About Program
In India, Fire services are constitutionally mandated under the 12th schedule, Article 243W entrusting Municipalities with the responsibility of Fire prevention and Fire fighting.. The States, Union territories (UTs), Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) currently manage these critical services. According to Accidental Deaths and Suicides Statistics India report, of 2022,a total of 7566 cases of fire accidents were reported in the country, and 53% were reported in residential and dwellings. Many of these deaths could have been easily prevented, had we been aware of and taken enough Fire Prevention, Life Safety and Fire Protection measures.
The Fire & Environment,Health,Safety (F&EHS) program was conceived in response to the pressing need for specialized expertise in this domain in the year 2019.The branch of F&EHS covers major topics like Fire dynamics, Fire protection systems, Building Fire protection, Structural Behaviour of Building materials, Design of Fire systems, Safety engineering, Fire Safety in Major Accident Hazards, Safety in Chemical industry, Legislations related to Fire & EHS, Fire & Safety codes, Rescue Techniques, Hazardous waste management, Environment Impact assessment, Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology and Occupational Health.
The course curriculum is meticulously designed by Academic & Industry experts from the field of Fire & EHS and they form part of the Board of studies (BoS) for B.Tech (Fire &EHS) program. The curriculum is designed as per prevalent requirement of industries and all other relevant organizations and government Fire & EHS services.
GSFC University became the first University in Gujarat to commence such a socially relevant and important program to develop skilled professionals in the field of Fire & Environment, Health, Safety.
Program Objectives
Student centric University with Industry ready students.
Strong Industry connect to enhance employability
Collaborative curriculum development with Industry, Academia and Student Input.
Internships at premier organizations like, GSFC Ltd, IOCL, Adani Ports, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, Vadodara Municipal corporations, GACl, GIFT City, and Deepak group etc.
State of the Art Training facilities like Fire Drill ground, Drill Tower, Smoke Chamber, Pump house , Sprinkler system, Clean Agent, Alarm & Detection system etc.
Advance and fully equipped Fire & Safety laboratory facilities for indulging student in the basic knowledge for becoming industry ready.
Qualified faculty members from reputed universities and industries.
Continuous linkage of experts from industry, research, and academics for overall development of students. The department has pool of Visiting Faculties from prominent organisations for providing diverse expertise in the field of Fire, Safety, and Health & Environment.
Outstanding placement in premiere organizations like Adani, Reliance, Nirma, Alembic, IMC
Program Outcomes
Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyse complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences.
Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal and environmental considerations.
Use research based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to arrive at valid conclusions.
Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of their limitations.
Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of the need for sustainable development.
Program Specific Outcomes
An ability to identify the hazards, evaluate the risk in the workplace and suggest suitable mitigation measures.
An ability to assess fire load in various occupancies and suggest suitable fire prevention, protection and life safety measures as per prevalent codes and legislations
An ability to evaluate the occupational diseases in the workplace and provide welfare and applicable medical facilities.
An ability to understand environmental issues associated with the workplace to design the control measures with traditional and computational tools based on codes and legislations
Program Structure
The B.Tech. F&EHS Engineering Program is of Four-year duration. Each year is called an academic year and is divided into two semesters. Thus, there will be a total of eight semesters. Each semester consists of fifteen weeks of teaching. The teaching learning process involves theory classes of an hour duration and practical classes of two hours duration. The curriculum will be delivered through various methods including chalk and talk, laboratories, power point presentations, audio, video tools, E-learning / E-content, virtual laboratories, simulations, Industry visits, seminars, workshops, projects, models, class discussions and industrial internship.
Evaluation
The assessment broadly comprises Internal Assessment (Continuous Evaluation Component) and External Assessment i.e., End Semester Examination. Each course carries 100 marks for theory with 60 marks for Internal Assessment and 40 for End Semester Examination and practical course carries additional 50 marks. The internal assessment will be through MCQ, Classroom Test, Open Book Assignment, Oral Presentation and Short Projects.
Courses
The curriculum structure is based on basic requirement courses in Fire & EHS Engineering. The program consists of Fundamental Engineering courses / Core Courses / Practical Drills/NPTEL Elective / Open Elective courses / Ability and Skill Enhancement Courses/ Value Added Courses.
For theory classes, one credit indicates one-hour lecture per week while for practical, one credit indicates two hours practical laboratory session per week.
The Fundamental Engineering courses ,Core Courses (CC) and Practical Drills are all compulsory courses. There are three kinds of Elective Courses: Professional Elective course, NPTEL Elective courses and Open Elective courses. In addition, there are Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC), Value-Added Courses.
The Core Courses, Discipline Specific Electives Courses and Discipline Specific Generic Electives are of 3 or 5 Credits each. The Skill Enhancement Course, Skill Enhancement Compulsory Courses and Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses are of 02 credits each. A student has to earn a minimum of 181 Credits to get a degree in B. Tech in Fire & EHS Engineering.
The program offers Professional Elective courses and the students must choose from each option offered in 6th Semester and 7th Semester. Students must also choose an Open Elective Course in the 6th Semester.
Students have to take Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course, Fire Drills, Industrial Internship in every semester from 1st to 6th Semester. This is compulsory for every student undergoing BTech Computer Science & Engineering.
Course Structure
| Semester – I | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. No. | Course Code | Course Title | L | T | P | C | Marks |
| A. Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course | |||||||
| 1 | AECC101 | Fundamentals of English | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| B. Skill Enhancement Courses | |||||||
| a) Skill Enhancement compulsory course | |||||||
| 2 | VACC101 | Foundation Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 |
| C. Core Course | |||||||
| 3 | BTEC101 | Basics of Electrical & electronics | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 150 |
| 4 | BTMA103 | Mathematics – I | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100 |
| 5 | BTCS104 | Computer Programming-I | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 150 |
| 6 | BTPY105 | Engineering Physics | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 150 |
| 7 | BTME106 | Workshop | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
| 8 | BTFS108 | Fundamental in Fire & Environment, health, Safety | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| Total | 25 | 900 | |||||
Admission Process
Total Intake
60 Seats
Mode of Admission
Merit Based
Qualifying Examination
10 + 2 (Science) or Equivalent
Eligibility for Admission
For State Quota Seats: The state quota seats of the B. Tech Program will be filled by Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC), Govt. of Gujarat.
For All India Seats (Management Quota): The All-India quota Seats of the B. Tech Program will be filled by GSFC University with the following eligibility criteria:
- Seats (All out of the state applications) will be filled from the all-India candidates (Including Gujarat) on the basis of NTA score in JEE (Main) – 2024 or percentile rank of GUJCET 2024 examinations. Admission announcement for these seats will be posted at the University’s website.
- If seats are not filled under specified JEE & GUJCET, vacant seats will be transferred to either of the category.
- A candidate should have passed (HSC -Science stream), the Qualifying Examinations with minimum 45% marks (40% in case of SC/ST/SEBC) as aggregate in theory and practical of Physics & Maths (with Chemistry or Computer or Vocational Subject) from single board.
Registration Fees
The registration fee for submitting online application form is Rs. 350/- (Rupees Three Hundred Fifty rupees Only), which is to be paid online.
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