Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College (AKGEC) is an engineering college located in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. The college is affiliated to Mahamaya Technical University, Gautam Buddha Nagar. The college was affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow until 2010 when the university was bifurcated and the college came under the jurisdiction of the present university.
The college is situated on the 27 km milestone on the Delhi-Hapur bypass in a suburban area.
Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College was established in 1998. The college runs B.Tech, M.Tech and MCA.
The college is affiliated to Mahamaya Technical University and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. The college was established in 1998 and offers B.Tech Courses in six disciplines of engineering. The college offers postgraduate course in Computer Applications (MCA) and M.Tech in Automation and Robotics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Power & Energy Systems and VLSI Design. The college is certified for ISO 9001-2008 by BSI, UK.
The college is the only engineering college in the state to have received approval from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for the establishment of a Centre of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) in the field of Automation and Robotics. The program with an outlay of about Rs. 9.4 Cr envisages a partnership between AKGEC and seven international industries to promote research, consultancy, project development and training in the field of Automation and Robotics. The college has set up an Industrial Robotic Training Centre in Collaboration with Kuka Robotics of Germany. The centre provides internationally valid certification for its Basic, Advanced and Expert level training programmes. The college is the first institution in UP to establish a virtual lab for remote experimentation in collaboration with IIT, Delhi.
The college is spread over a ten acre campus. It has over 850 computers networked through broadband for Internet access. The college has an automated central library with over 47,000 books and national/international journals including e-journals. The college has an interactive satellite (EDUSAT) terminal with two way video conferencing facility.
The Director, Dr R.K. Agarwal is a B.Tech from IIT, Kanpur, MS from C.I.T., Cranfield, U.K. and Ph.D from IISc, Bangalore. The Chairman is, Shri Ashok Pal, an engineer and educationist.
There is continuous college-industry interface. Interactive seminars on emerging technologies and personality development programmes are arranged. The college is part of the Campus Connect program with Infosys for training students in accordance with the needs of the Industry. The college conducts specialist courses for CAD packages like Pro-E and CATIA V5.
During the academic year 2011-2012 over 300 students have been placed in organizations like Infosys, HCL Technologies, L & T, L & T Infotech, Rewelcom, Wipro BPO,FCS Software Solution, Brainsoft, Acetel, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army.
Over 500 students were placed in companies during the session 2011-12.
It is the first and only institution in U.P. to have received approval from DST, Government of India, for establishment of CORE in the field of Industrial Automation and Robotics.
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