Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata | Evolution & History of IEM Kolkata.

About the founder.
Prof. Dr Satyajit Chakrabarti did his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Durgapur. He then went to the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur to complete his M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. Further studied Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Burdwan University. He has also completed an MBA from Missouri State University.
He has done research in the fields of Machine Tools, Industrial Electronics, Aviation, and Alternate Fuel.
He served Steel Authority of India Limited as Chief and was in charge of the Western Region in India for 13 years. (1971 to 1984). Then he worked as Vice President of the British America Investors Corporation at the World Trade Centre (BAICORP), New York.
He was also associated with the West Bengal Higher Education Council (1997 to 2006) and worked as a consultant to the Chairman of Coal India Limited for the marketing of coal (1997-1999) and Vizag Port Trust as a consultant for material channelling in Port (2000-2002).
His Excellency
He is the Recipient of the IETE Gold Medal for the highest contribution to Indian Industrial Electronics that happened during the last 10 years (1999). He is also the Recipient of the Edupreneur Award from MHRD in 2013 for the highest contribution to the field of education.
F.C. Kohli was the Chairman of the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) until he passed away in 2020. He is known as the father of the Indian IT industry and was instrumental in establishing the industry and helping it grow to a $190 billion industry.
The IEM group is an acclaimed educational group amongst the industry-centred academic training organisations of today. IEM has set sublime standards in addressing the technical and managerial resource shortage in the new era of dynamic globalisation. The IEM group has risen to fame for its strong foundation in teaching and R&D in multifaceted areas. It aims to serve the future generation as well as the Nation through its commitment towards self-sufficiency and unmatchable excellence.
IEM was established in Kolkata the IT hub of the state of West Bengal in 1989 as the first self-financed engineering college of the state, and since then IEM has been socially accredited as the best self-financed engineering institute of West Bengal and admits the best students from the top engineering merit list of WBJEE and JEE Main.
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