Kumaon Engineering College

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name = Kumaon Engineering College
Motto = उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत (Get up! Wake up! Seek the guidance of an Illumined teacher and realize the Self)
established= April 21, 1991
type = Engineering College
Principal = HARSHIT AGARWAL
city = Almora
state = Uttarakhand
country = India
undergrad = 720
postgrad = 105
Official website = [http://www.kecua.in/ www.kecua.in]
Unofficial Website = [http://geocities.com/keczone/ KEC Zone] The Kumaon Engineering College ( _hi. कुमाँयू इंजिनीयरिंग कॉलेज), or KEC, is an autonomous engineering and technology institute in the Almora district in state of Uttarakhand established with the sole purpose of imparting technological advances to the state. Established in 1991 the college has travelled 15 years journey, and seen many facelift till date. The institute is fully financed by the government of Uttarakhand and managed by the Board of Governors with the Minister of Technical Education Govt. of Uttarakhand, as the Chairman and Secretary of Technical Education as Vice-Chairman. Principal is the member Secretary of Board of Governors.

Location

The College is situated in the hilly region of Dwarahat on Kathgodam-Ranikhet-Karnprayag National Highway (87-E), about 30 km. from Ranikhet. The nearest railway station is at Kathgodam (118 km).

The College is spread over an area of convert|155|acre|km2|1 at an altitude of 1450 meters. A quiet, congenial, hilly and pollution free environment with a picturesque view surrounding the campus. The summer is pleasant with a max of 30 °C for a few weeks and for rest of the time, the weather remains cool.

The Institute

Kumaon Engineering College is affiliated to Kumaon University Nainital, which imparts technical education to the students. KEC is affiliated to Kumaon University which providest the student with the degrees in the following discipline:

*Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
*Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering
*Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical engineering
*Bachelor of Engineering in Biochemical Engineering
*Master of Computer ApplicationsApart from all these Undergraduate & Postgraduate courses, the college also provides the students with the CCNA and Oracle (scheduled) courses.

Departments

The College is divided into six departments, which are as follows:
*Applied Science Department
*Computer Science Department
*Electronics Department
*Mechanical Department
*Biochemical Department
*Administration Department

Applied Science Department

Applied Science department concerns basically with the first year students. It includes the studies of various subjects like Mathematics, Physics& Chemistry. It boasts of the following fully developed and equipped Labs:
*Engineering Chemistry Lab.
*Organic & Physical Chemistry Lab.
*Soil& Water Pollution Lab.
*General Physics Lab.
*Optics Lab

Computer Science Department

The CS department imparts the excellence and innovation to the student of CS and MCA with the Hardware & Software Labs along with the Computer Center and VSAT Internet connection (128 kbit/s) through DOE, ERNET Project. The department has:

*MS DOS/ Unix Lab.
*Windows NT / NetWare Lab.
*Internet lab (Under Linux).
*Internet lab (Under Windows).
*Visual Basic Programming Lab.
*Linux Lab.
*Oracle Lab. Every year, bright and innovative projects come up on variety of fields including OpenGL, linux, Oracle etc

Electronics Department

This department has the state of art labs relating to electrical & electronics. The following labs are developed with latest equipments.
*Communications Lab.
*Microprocessor Lab.
*Measurements & Instrumentation Lab.
* Electrical Engineering Lab.
*Control System Lab.
*Digital Electronics Lab.
*Power Electronics Lab.
*Discrete Integrated Circuit Lab.
*Electrical Machine Lab.
*PCB Lab.
*Microwave Lab.
*Optical Fiber Lab.

Mechanical Department

The Department has the centralised workshop which works as the umbrella for the various other labs related to mechanical engineering. The labs facilitated in the central workshop are as:

*Carpentry Shop.
*Black Smithy Shop.
*FittingShop.
*MachineShop.
*WeldingShop.
*Sheet Metal ShopThe other mechanical department labs include:
*Mechanics lab
*Engineering Drawing lab
*Fluid Mechanics lab

Biochemical Department

This department is in its developing phase and some of the Labs have been developed and some are under development process. It has the following labs:
*Bio Chemistry Lab.
*Life Science Lab.
*Microbiology Lab.
*Chemical Engineering Operations Lab.
*GeneticsLab (planned).
*Industrial Fermentation Lab.
*Computer Aided Design Lab.
*Waste water treatment Lab.

Library

The library is life line of the college. It contains more than 5000 articles and journals, which includes all the books covered by the sallaybus, and other technical journal like IEEE and other magzines, varying from computers to human sciences. The library has shifted to its new building just five years back and is still on its way to become a state of art library.The College has a Central Library, which operates on an open access basis. Students and staff members have an access to large number of books and journals, besides large number of competitive and technical magazines. Presently the library is procuring about 14 international journals & 50 national journals. Library has the latest Library Management Software i.e. LIBSYS for library automation purpose. The catalogue data entry work has been completed and the computerized service (i.e. OPAC) and circulation will be implemented soon. Library is also institutional member of DELNET. The library users are licensed to use the DELNET database for their study / project work / research purpose. Digital library is indeed in process of installation. The library is being further strengthened with large number of books and journals.
Software library with latest software also plays a significant role. In the software library any student can use the software. Presently the library is equipped with the following software:
*MultiSim - 10 User - Electronics Workbench.
*Ultiboard - 10 User - Electronics Workbench.
*ACTIVEHDL - VHDL - 10 User - ALDEC.
*ACTIVEHDL - Verilog - 10 User - ALDEC.
*Synplify - Floating - Synplicity.
*AutoCAD Inventor Series 10 - 5 User
*CommSim - 10 User - Electronics Workbentch.
*PCADD - 5 User - Antenna Design.
*PSIM - 5 User.
*Proctus VSM - 25 User.
* [http://www.tetcos.com NetSim] - 10 User. From Tetcos
*ESPRITCAM Computer Added Manufacturing - 5 User

Training & Placement

Training & placement was the major concern of the students since the college was established. And it was after 10 years the formal creation of Placement cell came into existence. But even after its creation, the body lacked the efficiency. But after 4 years they were able to bring up few big names into the institute, which included Infosys,HCL,Tech Mahindra,NIIT,Bajaj Auto, HCL Technologies, Satyam Computers and Syntel . Now a separate Training and Placement Cell is being established at Dehradun.

Hostels

The College has 10, boys and girls hostels of different capacities and one transit hostel. One boys hostel (180 single seated) is under construction. The following are the hostels in KEC
*Aravali Hostel [90 X 2] BE First Year (Boys)
*Trishul Hostel [25 X 2] [Owner Of Trishul Hostel- 2006 Passout Batch (Trishul Walon Ka..)]
*Nanda Devi Hostel [60 X 3] BE Second Year (Boys)
*Shivalik Hostel [30 X 2] Second/Final Year (Boys)
*Gaumukh Hostel [60 X 3] BE Third Year (Boys)
*Gangotri Hostel [60 X 3] BE 1st, 2nd, 3rd Year (Girls)
*Kailash Hostel [120 X 1] BE Final Year (Boys)
*Yamunotri Hostel [60 X 2] MCA & BE Final Year (Girls)
*Nalanda Hostel [60 X 1] Adhoc Lecturers Transit Hostel [60 X 1]

Future

In spite of the troublesome past, now the college seems to be moving in the right track. With the vast alumni support and the present initiatives taken by the students, condition has stablised a lot. And soon, this college may be ranking among the best colleges of Uttarakhand.

External links

* [http://www.kecua.in Official website]
* [http://geocities.com/keczone/ Unofficial website]