JIS College of Engineering was established in the millennium year 2000 by JIS Foundation and over the last decade grown in rapid strides to transform it into an Autonomous Institute.
The Institution is declared Autonomous by the University Grant Commission in 2011. The autonomous status conferred with qualification of 2(f) and 12(b). The Institution is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT). The Institution was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2009 and all its eligible technological departments are accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) or under re accreditation process.
Located in its sprawling 17.5 acres lush 'Green Campus' at Satellite Township of Kalyani, 55 km north of Kolkata, the College has strength of 3000 + students pursuing various degree engineering courses along with computer application and management. The Campus is an ideal educational ambience with Classrooms, Laboratories, Smart Classrooms, Seminar Halls, Conference Halls, Computer Centre, Central Library, Gymnasium, Store and Canteen with campus WI Fi connectivity.
From the viewpoint of the students, there are variations in the teaching learning process with content beyond the syllabus. In Design Lab (by following IIT MHRD framework certified by IIT Bombay), the departmental students get opportunity to become Industry ready via spoken tutorial in the technical skill of their choice. The students further get opportunities to attend live classes hosted by the IITs (specifically IIT Madras) via Quality Enhancement in Engineering Education (QEEE) programme in core subjects. Moreover, the students get opportunity to tune themselves by the Institutional Skill Development Porgrammes. The IIPC and Finishing School have pro active views regarding technical, communication and soft skill of the students. The students are provided with the programmes like advanced (GATE coaching), remedial teaching to address the concerned of the advanced and weak students. Entrepreneurship has also been encouraged with an AICTE sponsored Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) in place.