Editing Jorhat Engineering College

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{{short description|Government engineering college in Assam, India}}
{{Infobox university
| name                   = Jorhat Engineering College, Assam
| native_name = যোৰহাট অভিযান্ত্ৰিক মহাবিদ্যালয়
| image                =File:JEC LOGO.JPG
| motto                  = {{lang|sa|योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्}} {{small|([[Sanskrit]])}}
 | mottoeng               = Excellence in Action is Yoga
 | established            = {{start date and age|1960|10|10|df=yes}}
 | type                   = [[Public University|Public]] [[engineering school]]
 | staff                  = 
 | faculty                = 
 | principal              = Dr. Rupam Baruah
 | students               = 1,500 (approx.)
 | undergrad              = 1,350 (approx.)
 | postgrad               = 150 (approx.)
 | city                   = [[Jorhat]]
 | state                  = [[Assam]]
 | country                = India
 |coor = {{coor|26.746|94.249|type:edu_region:IN|display=title,inline}}
 | embedded               = {{Infobox mapframe|wikidata=yes|zoom=12|marker= college|coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban Area|Urban]], {{cvt|78|acre}}
 | other_name             = JEC
 | affiliations           = [[Assam Science and Technology University]]
 | website                = {{url|www.jecassam.ac.in}}
}}

'''Jorhat Engineering College''' founded in 1960 by the [[Government of Assam]], is a government engineering college in [[Assam]], [[northeast India]]. The college, affiliated with [[Assam Science and Technology University]], is accredited by the [[All India Council for Technical Education]]. It has five four-year undergraduate programs: [[Civil Engineering]], [[Computer Science]] and Engineering, [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Instrumentation]] and [[Mechanical Engineering]].<ref>Prof P Venkataram and Dr Joy Thomas, M., "[http://cce.iisc.ernet.in/nsee/Report.pdf National Symposium on Engineering Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024214602/http://cce.iisc.ernet.in/nsee/Report.pdf |date=24 October 2016 }}", p. 8</ref> It also offers master's courses in Computer Application ([[Master of Computer Applications|MCA]]), Civil Engineering (Design of Civil Engineering Structures) Electrical Engineering [[Master of Engineering|(Instrumentation and control engineering]]). It also offers [[PhD]] courses.

==History==
[[File:Jorhat engineering college.JPG|thumb|alt=Long, low building across a pond with water lilies|The campus in spring]]
[[File:Jorhat Engineering College.JPG|thumb|alt=Lighted building at night, reflected in water|2011 Golden Jubilee]]
Jorhat Engineering College, the second Government Engineering Institute of Assam came into existence on 7 January 1959 at [[HRH The Prince of Wales Institute of Engineering and Technology|H.R.H.P.O.W. Institute of Engineering & Technology]], Jorhat with the then Principal of the institute, Sri H.N. Barua also as the Principal in-charge of Jorhat Engineering College. The College started functioning with admission of its first batch of students in Civil Engineering, on 10 October 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jecassam.ac.in|title=Jorhat Engineering college |website=Jorhat Engineering College|access-date=7 May 2018 }}</ref>

=={{anchor|Civil Engineering|Mechanical Engineering|Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering|Computer Science and Engineering|Workshop|Training and Placement cell|Master of Computer Application}}Academics==
The college offers a three-year, postgraduate [[Master of Computer Applications]] program for 30 students per year. Its Department of [[Civil Engineering]] offers a four-year course leading to a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) degree for 75 students per year. Established in 1961, the Department of Mechanical Engineering has an intake capacity of 90 students per year. It covers the design, physics and theory of [[mechanical engineering]], including [[Production system (computer science)|production systems]] and robotics. Workshops accessible by students have a wide range of machinery and include machine, fitting, automobile and foundry shops.

The Department of Electrical Engineering was established in 1961 with an initial intake capacity of 30 students, later increased to 60. It added instrumentation engineering in 1992, with an intake capacity of 20 students, to meet demand in northeastern India's oil, paper, tea and fertilizer industries. JEC was the first institute in [[Northeast India]] to offer B.E. degrees in instrumentation engineering. Both courses are approved by the [[All India Council for Technical Education]] in New Delhi. In 2009, the AICTE approved an increase in the instrumentation-engineering intake capacity to 30. Courses had been affiliated with [[Dibrugarh University]] in Assam through the 2016–2017 academic year; starting in 2017–2018, JEC's affiliation is with [[Assam Science and Technology University]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} Course structure and syllabi are modified at a regular intervals to incorporate new developments in science and technology. The departments incorporate the syllabi of the [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering]] and competitive examinations for the [[Indian Engineering Services]] and the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in its electrical-engineering and instrumentation courses.

The college has offered a B.E. degree in computer science and engineering since 1987. The department offers AICTE-approved courses in computer architecture and organisation, microprocessors, communications engineering, database management systems, artificial intelligence, operating systems, computer networks, interactive computer graphics, image processing, algorithms and distributed computing, and has a computer center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jecassam.ac.in/index.php/departmentsjec/engineering/computersc|title=Department of Computer Science & Engineering|website=Jorhat Engineering College|access-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715170918/http://jecassam.ac.in/index.php/departmentsjec/engineering/computersc|archive-date=15 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

JEC has a training and placement cell to coordinate the industrial training and placement of pre-final- and final-year students. The cell offers a one-month industrial training program pre-final-year students after their sixth-semester examination. It assists final-year students in job placement by organizing campus interviews by prospective employers.

==Departments==
'''Engineering departments'''
*[[Civil Engineering]]
*[[Computer Science and Engineering]]
*[[Mechanical Engineering]]
*[[Electrical Engineering]]
*[[Instrumentation Engineering]]
'''Non-engineering departments'''
*[[Chemistry]]
*[[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]]
*[[Mathematics]]
*[[Physics]]
*[[Computer Applications]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jecassam.ac.in/index.php/departmentsjec|title=Department|website=Jorhat Engineering College|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422092341/http://jecassam.ac.in/index.php/departmentsjec|archive-date=22 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=={{anchor|Hostel accommodation}}Accommodation==
The college has eight men's hostels and two women's hostels, each with a faculty superintendent and three or four monitors. Each has a [[mess]] for dining, a common room for boarders, recreation rooms, library, reading room, gym and Internet rooms.

{{wide image|Jorhat Engineering College , Jorhat , Assam, India - Vikramjit Kakati 2012.jpg|700px|Panorama of the college|align-cap=center|alt=Long, three-story buildings seen over water}}

=={{anchor|Phoenix|Sifung|Fotokraft|The JEC chronicle|JEC Quiz Forum|Avant Garde|Zatraa-Towards Destiny}}Extracurricular activities and clubs==
Phoenix is the college's annual techno-cultural festival, with workshops, exhibitions, a quiz, fashion show, gaming, robotics, dance and music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenix-jec.com|title=Phoenix '16|access-date=9 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412230611/http://www.phoenix-jec.com/|archivedate=12 April 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Sifung'' is its poetry magazine, a joint venture by Achyut Baruah and Shekharan Phukan; Baruah edited the first issue in 2009. Originally a hostel-V initiative, it was later published for the entire college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sifung.wordpress.com|title=SIFUNG: The Songs of JEC|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref>

FotoKraft is the photography club of the college, promoting student interest in photography and documenting college events. In 1989, JEC was the first educational institution in northeast India to publish a campus newspaper. ''JEC News'' was followed by the ''JEC Chronicle'' in 2010, published twice per semester. JEC quiz forum is one of the best and active quiz clubs in Eastern part of India. Their annual quiz festival is an attraction with students and professionals from entire eastern part of India participating in it. JEC quiz Forum's quizzes are perhaps considered the only attraction of the institutions fest Phoenix by many professionals, which is class apart from other events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jecassam.in/chronicles/chronicle-2vol2-Golden-Jubilee-Special-Issue.pdf|title=Golden Jubilee issue}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Zatraa- Towards Destiny'', a film created by JEC students, explores the life of an engineering student.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magicalassam.com/2014/05/assamese-film-zatraa-jec-students.html|title=Zatraa- Towards Destiny – Flick by JEC Students to Hit the Theatre Soon|author=Hussain Ahmed|date=18 May 2014|website=Magical Assam|access-date=9 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031424/http://www.magicalassam.com/2014/05/assamese-film-zatraa-jec-students.html|archivedate=21 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jecassam.ac.in Official website]

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