WIEECT
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Watumull Institute of Electronic Engineering and Computer Technology |
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| Established | 1984 |
| Type | University of Mumbai (Bombay) |
| Faculty | 200 |
| Undergraduates | 1,200(approx) |
| Location | Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Website | http://www.watumull.edu |
Introduction
The Watumull Institute of Electronic Engineering And Computer Technology is an engineering college in Worli, a neighbourhood of Mumbai, India. It is commonly referred to as Watu, pronounced "waah-too."
The college, set to receive an 'A' grade from the N.A.A.C., is constantly ranked as one of the best engineering colleges affiliated to the Mumbai University. It has been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
WIEECT offers a four year bachelor of engineering courses in Computer, Electronics & Telecommunication, Bio-medical and Instrumentation streams. Its active student community hosts branches of several professional societies including IEEE, CSI, IETE, ISA etc.
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[edit] Campus
The Watumull Institute of Electronic Engineering and Computer Technology is located at Worli, a posh locality in south Bombay. It has an incredible location, with its imposing structure towering over the Arabian Sea.
[edit] How To Get There
Ways to reach the Watumull Institute using public transport:
[edit] By bus
The following BEST buses will take you to Watumull 28, 33, 39, 57, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 124, 125, 302, 351, 385
[edit] By rail
Either get a WR train to Dadar/Mahalaxmi/Mumbai Central or a CR train to Dadar, and then get a bus or a cab.
[edit] Getting Admission
Students can join the college for the F.E. based on the following two criteria,
a) A high score in the MHT-CET (for Maharashtra students)
b) A high score in the AIEEE (for others).
Watumull also has SE admission for diploma holders (D.E.).
[edit] Students
Being a co-educational college, the Watumull Institute has students of both genders. Since it is the only engineering college in South Bombay, a large number of the students are from SoBo. Generally, students from the ICSE board have been preferred for admission here, forming over 85% of the total populace
[edit] Faculty
The Watumull Institute has an incredible faculty. For the entire list of faculty members, click here here
[edit] Infrastructure
[edit] Building
The Watumull Institute currently boasts of a spectacular eight-storey building, which is a marvel of modern engineering. The building is currently under renovation and plans to add another two floors to the buillding for additional laboratories and other facilities.
[edit] Sports
The college has two vast open grounds, one for playing football, and the other for playing cricket. Besides, it also has other sporting facilites, such as rooms for playing TT, carrom and badminton.
[edit] Library
The Watumull library provides a vast collection of books and periodicals, which include university prescribed text books and reference material. It is by far one of the best libraries in the Mumbai University. The library subscribes to all major international journals and magazines and some major non-technical magazines as well. The library has recently been digitally catalogued, thereby making it simpler to locate everything. The college also acquires various books that are requested by the students. Apart from that, the college also has thousands of CDs and DVDs pertaining to engineering. For more, click here
[edit] Laboratories
[edit] Electronics
The Electronics & Telecommunication Department comprises of 8 Laboratories -
1) Electronics Lab
2) Digital & Microprocessor
3) Communication
4) Image processing
5) Microwave & Fiber optics
6) Digital Signal processing
7) Industrial Electronics
8) Basic Electrical & Electronics
All the Laboratories are well equipped with the Advanced Experiment Setups as required by the university.
Software such as OrCAD & MATLAB, circuit makers, all analog & digital electronics equipment & components , electrical machines, electronic & digital communication apparatus, antenna based experiments, etc. are provided by the college.
[edit] Computer
The Computer Department comprises of 4 Laboratories -
1) Hardware Laboratory
2) Graphics Laboratory
3) Design Laboratory
4) Programming Laboratory
All the Laboratories are fully equipped with SUN machines, P4 machines, Local Area Network, Internet connection. Using OS like SUSE Linux 10.0, Solaris 10.0, Windows XP and now Windows Vista.
Software Packages like Oracle 10g, OpenGL, Java, XML, etc are available to the students. The computers are all strictly firewalled and monitored to prevent anti-social activities.
[edit] Biomedical
Biomedical Department has relevant systems based on Biomedical Engineering. 1) Arrhythmia Simulator
2) Cardiac monitor
3) ECG and EEG machine
4) Surgical diathermy machine
5) Shortwave diathermy
6) pH meter
7) Ultrasound Doppler
8) Ultrasonic therapy units
9) Haemometer
10) Nerve stimulator
11) Defibrillator
12) Pulmonary function analyzer
13) Conductivity meter
14) Pressure sensor
15) Sensors like LDR.
[edit] Instrumentation
Instrumentation Department has relevant systems based on process measurement and control line 1) Flow process trainer
2) Festo pneumatic trainer
3) Simulation Software for hydraulic, pneumatic system.
4) Microprocessor trainer kits
5) Microcontroller trainer kits
6) Heat exchanger systems
7) PID controllers and trainers
8) LVDT trainers
9) Sensors of different types like loadcell, strainguage, Temperative sensors, pressure sensor etc.
The Instrumentation Laboratories are well equipped with computers also.
[edit] Auditorium
The construction of a world-class auditorium, seating over 2000 people is currently under-way on the ground floor of Watumull.
[edit] Societies
Here are a few of the societies in Watumull:
1) IEEE-WATTS
2) ISA-WIEECT
3) RSW (Robotics Society of Watumull)
4) CSW (Cultural Society of Watumull)
[edit] Festival
Watumull holds an annual festival, Ensemble, which highlights the achievements of the college and its students. It is generally held after the conclusion of the first term of the year. It consists of events like rappeling, wall-climbing, robotics, a virtual stock exchange, mock detective games, treasure hunts, crystal mazes and various personality contests.
[edit] Placement
The college has an excellent placement cell, which ensures good jobs for all its students.
[edit] Conclusion
In conclusion, the Watumull Institute Of Electronic Engineering and Computer Technology is one of the most desirable engineering colleges in Bombay, and is the first preference for all engineering students. However, getting admission here requires an extremely high score in either the MHT-CET or the AIEEE.
The cut-offs are: MHT-CET 180/200 (OPEN MERIT for Non-OMS 2006) MHT-CET 181/200 (OPEN MERIT for OMS 2006)
AIEEE 210 (in 2006) AIEEE 205 (in 2005)
However, the college also has a minority quota for Sindhis
[edit] Contact Us
Phone: +91-022-24971506
Fax: +91-022-24915103
E-mail: principal@watumull.edu
47, Dr. R G Thadani Marg,
Worli Seaface,
Mumbai - 400 030.
Maharashtra, INDIA.
