Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College
Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College (AKGEC), Ghaziabad is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. The college was established in 1998 and offers BTech courses in seven disciplines of Engineering namely Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. The college also offers MTech in Automation and Robotics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The college is accredited by NAAC.[1]
अजय कुमार गर्ग इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज | |
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| Type | Self Financed College |
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| Established | 1998 |
| Affiliation | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, AICTE |
| Director | Dr. R K Agarwal |
Academic staff | 350 |
| Undergraduates | BTech B.Voc. |
| Postgraduates | MTech, MCA |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Rural,40 acres |
| Website | https://www.akgec.ac.in |
The college has the honor of being awarded the Chancellor's Award for highest marks in all BTech courses for three consecutive years in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18.
Spread over 40-acre campus, AKGEC has excellent infrastructure with well-planned complexes for each department having spacious laboratories, classrooms equipped with state-of-the-art teaching aids, department libraries and faculty cabins.
The college is approved by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, for the establishment of Centre of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) in the field of Automation & Robotics. The program envisages a unique partnership between AKGEC and nine international industries to promote research, consultancy, project development and training in the emerging technology field of Automation and Robotics.
The college has established the first NI LabVIEW Academy in the state of U.P. in collaboration with National Instruments. The Academy is equipped with Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workband (LabVIEW) with built-in functionality for simulation, data acquisition, instrument control, measurement analysis, data presentation and state-of-the-art Education Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (ELVIS) for training on concepts of Sensorics, Mechatronics, and Controls.
In addition, the college has established the Big Data Centre of Excellence, Software Development Centre, and Open Source Software Research & Development lab. These centers are run and managed entirely by the students to promote software development for the college as well as external clients, conduct training programs in various technologies and host competitions.