Assam Engineering College

Assam Engineering College Guwahati, Assam
Motto "Service before self "
Type Government Technical institute
Established 1955
Principal Dr. Atul Bora[1]
Undergraduates 1650
Postgraduates 100
Location Guwahati, Assam, India India
Campus Urban, (400 acres)
Acronym AEC
Colors Red (Power), Blue (Peace), Yellow (Perseverance), Green (Life)
Website aec.ac.in

Assam Engineering College (Assamese: অসম অভিযান্ত্ৰিক মহাবিদ্যালয়), established in 1955, is located in Guwahati. It is the first undergraduate engineering college in the north-east India and today is a premier technical institute of eastern India. AEC has been the hub of many academic and supplementary activities in Assam. It is a public college run by the state of Assam. While the majority of students are from Assam, there are fixed quotas for students from neighboring states. The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education AICTE.

The college offers bachelor's 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 master's courses in Computer Application (MCA), Electrical Engineering (ME in Power Systems), Civil Engineering (ME), Mechanical Engineering (ME). It offers a Ph.D. facility in Soil Mechanics and Hydraulics. All the courses are affiliated to Gauhati University, the education hub of the North East region.

History

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.

Location

Assam Engineering College is in Jalukbari in south-west Guwahati.

Academics

Assam Engineering College houses the following departments:

Department of Civil Engineering

The department of Civil Engineering, established in 1956, was the first branch introduced in this college.

The annual intake capacity is 90 students per semester in the 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 is Dr. Palash Jyoti Hazarika.

Department of Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering Department was started in 1963 and had an annual intake capacity of 60 students in the 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 include 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, Material Science, and Polymer Science.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering was established on 25 August 1998; it is the newest department. Presently, it is attached to the Electronics & Telecommunications Department.

The course available is Bachelor of Engineering. The duration of the B.E. is four years having eight semesters. The head of the department is Apurba Kumar Kalita.

The current student intake is 20.

Department of Electrical Engineering

AEC Chemical/Administrative Building in the evening

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, and heavy and light electrical machinery. The department also offers a postgraduate program on power system. It has a total intake capacity of 18. The admission in this programme is through the PGCEE (Post-Graduate Common Entrance Examination) and a valid GATE score. The course consists of load flow dynamics, advance topics in power systems, facts devices, artificial intelligence, reliability in Power system,advanced protection, and operation technology. The department also has research facilities. The head of the department Dr. Damodar Agarwal, and it has highly qualified faculty members. Various lab facilities are available with an extra emphasis on digital, microprocessor and machine laboratories.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

AEC night view

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. The head of the department is Dr. R.K. Dutta.

Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Established in 1984, it is the only department providing a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering under the state government. It has an annual intake of 60 students. The department offers syllabus covering the major thrust areas in the field of electronics and telecommunication. The head of the department is Prof. Apurba Kumar Kalita.

Department of Industrial and Production Engineering

The branch of Industrial and Production Engineering was introduced in 1998 due to a high demand for production engineers in oil sectors and companies. The branch was recognised by AICTE in 2001. The head of the department is Dr. R.K. Dutta.

Department of Instrumentation Engineering

The branch of Instrumentation Engineering was introduced in 1998 due to the high demand for instrumentation engineers in industries and companies. The branch was recognised by AICTE in 2001.

In AEC, there is an intake of 20 instrumentation engineering students every year. The head of the department is Dr. Damodar Agarwal.

Department of Master of Computer Applications

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.

The department has 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 Dr. Maushumi Barooah.

Societies

Organizations on campus include:

Facilities

Hostels

In all there are nine hostels, eight of which 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. In earlier times no rooms were provided with Internet access and boarders managed on their own through their respective 'Internet monitors', but since 2010 the central internet facility to the college has been extended to the hostels. The administrative head of each hostel, the superintendent, is a senior faculty member. There are Hostel Committees, composed of superintendent and a student body of block monitors, mess secretaries, sports secretary, cultural secretary, magazine secretary, welfare secretary, Internet monitors and auditors. The committee is a successful exercise in self-governance.

Central Computing Center

Central Computing Center (CCC) is a central facility established in Assam Engineering College which caters to the needs of academic departments and various sections of the institute. CCC is instituted in a separate building.

Bank and shopping complex

The institute has a State Bank of India (SBI) branch inside the campus. It provides assistance in opening savings account and depositing institute-related fees and dues. There is an ATM of SBI installed within the campus for easy cash access for the students.

The institute has a market complex in the center of the campus which caters to all kinds of student necessities.

Postal service

The institute has a government post office on the campus maintained by Indian Post.

College canteen

The canteen is situated near the Main Building.

Health

The AEC Hospital provides indoor and outdoor medical facilities for common ailments. Complicated cases are referred for treatment to civic hospitals in the city.

Bus service

Bus services have been provided for the students to connect to the city life from college. Many ASTC College buses travel from the college to Church Field, Paltan Bazar, Ganeshguri and vice versa.

Annual festivals

Annual College Fest: Pyrokinesis

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 recent 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". The word 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 showcases 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 cultural section of the event includes a competition for bands, DJ nights, and performances by local schools.

Annual technical fest: Udbhavanam

AEChas organized its first ever technical festival, Udbhavanam. Starting in 2012, it separated Udbhavanam from Pyrokinesis, and decided to dedicate two days to technical competitions, workshops, lectures and seminars.

The two-day festival has many exciting events to attract technical students from all over India. Through this fest the school tries to induce students to new technologies and applications. The events are organized and managed by students of the college with guidance of professors. There are events covering every technical department of the college namely, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication, Chemical, Computer Science, Instrumentation and Industrial Production Engineering. There are also events managed by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of AEC. The two-day technical festival promises to deliver a lot to the technical students and open new endeavors through various technologies in the betterment of the society.

Admissions

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Atul Bora
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