CONTRIBUTION
OF ASSAM ENGINEERING INSTITUTE TOWARDS THE NATION
Ashok Das
Assam Engineering
Institute , Chandmari, Guwahati-3 was established in the year 1948 by the Govt.
of Assam in the line of Polytechnic
Education System in India to produce Diploma Engineers in Civil, Mechanical,
Electrical, Chemical, Computer and Electronic Engineering to provide service
towards the development of the country in their respective fields.
Since the
beginning, Assam Engineering Institute have produced high quality diploma
engineers, who have provided excellent service in the various technical
departments of both the State and Central Govt. departments as well as in the
private sector in India and abroad. Thus many organisations have been able to
upgrade themselves resulting in the development of the nation.
Being one of the
oldest diploma Institute in the North-East of India, Assam Engineering
Institute plays an important role in the field of technical education in the
region. The Institute was first started as “Assam Civil Engineering School” and
offered a Diploma course in Civil Engineering. Gradually, as the demand for
technical personnel in other fields was increasing, Diploma courses were
introduced in other disciplines.
In Assam
Engineering Institute, we have highly qualified and experienced faculty along
with one of the best infrastructure, thus Assam Engineering Institute have been
selected to conduct many Skill Development Programmes along with other courses
by the Govt. of India and many other organisations.
Existing infrastructure:-
Assam
Engineering Institute has the following infrastructural facilities:
Type of regular courses offered and present intake
capacity:-
|
SL No. |
LIST OF COURSES BEING OFFERED |
DURATION |
PRESENT
INTAKE* |
|
1. |
Diploma in Civil Engineering |
|
90 |
|
2. |
Diploma in Electrical Engineering |
|
40 |
|
3. |
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering |
3yrs
( six |
40 |
|
4. |
Diploma in Electronics
&Telecommunication Engineering |
Semesters) |
40 |
|
5. |
Diploma in Chemical Engineering |
|
35 |
|
6. |
Diploma in Computer Engineering |
|
40 |
|
7. |
Post Diploma in Computer Application |
1½
year(3 Semesters) |
30 |
*25no's extra seats for
PWD students.
Besides
normal academic activities, Assam Engineering Institute (AEI) is also
undertaking several schemes of the Government of India under The Ministry of
Human Resources Development (MHRD), Ministry of Information Technology and All
India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Govt. of Assam. The
"Skill Development Training Programmes" conducted in Assam
Engineering Institute have benefited many underprivileged along with the
backward classes and school drop outs of the community.
At present there
are various vocational training and entrepreneurial development courses being
run / completed at Assam Engineering Institute are as follows :-
|
Sl. No. |
Schemes/Projects |
Courses |
Objects |
|
1. |
Sustainability
Support Scheme (SSS) |
1.
Computer application with internet over view. 2.Computer
Hardware Maintenance and Networking. 3.
DTP and Tally 4.
Repair and Maintenance of PC peripherals. |
A
follow up scheme of Project IMPACT (under the DoE, presently Ministry of
Information Technology), initiated in 1990, for which resources are to be
generated through short term courses called CEEP (Continuing Engineering
Education Programme) and Consultancy services. |
|
2. |
Employment
Generation Training Scheme (EGTs) |
1.
DOEACC ‘O’ Level Course. 2.
DOEACC ‘A’ Level Course. 3.
DOEACC ‘B’ Level Course 4.
DOE ‘T’ Level PC H/W Maintenance
course |
Sponsored
by Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India, the aim of the scheme
is to impart technical training to the educated youth (especially SC/ST and
economically backward classes) to enable them to be self-employed. |
|
3. |
Community
Development Through Polytechnic Scheme (CDTP) |
Various
short term skill development vocational training courses and technical
services for the community. |
Scheme,
introduced in 2009-10, under MHRD(Now under Directorate of Training, Govt. of
India) for the following activities : Socio-economic
Survey and planning, Transfer of technology, Manpower development and
training, Technical Support services and Dissemination of information to the
rural/poor/deprived community. |
|
4. |
Modernization
and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROBs)
under AICTE |
Modernized
different laboratories with modern
machines & equipments and various short term courses and R&D
works DONE in the all departments of AEI. |
AICTE
has selected AEI in 2001 onward for this project by which an amount has been
sanctioned for purchasing new equipment, conducting Research Works and short
term courses. |
|
5. |
Indian
Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Membership |
Various
Short term courses and seminars for which proposals have to be submitted to
ISTE beforehand. |
Sponsored
by the ISTE, various courses and Seminars are to be conducted involving
external faculty and resource persons from various
organizations/institutions. |
|
6. |
Integrating
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in the mainstream of Technical and Vocational
Education. |
1.
Diploma courses increased by 25 seats exclusively for Persons with
Disabilities. 2.
Various short term skill development vocational training courses for 100
Persons with Disabilities annually. |
AEI has been
selected by the Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of
Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, to implement this centrally
sponsored scheme in November 2000, and works under this scheme have been
initiated since October 2001. |
|
7 |
Short
Term Vocational Courses under KKHSOU |
Various
short term skill development vocational training courses. |
AEI
has been selected by the KKHSOU(Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University)
Govt. of Assam) to implement this
State Govt. sponsored scheme . |
|
8. |
Community
College under NVEQF (National Vocational Education Qualification Framework) |
1.Automobile(Spl-Vehicle
Testing) 2.Construction.(Spl-Building Technology) |
Scheme
implemented under AICTE from the year 2013-14 |
|
9. |
AICTE-NEQIP
Project |
Institute
development |
Scheme
implemented under AICTE from the year 2013-14 called Technical Education
Quality Improvement Programme for
North Eastern States(AICTE-TEQIP-NES)/ NEQIP |
In addition to the
above mentioned programmes/schemes, Assam Engineering Institute have some more
of them , which are currently under process and will be implemented soon. Some
of them are as follows,
1.Prdhan
Mantri Rastriya Kushal Yojona(
Govt.of India)
2.Skill
Development Centre (Sponsored by Power Grid Corporation)
3.NIOS(National
Institute of Open Schooling)MHRD.GOI, skill centre.
4.Technical
Training Centre (For IOC apprentices trainees).
All the departments have already started its activities for NBA
with the help from NEQIP project. In this process, Assam Engineering
Institute and its departments have finalized their Department’s VISION,
MISSION, PEOS and SAR process.
Future of the
Institute :-
The Assam Engineering Institute has been producing the
right kind of technical manpower necessary to sustain and promote industrial
and economic growth for more than seventy years. The demand for technical and
skilled man power in the North-Eastern region and other region of our country
is increasing with the development of industries. With a well qualified staff
and a lot of new equipment in the modernized laboratories, smart class room,
language laboratory, the students have benefited by getting proper technical
exposure and communication skill. Further, the Assam Engineering Institute has
provided and will continue to provide its services to the society in general
and industry in particular by providing right information , appropriate
technology and high quality skill engineers.
Conclusion :-
With NEQIP, institute industry interaction programmes,
support of ITC, NBA and other government
aided project , Assam Engineering Institute have developed and is carrying on
its growth to prepare its students to compete with the latest technologies and along with the regular courses,
Under "institute
- industry interaction program" with different industries, Assam
Engineering Institute already started the process to develop institute as self
depended Institute.
From
all the above mentioned points, it is seen that
along with the regular courses, Assam Engineering Institute have
successfully conducted many other programmes which have resulted in the Skill
Development of many people of the society for self employment .
Assam
Engineering Institute step-up to transformed into a state-of-the-art Technical
Institution for imparting technical education and vocational training for
development and transfer of indigenous technology with modern one, which will
cater to the needs of not only the locality but also the entire North Eastern
region of India and become leader institute in entire the region.
The Author Ashok Das was a Senior Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Institute, A.E.I