Samrat Ashok Technological Institute[3] is located at Vidisha, a town in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It was established on 1 November 1960 under the "Open Door" policy of Government of India by Maharaja Jiwajirao Education Society Vidisha, with a donation from the Gitanjali Trust Fund of the Scindias, (the erstwhile rulers of Gwalior state), and commitment of non-recurring grants from the Government of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh in agreed proportions.
After the establishment of Bhopal university at Bhopal (now Barkatullah University) the institute was affiliated to it along with MACT Bhopal and GEC Bhopal.
SATI is academically and administratively an autonomous institute, however, it is a part of the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya also known as RGPV Bhopal from 1998 and its degrees are issued by this university.
The institute was named after the emperor Ashoka the great who was the governor of the emperor Chandragupta Maurya in Ujjain and Vidisha (formally known Bhelsa). He married Devi, daughter of a businessman of Vidisha.
In March 2016, the institution received NAAC certification.[4] Also the government of India has selected this institute under the world bank scheme TEQIP-III (Technical Education Quality Improvement Program -III) for a financial assistance of Rs-15 crores, after TEQIP-I and TEQIP-II. The objective of this scheme is to establish academic excellence in the institute through various activities and enhance the employment opportunities of undergraduate and post-graduate students.
Foundation Stone for building was laid by Mr Jawahar Lal Nehru first Prime Minister of India on 13 th Feb 1962
Campus
Front view of campus, SATISide view of campus, SATIEngineering college building
The college campus is situated in the civil lines area near the industrial state of Vidisha. It spreads over 85 acres. The campus has Engineering and Polytechnic College. It has six hostels, three boys' hostels, and three girls' hostels. The campus also has quarters for professors and employees.
Facilities
Cooperative store
State Bank of India bank, ATM, and Indian Post office
Part-Time Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Courses (4 Year Duration) for Serving Self Employed Diploma Holders.
NOTE: As of 2019 Biomedical engineering and petrochemical engineering B.tech/B.E. are no longer available and departments were merged with E & I and Mechanical department respectively.
From the academic year 2020, two new programs namely the Internet of things(IoT) and Artificial intelligence & Data science were started.
Ph.D. program ( full or partial ):
The Institute is approved as research center of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Bhopal & Barkatullah University, Bhopal for Ph.D. program in all disciplines of engineering technology, science, and management from affiliated university. Institute publishes a (research journal) SATI journal of science and technology.
AICTE has approved this institute as a QIP research center for Ph.D. in engineering and technology in civil, mechanical, Electrical, CS, IT with two seats each.
D.Sc. Program
Institute has approved as a research center of Barkatullah University Bhopal for the D.Sc program.
Educational facilities
Laboratories
The institute has the latest laboratories in all the science and engineering departments capable of catering to the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The institute has following laboratories
1. Computer Science
laboratory
2. Mechanical laboratory
3. Chemistry laboratory
4. Electronics
laboratory
5.Electrical laboratory
and many more laboratories are present in this institute .
Computer facilities
Apart from a computer centre catering to the needs of B.Tech. (computer science and engineering/information technology), each department has its own computer lab. Likewise, the applied mathematics department, which runs an advanced course of M.Sc. in computer science, has developed its own computer center.
Central workshop
Shops have been modernized to cater to the needs of fabrication works involved in student projects and have very modern metrology laboratory for precision measurement.
