of Electrical Engineering was established in the year 1959, since the inception of the Institute. developed state of the art Infrastructure, thanks to the liberal assistance received in the formative years under UNESCO aid through UNDP and later from MHRD, GOI through several schemes like institutional network scheme( INS) , MODROBS, R& D, thrust area programme and TEQIP phase-1 and 2. had the for
tune of well trained and dedicated faculty due to whose sustained efforts the dept. The post graduate programmes of the dept. were started in the year 1964 coinciding with the 1st outgoing batch of the under graduate course. The establishment of the PG courses has contributed significantly to the research and consultancy activities of the dept. organised a number of fresher courses tailor made for industries and utilities like BHEL, APSEB, TATA power companies, VSP etc. also organised several continuing education programmes in emerging areas to faculty of educational institutions in and around the region. is recognised as a QIP centre for M. Tech programmes in electrical engineering. was active in research and the faculty completed several research projects sponsored by MHRD CSIR and other private and govt. organizations. With the provision of institute fellowships for Ph.D. scholars, the research activity in the dept. received a boost and currently there are about 26 Ph.D. scholars working for their doctorate degrees in various areas.