Alpha College of Engineering and Technology, Gandhinagar Infrastructure: Library, Labs, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Infrastructure

The soul of Khatraj, Alpha College of Engineering & Technology, is established with the principle of nurturing students in the field of technology and innovation in the ambiance of liberty and harmony. Incepted from the roots of Alpha Education Foundation Trust, ACET has been moving at the forefront of advancement for nearly a half a decade, in the area of pivotal technologies and teaching methodologies. The campus is spread over the land of 10 acre. Started with 240 seats with the Bachelor Degree in Engineering Programme, the institute now has total intake of 924 in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Civil Engineering. The institute also offers a Postgraduate programme in Computer Engineering.

Auditorium

We have an enormous and fully air conditioned auditorium with elegant space of 240 seats having a nice projector with a wide screen on the stage, wireless mikes, and laptop with latest features guest room as well as rest room. ACET auditorium is with state-of-the-art multimedia system. It is frequently used for presentations, seminars, fests, events of the college. The College Auditorium has a fixed stage a It has wonderful acoustics and a warm and welcoming ambience. It is a perfect venue for musical, theatre, performances, as well as lectures, conferences and seminars.

Classrooms

Classrooms are one of the main platforms where effective learning takes place. We have taken all the possible care while designing our world class classrooms so that our students get effective learning from teachers and facilitate participative learning. ACET also comes equipped with a state-of-the-art distance education classroom with a SMART board, broadcasted whiteboards, a plasma TV, and document camera. All of these things are used to provide interactive learning experience. Our classrooms are well ventilated spacious, equipped with overhead and LCD projectors along with public address system with proper arrangements of Laptop power supply. The furniture used in classrooms is of un-compromised international quality to enable students for 8 hours of comfortable and continues learning. ACET has total 30 classrooms in main building and 12 classrooms in diploma building.

Computer Centre

Central Computer Centre is a central computing facility which fulfills the computing requirements of the institute. The computer center is equipped with more that 70 PCs. All the terminals in this centre have LINUX Operating System. Feedback portal of college is implemented in this lab. Central Computer Centre provides services to conduct all the online tests of the campus recruitment of UG and PG Students of all branches. Aptitude tests for Training and Placement of UG and PG students are also taken in Central Computer Centre.

All students in the Institute are entitled to have a login in the centre according to their enrolment number. Students are permitted to enter the Central Computer Centre only with their Identity Card.

Workshop

In ACET we have a modern workshop facility which supports the teaching and research activities of the mechanical engineering department. The workshop imparts basic knowledge of various hand tools and machines and their usage in different sections of manufacturing. The workshop covers an area of approx 1143 sq m and has a dedicated staff of 4 workshop technicians. The general workshop is used by first and second semester students of all branches while mechanical engineering students work in manufacturing process subject during second and third year. The workshop has around 50 tables for carrying out various job work. The workshop is mainly divided in seven different shops: Carpentry Shop, Fitting Shop, Smithy Shop, Tin Smithy Shop, Foundry Shop, Welding Shop, Machining Shop. In the welding shop we have instruments for Arc, gas and Spot welding while the foundry shop is having facilities for Sand Casting. The workshop is also equipped with all the measuring instruments, various hand tools and safety apparatus necessary for precise and safe working environment for manufacturing processes.

Library

The ACET Library serves dynamic facility in technical learning. The library, besides having more than 11000 books on engineering, science, language and humanities offers library services through its various divisions including gujarati novels, encyclopedias, dictionaries etc. The library subscribes for International, nationals journals, magazines, newspapers and periodicals.

The Library has Internet facilities consisting number of networked terminals for providing recent and most comprehensive access of e-journals and other e-reference resources to the faculty and students. The library has automated all its routine activities through library software called 'SOUL 2.0' and also extended the scope of various services like database search, OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue), Web based OPAC, scanning, NPTEL (National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning)Video Lecture facilities available and all the books of library having bar-code.

Canteen

Canteen is a hub of students at ACET, where they enjoy delicious and hygienic snacks, cold and hot drinks. In Canteen students enjoy variety of food including Gujarati, Punjabi, and Chinese. In College Campus we have two canteens for Students. Students avail of this facility from early morning to late in the evening. The trust manages standard of canteen. To run this procedure smoothly, ACET has also formed food & Hygiene Committee. Members of this committee look after quality, availability, and price of food served in canteen.

Sports Facility

The institute provides ample opportunities for the students to take part in all indoor and outdoor sports activities. Sports complex is located adjacent to the college and has facilities for playing and practicing Table Tennis, Chess, Carom, Volleyball, Badminton, Football, Kho-Kho and Cricket. Inter college tournaments, inter class matches and annual athletic meet are regular features in the sports section. Many of the students represent the college at GTU and AIU (ALL INDIA UNIVIVERSITY) level.

Transportation

The transportation facility at ALPHA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY is vivid because its route covers mainline areas of Ahmedabad city. The fleet includes 10-12 buses for students as well as staff members from various pick-up points of the city. AMTS bus service is also available at just one km away from our institute.