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  The Parshvanath College of Engineering was a private engineering college located in Kasarvadavali, Thane district of Maharashtra state in India. It was established in 1994, and was managed by the Parshvanath Charitable Trust. It was a Jain religious minority college (i.e., half of all seats are reserved for students from the Jain religious minority community). While it was functioning, it was affiliated to the University of Mumbai (a public university funded by the state government of Maharashtra), was accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) of the Government of India, and was recognised by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) of the state government of Maharashtra.

It offered undergraduate education leading to the University of Mumbai's "Bachelor of Engineering" (B.E.) degree in any 1 of the following 6 disciplines: mechanical engineering, instrumentation engineering, computer engineering, information technology, civil engineering, and electronics and telecommunication engineering. The ordinary duration of these undergraduate courses is 4 years.

In December 2012, following the conclusion of a case against the AICTE in the Supreme Court of India, the college was closed down, and all students were transferred by the DTE to other engineering colleges of the University of Mumbai for the remainder of their courses.

History

The college was established in the year 1994 by the Parshvanath Charitable Trust, then managed by trustee Mr. Tekchand Shah. It offered instruction leading to the University of Mumbai's Bachelor of Engineering degree (4-year duration) in 3 disciplines: computer engineering, electronics and telecommunication engineering, and instrumentation engineering. The first batch of students graduated in the year 1998. New departments were subsequently started: mechanical engineering in 1996 (first batch graduating in 2000), information technology in 1999 (first batch graduating in 2003), and civil engineering in 2010 (first batch intended to graduate in 2014).All departments offered degrees of the University of Mumbai.
Entry view of the college.

The college shifted from its original, 4-storied campus on the west side of Ghodbunder Road to the newer, 5-storied campus on the east side, in 2008. Till 2012, the old campus was used as a polytechnic (named "M.M.J. Shah Polytechnic"), offering engineering diplomas (in the same branches as the degree college) of 3-year duration to students who had completed class 10 of the Indian school education system. The administrative and financial offices of both the degree college and the diploma polytechnic continued to be the same till 2010, housed in the old campus. In 2010, a transition was made, enabling each institution to have its separate office in its own campus. The diploma polytechnic was closed down in 2012.

The college had faced some issues in the past, as described separately in the "Issues" section of this article

Campus and location

The college's original campus was a 4-storied building on the west side of Ghodbundar Road, in Kasarvadavali. The new 5- and 6-storied campus of the engineering college is on the east side of Ghodbunder Road. The campus is set up on land belonging to the Jethalal Lakhamsi Charitable Trust, which has given it on lease to the Parshvanath Charitable Trust.

From 2008 to 2012, the old campus housed a diploma polytechnic (named "M.M.J. Shah Polytechnic") that offered 3-year engineering diplomas to students passing class 10.
Entry view of the old campus of the degree college (housed the diploma polytechnic from 2008 to 2012).

In 2012, the adjoining "Veermata Hiraben P. Shah College of Pharmacy" (also managed by the Parshvanath Charitable Trust and affiliated to the University of Mumbai) was closed down. Its 6-storied building then became a part of the campus of the Parshvanath College of Engineering.

The campus was Wi-Fi enabled. Surveillance was carried out through CCTV cameras in the laboratories and classrooms. Initially, a centralised air-conditioning system for the whole building was planned. Even AC ducts were installed in the ceilings. But the system never became completely operational. Ultimately, ceiling fans had to be installed in all the rooms. Air-conditioning units were installed wherever they were needed (e.g. computer labs, seminar halls, etc.)

Located in Kasarvadavali Naka on Ghodbunder Road, nearby places of interest include the shopping complex having HyperCity Mall, BIG MegaMart, McDonald's fast food restaurant, etc. Nearby, there are also commercial buildings (e.g. that of G-Corp), as well as many existing and under-construction residential areas.

Various small local shops and restaurants also exist nearby.

 Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
Control systems lab.

The department of electronics and telecommunication engineering was established in 1994. It offered the Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering. It was equipped with the following laboratories:]

    Television engineering and PCB lab.
    Power electronics and drives lab.
    Electronic circuit lab.
    Digital electronics and micro-processor lab.
    Control systems lab.
    Electrical networks lab.
    Communication lab.

Information Technology

The department of Information Technology was established in 1999. It offered the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Information Technology.

It housed a number of specialist laboratories to extend the general computing provision. The labs were equipped with specialist software such as Oracle, Microsoft Visual Studio, Java, the Adobe Creative Suite and many other key products. The main corporate operating system was Microsoft Windows, but many labs had Linux installed as well. All labs provided free Internet access.

There was also a specialist networking lab that was equipped with more than 20 enterprise level network switches and routers, including wireless and VoIP devices. There was a dedicated security and software forensics laboratory. There were also many special-purpose facilities for embedded system development and robotics.

The following laboratories were managed by this department:

    Project / Research and Development Lab.
    Software Testing Lab.
    Computer Graphics and Image Processing Lab.
    Web Engineering Lab.
    Network Security Lab.
    System Software Lab.
    Database and Server Security Lab.
    Mobile Computing Lab.

Computer Engineering
A computer lab.

The department of computer engineering was established in 1994, and it offered the Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer engineering.

The department had 400+ nodes and 12 servers all networked with Linux, Microsoft Windows and NOVELL NetWare.

The department facilities include the following:

Operating Systems

Windows 2003, Novell NetWare 3.12, MS-DOS 6.22, Red Hat Linux versions 7.1, 8.0, 9.0.

Compilers

C GNU, C++ GNU, Java GNU, Fortran GNU, Turbo PASCAL, MS Visual studio 6.0

Application Software

Octave, Circuit simulators, VHDL toolkit, UML tools.

Database Support

MS SQL 2000 Server, MY SQL Server, PostGRE Server.
Instrumentation Engineering
Process automation lab.
Process automation lab.

The department was established in 1994, and it offered an undergraduate course (Bachelor of Engineering in instrumentation engineering) with specialisation in process instrumentation, automation in energy & infrastructure, and power plant instrumentation.

It was equipped with laboratory facilities that included arenas like Signal Processing & Simulation, Process Automation, Biomedical instrumentation, Control, Analytical instrumentation, Digital Electronics and Embedded Systems, Electrical Technology and Instrumentation, Transducers & Measurement and Communication for academic development of students with Wi-Fi facility & separate departmental library.

The department also had a student section of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

The department had the following laboratories

    Control and Communication Lab.
    Electronics and Signal Conditioning Lab.
    Analytical Instrumentation Lab.
    Biomedical Instrumentation Lab.
    Transducers and Measurement Lab.
    Process Automation Lab.
    Instrumentation Software and Simulation Lab.
    Digital electronics and Embedded System Lab.
    Electrical Technology and Instrumentation Lab.
    Power Electronics and Drives Lab.

Civil Engineering

The department of civil engineering was the most recent department of the college. It was established in year 2010. It offered the Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering. The first batch of its students would have graduated in 2014, had the college continued functioning.

The department had the following laboratories:

    Engineering geology lab.
    Soil mechanics lab.
    Transportation lab.
    Environmental engineering lab.
    Concrete technology lab.
    Building material and construction lab.
    Strength of materials lab (shared with the department of mechanical engineering).

Applied Sciences and Humanities
Students at the applied chemistry laboratory of the college.

The department of applied sciences and humanities did not offer any degrees of its own. It supported the curriculum of other departments by offering courses in the following disciplines:

    Applied mathematics (first 4 or 5 semesters in each branch).
    Applied physics (first 2 semesters).
    Applied chemistry (first 2 semesters).
    Communication skills (second semester).
    Presentation and communication techniques (third semester of each branch).
    Environmental studies (fifth semester of each branch except civil engineeri

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