the Department of Technical Education, Bangalore.

For Karnataka students:1. SSLC/equivalent Marks Card2. Transfer Certificate from the Institute last attended3. Eligibility Certificate from BTE, Bangalore (for CBSE/

ICSE students only)4. Physical Fitness certificate (issued by a competent

medical practitioner)5. Minimum 5 years’ study certificate (counter-signed by

the Block Education Officer concerned)6. Caste and Validity Certificate for SC/ST 7. Medical certificate issued by the District Medical

Officer in the prescribed format (in case of physically handicapped candidates only)

For non-Karnataka students:1. Std 10 Marks Card2. Transfer Certificate from the Institute last attended3. Eligibility Certificate from BTE, Bangalore4. Physical Fitness certificate (issued by a competent

medical practitioner)

aCadEmiC sChEdulEs

academic terms: First term: June to October Second term: December to April

sCholarships and gold mEdals

• Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores Ltd. (SMIORE) has instituted twelve Golden Jubilee Scholarships. One

scholarship per class is awarded on a merit-cum-means basis.

• Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores Ltd has also instituted Gold Medals for state rank holders and toppers in the final year.

• The annual Smt. Mahalakshmi Freeship is given to one student for a diploma in his or her selected discipline, on a merit-cum-means basis.

spECial CoaChing

• Special coaching can be provided in the evening, at a nominal fee, to students needing additional instruction. However, students wishing to avail this facility must stay in the hostel.

• CET coaching can be provided to interested students, on a chargeable basis, after the completion of the board examination.

disCiplinE

• All students are required to report to the institution on the re-opening day for all semesters, without waiting for announcement of the BTE results. This is to ensure that academic sessions are efficiently conducted.

• There is a ward scheme under which departmental staff members continuously monitor the general discipline and performance of the students and advise them suitably, in co-ordination with other staff members and parents.

• Every student is required to register a minimum of 85% attendance subject-wise and month-wise. Penalties are leviable for delay in reporting after reopening day and/or for shortage in attendance. In some cases, hall tickets may be denied.

spECial aCtivitiEs and sErviCEs

training and placement services• To bridge the gap between academics and industry,

students are educated and trained in the latest developments in their field.

• Final year projects are carefully selected to ensure relevance and enhance employment opportunities.

Well-selected projects have ensured good jobs for many students.

•Our Training and Placement Officer co-ordinates campus interviews. Many different industries have participated in our placement programme, to mutual benefit.

alumni associationThe Sanpoly Alumni Association was established in 1998. Our old students are invited to the Polytechnic to share their knowledge and experience and give advice on how to get ahead in different career areas. All outgoing students become members of the Association. Its activities are managed by student representatives under the guidance of a senior staff member.

indian society for technical Education (istE)

ISTE, headquartered in Delhi, was established in 1994. Both its Institutional and Student Chapters are very active. They interact with institutions and industries to conduct programmes, for students and staff, on personality development and updating of skills. Students are encouraged to participate in the ISTE’s national conventions, held annually. Our students have won prizes in Technical Paper Presentations and Debate competitions. We were recipients of the Best Chapter Award from the Karnataka section in 1997.

Community servicesWe are fortunate to have excellent staff, facilities and infrastructure. We decided to put it all to good use by offering free training to unemployed youth in our area, with a special preference to the weaker sections of society. As part of this effort, we offer ‘employability training’ in a variety of traditional and modern trades: fitting, welding, carpentry, electrical work, turner, masonry, radio and TV servicing, data entry and office automation. Hundreds of youngsters have been trained under this scheme and are either self-employed or have secured good jobs.

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Distances

Bangalore 295 kmBijapur 215 kmBellary 60 kmHospet 35 kmKudligi 22 km

Nearest Railway Station : Hospet

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