Dhaka Polytechnic Institute
| ঢাকা পলিটেকনিক ইন্সটিটিউট | |
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Former name
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East Pakisthan Polytechnic Institute |
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| Motto | "Progress and Service" |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| Principal | Ganesh Chandra Majumder |
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Academic staff
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116 |
| Location |
Tejgaon, Dhaka, 1208, Bangladesh 23°45′32″N 90°23′59″E / 23.75889°N 90.39972°ECoordinates: 23°45′32″N 90°23′59″E / 23.75889°N 90.39972°E |
| Campus | Urban, 27.00 acres (0.11km2) |
| Nickname | DPI |
| Website | dpi |
Dhaka Polytechnic Institute (Bengali: ঢাকা পলিটেকনিক ইন্সটিটিউট, also known as DPI) is a government technical institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
East Pakistan Polytechnic Institute, Dacca was established in May 1955 by Oklahoma State University-Stillwater with funding from the Ford Foundation. By the mid-1960s it had become Dacca Polytechnic Institute.
The institute operates under the executive control of the Ministry of Education(MOE) acting through the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE). The academic programmes, curriculams are maintained under the regulation of the Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB). BTEB function under Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA), which in turn function under Chief Accounts Office (CAO), and it function under MOE.
There are Four multi-storied buildings on campus.
The admission procedure is according to the technical education board. The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) takes an admission test for the candidates who want to get admitted in polytechnic institute. The students who are in the merit list are admitted in the institute according their merit position. If any seat remains vacant, the seat is filled up calling students from the waiting list. The admission result and the name of selected candidates are published in the notice board.
The candidates must have minimum GPA 3.5 in SSC or equivalent examination to be qualified to apply for the admission. The candidates have to get eligible grade in general math and higher math determined by DTE.
According to the rule of DTE the students have to apply through online for admission. The application form in available in the website of DTE. The payment for application has to be made through Teletalk mobile SMS.
Dhaka Polytechnic Institute has the following departments:
DPI library has a collection of 20,000 books and 10,000+ bound periodicals. Besides, 37 titles are in the current subscription list of journals. The main reading room of central library can accommodate 100 students at a time to provide reading facilities of rare and ou of print books, ready reference and prescribed textbooks.
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