Assam Engineering College

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.Tech. 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.Jayanta Pathak.

The Chemical Engineering Department was started in 1963 and had an annual intake capacity of 60 students in the B.Tech. 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.

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 annual intake capacity is 20 students per semester in the B.Tech. degree course.

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 Prof. D.S. Pegu.

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 Technology (B.Tech.) 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.

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.

Established in 1984, it is the first in this field for 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. D.S. Pegu.

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.

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.

The department 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 standard C, C++, C#, VB, Java, ASP.NET, Oracle, Shell programming with high speed Internet connectivity. The department is headed by Dr. Subhrajyoti Bordoloi.

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 (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.

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.

The institute has a government post office on the campus maintained by Indian Post. The postal index number(PIN) of AEC Post Office is 781013.

The canteen is situated near the Main Building.

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 services have been provided for the students to connect city life from college. Many ASTC College buses are plying from the college to Church Field, Paltan Bazar, Beltola, Chandmari, Ganeshguri and vice versa. There is also a real time bus tracking facility for AEC bus service.

Pyrokinesis is the annual national level cultural festival of Assam Engineering College. It brings out an essence of creativity in a 3 day long event.

AEC has organized its first ever technical festival, Udbhavanam in the year 2012, after it got separated from Pyrokinesis, and decided to dedicate 2 days to technical competitions, workshops, lectures and seminars.

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.