| Assam Engineering College Guwahati, Assam | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Service Before Self |
| Established | 1955 |
| Type | Technical institute |
| Principal | Dr. N N Patowary (acting) |
| Undergraduates | 1320 |
| Postgraduates | 150 |
| Location | Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Acronym | AEC |
| Colors | Red (Power), Blue (Peace), Yellow (Perseverance), Green (Life) |
| Website | aec.ac.in |
Assam Engineering College established in 1955 is located in the Jalukbari area of Guwahati city. It is the premier technical institute of North East India. It is the first undergraduate engineering college in northeastern India and today is a premier technical institute of the entire country. AEC has been the hub of many academic and supplementary activities in Assam for almost half a century. The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education AICTE. The college offers Bachelor courses (BE) in the fields of Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. It also offers Masters courses on Computer Application (MCA), Electrical Engineering (ME), Civil Engineering (ME), Mechanical Engineering (ME). It offers Ph.D. facility in Soil Mechanics and Hydraulics. All the courses are affiliated to Gauhati University, the education hub of the North East region.
Assam Engineering College was established in 1955, the first undergraduate engineering college in North-Eastern India. It started with Civil Engineering, and within a few years other departments came into existence. Currently, it awards Bachelor's degrees in eight engineering disciplines and Master's degrees in Computer Applications, Civil Engineering and Industrial and Production Engineering. There are PhD programs in Soil Mechanics and Hydraulics. Its annual festival called the Pyrokinesis attracts students from the entire region. With a well spread out lush green campus, AEC has been the centre of many intellectual and extracurricular activities in Assam for almost half a century.
Assam Engineering College is in Jalukbari in South-West Guwahati, which is a landmark place in the colourful and chequered history of Assam. Bounded by Gauhati University on the north, the Deepor Beel on the south, the Government Ayurvedic College on the east, and the Assam Police Radio Organisation on the west, Assam Engineering College spells a magical impact on visitors. Well-connected to the major city centres by open and wide roads, the campus is about 9 km from the Guwahati Main Railway Station, 5 km from the Inter-State Bus Terminus and 8 km from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Borjhar.
In all there are nine hostels of which eight are for undergraduate students including one for female students and one for male postgraduates. Each hostel is self-contained with amenities such as a common room, a library, an indoor games room, a lounge and a dining hall with mess. No rooms are provided with Internet access. The administrative head of each hostel, the superintendent, is a senior faculty member. There are Hostel Committees at the Hostel level. The Hostel Committees composed of superintendent and a student body of block monitors, mess secretaries, sports secretary, cultural secretary, magazine secretary, welfare secretary and auditors. The committee is an exercise in self-governance and a successful one.
The department of Master of Computer Applications, established in 1990, offers M.C.A. courses of three years duration with an annual intake of 30 students and a student to teacher ratio of 3:1.
Well-equipped three laboratories with Pentium, AMD workstations, servers running under WindowsNT, Linux, UNIX providing the environment to work on C, C++, C#, VB, Java, ASP.NET, Oracle, Shell programming with high speed Internet connectivity. The department is headed by Prof. Bichitra Kalita.
The department of Mechanical Engineering, established in 1957, was one of the first departments of the college. It offers B.E. courses of four years with an annual intake of 60 students and a student-to-teacher ratio of 5:2.
Equipped with laboratory facilities, a library and experienced faculty, this branch has produced generations of mechanical engineers in Assam in the private and public sectors and academia. The head of the department is Dr. R.K. Dutta.
The department of Civil Engineering, established in 1956, was the first branch introduced in this college. The department boasts of highly qualified faculty and a well-equipped labs for field work.
The annual intake capacity is 90 students per semester in B.E. degree course and 25 students in the M.E. degree course. This department also offers a Ph.D. degree in Soil Mechanics and Hydraulics. However, it has a variable intake. The student to teacher ratio for each semester is 3:1. The head of the department Prof. N. N. Patwari.
The Electrical Engineering branch established its roots in Assam Engineering College in 1957 , as the second functioning branch.
The branch offers Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree and has an annual intake of 90 students. The department has a student-to-teacher ratio of 5:1.
The curriculum of the department is mainly oriented to cater for the needs of all types of industries, such as power, IT, heavy and light electrical machineries etc. The department also offers a postgraduate program on power system. The department also has research facilities. The head of the department Dr. Damodar Agarwal.
Established in 1983, it is the only department in a state government funded college to offer a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering.
It has an annual intake of 60 students and a highly qualified teaching faculty, the ratio being 5:1. The syllabus covers the major areas in the field of electronics and telecommunication. The head of the department is Apurba Kumar Kalita.
Computer Science and Engineering was established on August 25, 1998; it's the newest of the lot. Presently, the department is attached to the Electronics & Telecommunications Department.
The course available is Bachelor of Engineering. The department has quality faculty members and a sophisticated computer centre. The duration of the B.E. is four years having eight semesters. The head of the department is Apurba Kumar Kalita.
Faculty members include Hitesh Tahbildar, Guruprasad Khataniar, Ramen Kumar Choudhary, etc.
The Chemical Engineering Department was started in 1963 and had an annual intake capacity of 66 students in B.E. degree. The laboratories of this department are for research work in chemical engineering leading to a Ph.D. degree.
The department has been providing a four-year undergraduate course for Chemical Engineering. The core subjects includes Process Calculation, Chemical Technology, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Mass Transfer Operations, Heat Transfer Operations, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Process Dynamics & Control, Petroleum Refinery Engineering & Petrochemicals, Process Equipment Design & Drawing, Fluid Flow Operation, Transport Phenomenon, Process Utilities, Process Instrumentation.
The professor and head of the department is Ashok Baruah, M.Tech (IIT Bombay). Assistant professors are Arup Kumar Misra, M.Tech (IIT Kanpur) and Runjun Das, MS (Engg) (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA). Senior lecturers include Tapan Jyoti Sarma, M.Tech (IIT Bombay), Bandana Chakraborty, M.Tech (IIT Roorkee), Kavita Chakraborty, M.Tech (IIT Kharagpur). The lecturer is Ashim Kumar Basumatary, M.Tech (Dibrugarh University).
The branch of Industrial and Production Engineering was introduced in 1998 due to a high demand for production engineers in oil sectors, companies, etc. The branch was recognised to AICTE in 2001. Head of the department is Dr. R.K. Dutta.
The branch of Instrumentation Engineering was introduced in 1998 due to the high demand for instrumentation engineers in industries, companies, etc. The branch was recognised to AICTE in 2001.
In AEC, there is an intake of 20 instrumentation engineering students every year. Head of the department is Dr. Damodar Agarwal.
AEC is the premier institute leading the 30 Assam Engineers Company of the NCC. There is one ANO and one NCO among the college staff.
30 Assam Engineers Company is part of the 1 Assam Battalion within the NER directorate. The cadets in this company get training in regular NCC skills as well as specific training related to Army engineers.
Pyrokinesis, the annual national level technical cum cultural festival of Assam Engineering College is very popular among all academic institutions of the north east in the last couple of years due to its unique composition and fostering of co-operation among the participating institutions.
Pyrokinesis may, etymologically, mean something like "moving fire" or "setting things ablaze". Pyrokinesis has multiple meanings. It may mean the confluence of thoughts which results in a new way of thinking or the birth of a new concept; it may also mean resurgence or just human energy. In the end, it is up to the individual to embrace his/her perception of 'Pyrokinesis'. The three-day event showcase the technical and cultural extravaganza.
Technokinesis, the technical section of this fest, provides a common forum for budding technocrats to prove their technical skills in a battle of wits and knowledge. It also gives the engineers-to-be an insight into the cutting–edge technologies and contemporary path research through lecture sessions, workshops and discussion forums conducted by the experts in this field. The events are
The cultural section of the event includes a competition for bands, DJ nights, performance by local schools.