Assam Engineering College Infrastructure Details

Surobhi Chatterjee

Infrastructure facilities at Assam Engineering College, [AEC] Guwahati:

Library:

• Assam Engineering College Library came into existence along with the foundation of the college in 1955.
• It bolsters the teaching, research and extension programs of the Institute.
• All students, faculty members of the Institute are entitled to make use of the Library facilities on taking library membership.
• There is a well-stocked Reading Room, which subscribes to a large number of dailies, weeklies, periodicals and journals on a variety of subjects.
• The Library, besides having a huge collection of books on engineering, science, management and humanities, serves as a resource center and aims to develop a comprehensive collection of documents useful for faculty and students of the Institute and provides an efficient dissemination of knowledge.

Computer Lab:

• Central Computing Centre (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. Centre has one of the envying infrastructures in the region in terms of computing facilities, Internet facilities and Campus-wide Networking.
• Centre is well equipped with the latest machines. It provides Internet facilities to the users in the CCC, all Departments, Library, faculty rooms and Administrative office.
• The same facility has also been extended to all the hostels.
• Each member of the institute is provided with a unique log-in ID to make the best use of the facility.
• The Central Computing Centre is dedicated to create and maintain a computing environment providing quality professional services to students, staff and administration.
• Students are encouraged to make full use of the facility for academic learning besides training themselves in modern computer applications and software skills.

Hostel:

• Elegantly designed and surrounded by lawns and flower beds, each hostel is divided into a number of blocks and provides residential facilities to undergraduates from all across the state of Assam.
• There are presently seven boy’s and one girl’s residential complex.
• All the eight hostels on the campus offer well ventilated, comfortable rooms available on single or double/multi sharing basis. Each hostel has a fully furnished Common Room attached to it that provides moment of leisure as well as a glimpse of laurels earned by the boarders.
• Apart from it, the hostels boast of a Table-Tennis room, a fully-equipped Gymnasium, 24/7 wifi network with internet access and a spacious Dining-Hall which is maintained hygienically for students to enjoy their meals.
• The hostels have a cooperative mess that is managed by the boarders themselves.
• They also subscribe to a large number of national dailies and magazines to keep the students aware of the happenings in the world.