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 <p style="text-align: center;">[[File:AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE.jpg|border|AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE.jpg]] </p><p style="text-align: center;">'''<u>AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD</u>'''</p>

 <p style="text-align: justify;">Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, an ISO 9001-2008 certified and NAAC accredited institute, is an initiative of Indian Institute of Management and Engineering Society.&nbsp; Started in 1998, the institute has built an excellent faculty pool of experience and rich intellectual capital base, state-of-the-art infrastructure, technology savvy campus along with commitment towards excellence. The emphasis has been to build industry ready technocrats and develop sound academia-industry collaboration. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;The college offers B.Tech courses in seven disciplines. At the post graduate level, the college offers MCA and M.Tech courses in six engineering disciplines. The courses are approved by AICTE and affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;The college has been consistently maintaining excellent academic results and placements. The college places special emphasis on collaboration with industries at various levels to groom the students to meet the standards of industry. These include establishing collaborative facilities for student training in emerging multi disciplinary technologies and undertaking industry sponsored consultancy projects. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;The college has the distinction of being the first and only college in the State of Uttar Pradesh to receive the Academic Excellence Award for the Best Engineering College in UPTU (now renamed AKTU) from His Excellency, the Governor of U.P., for two successive years. The college is also recipient of CMAI award for Best Industry Interface from the Hon’ble Minister of Science and Technology, U.P. Government. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Spread over a 40 acre campus, the college has excellent infrastructure. The academic and administrative blocks, hostels and faculty residences surrounded by lush green lawns provide a conducive environment. In keeping with the college philosophy of environmental sustenance, the eco friendly campus has a network of rainwater harvesting systems to recharge ground water and sewage treatment plants to recycle the water for horticulture needs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;The only institution to have the following State of the Art Centres of Excellence in collaboration with eminent multinational companies to provide industry relevant training and project exposure which offers Global Certification to enhance global employability of students</p> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp; '''Industrial Robotics Training Centre''', the first of its kind in the country, established in collaboration with KUKA Robotics, providing internationally recognized and valid certification at basic, intermediate and advanced levels&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp;'''Centre of Competence in Automation Technologies''',&nbsp; in collaboration with Bosch Rexroth AG, Germany, the first of its kind in North India, for training in industrial hydraulics, pneumatics, sensorics, drives and control, CNC, PLC and Mechatronics &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp;'''Industrial Pneumatics Knowledge Centre''', set up jointly with Janatics India Pvt. Ltd., to promote projects and application development for low cost automation suited for SMEs &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp;'''LabVIEW Academy''', the first of its kind in the state of Uttar Pradesh, established jointly with National Instruments, India under their Planet NI (Nurturing Innovation) framework for training in the field of Virtual Instrumentation &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp;'''PLM-Centre of Excellence''', set up jointly with SIEMENS Industry Software Ltd., equipped with advanced design software suites like Solid Edge, Femap, NX, Team Centre, Technomatix etc. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp;'''AIA-Competency Development Centre''', under the Campus Connect Initiative of Automation Industry Association of India(AIA), for providing training in Integrated Automation across multiple engineering streams to students and practicing engineers from industry &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp;'''Research and Industrial Consultancy Centre (RICC)''' facilitating collaborative development and consultancy projects. RICC also conducts regular training sessions for students in AutoCAD, Pro-Engineer and CATIA V5 softwares &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp;'''Software Development Centre (SDC)''', equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and hardware/software tools, providing a highly conducive and stimulating environment for the young brains to explore and come out with innovative solutions using emerging technologies &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp; &nbsp;'''Microsoft IT Academy''', under the aegis of Department of Computer Science and Engineering,&nbsp; to expose the students to the latest Microsoft technologies and prepare them for Microsoft certification&nbsp; that will enable them to be market ready thereby increasing their placement opportunities manifolds &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp;'''Big Data Centre of Excellence''', under the Department of Information Technology,&nbsp; equipped with fully functional cluster of 12 data nodes and 1 name node, to provide training in big data analysis and research opportunities &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp;'''School of Software Technology''', established by Department of Information Technology,&nbsp; offering courses in software technologies .&nbsp;