College of Agricultural Engineering and Post Harvest Technology, Gangtok Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The College has two Hostels with accommodation capacities of 130 Boys in the college. The rooms are of two to three-bed capacities. All the two hostels are provided with the necessary infrastructure in terms of modern furniture, mess and dining room, gymnasium, indoor games, recreation, and newspapers/magazines facilities. The senior faculty member (Associate Professor) works as Warden of Boys Hostel. The mess of each hostel is equipped with modern gadgets, utensils, and furniture besides refrigerators, water coolers, and LPG high-pressure cooking gas connections. The gymnasium for boys has been established in the boys’ hostel. The facilities include a multi-gym, cycle jogger, etc.

The College has two hostels for the accommodation of female students with a total capacity of 92 girls. All the hostels are fully furnished and self-contained with amenities such as indoor games and a Gym room, a computer room, a common room with TV, and a dining hall with a mess. At present, the institute does not have any PG Hostel. PG students are accommodated in the UG Hostels.

The college has developed facilities for the regular medical checkup and health care of its students, faculty, and non-teaching staff members. The Medical Unit is equipped to meet the basic and emergency primary health care and medical necessities. The services of one medical officer supported by two qualified nurses and medical attendants are provided in the medical unit.

The College library possesses a total collection of 7203 volumes of books including Handbooks & Encyclopedias apart from non-book materials such as CDs, CD-ROMS, Maps, etc. The Library also has a good collection of Reports. It subscribes to three Indian Journals and eight popular Magazines, three National Dailies, and two local Dailies. The Library has access to more than about 3500 e-journals through Cera (Consortium for e-resources in Agriculture, ICAR). All in-house operations in the library are fully computerized using the networked version of LibSys-4 Software with OPAC facilities. The entire Library holding is available in Machine Readable Catalogue (MARC) and the computerized bibliographic information is made available to users through LAN using OPAC. The Library also provides photocopying facilities to its users on nominal charges.

The college has sports facilities for all students.

The College of Agricultural Engineering and Post Harvest Technology (CAEPHT) Computer Laboratory provides 20 new computers for computing facilities to all Students of College, Teaching, and non-teaching staff along with internet connectivity. It also provides Internet facilities to all teaching staff, administrative staff, and all students of the College. There are nearly 300+ users who are using internet facilities and computing facilities. Computer Centre supports a wide 1000 MBPS fiber-optic network that connects all the academic units, hostels, libraries, Residences, and other central facilities to the Computer Centre. Users can use the computing resources of the Computer Center from their offices, Academics Unit, Hostels, and Residence.

The college has a canteen facility for staff and students.

The college has established an auditorium with a sitting capacity of 270 persons and is well equipped with audio-visual facilities. It is used by the college for seminars, conferences, symposiums, and cultural programs on a regular basis.

The college has a good networking for the alumni association.

The College Wi-Fi Facilities are provided to Boys Hostel, Girls Hostel, ATIC Building, Guest House, VC Camp, and Dean Residence. LAN is provided through Optical Fiber connection in the North Academic Building, South Academic Building, New Girls Hostel, Auditorium, Residential Quarter, Medical Unit, and Farmers Produce Organization Building.

The college has guest house/waiting room facilities for visiting faculty and student family members.

• The College has 25 laboratories. 
• All equipped with modern and state-of-the-art equipment/instruments/apparatuses/machinery have been established. a) Department of Basic Sciences, Humanities & Agriculture Physics/Electrical/Electronics(Combined) Lab. Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry & Microbiology Lab. Agronomy & Soil Science Lab. Computer Lab. b) Department of Soil & Water Engineering GIS & Remote Sensing Lab. Soil Mechanics & Soil-Water Conservation Lab. Fluid Mechanics & Irrigation-Drainage Engg. Lab. Applied Mechanics Lab. Soil/Water Quality Testing Lab. Plastics Engg. & Technology Application Lab (AICRP on PET) Engineering Drawing Lab c) Department of Farm Power & Machinery Farm Power & Farm Machinery Lab. Bio-energy-cum-Renewable Energy Lab. Human Engg. & Safety in Agriculture Lab. Thermodynamics Lab. Theory of Machine Lab. Utilization of Animal Energy (UAE-AICRP) Lab. Farm Equipment Testing Lab. Soil Dynamics Lab. Workshop d) Department of Process & Food Engineering Unit Operations in Agril. Processing Lab. Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Lab. Heat & Mass Transfer Lab. Food & Dairy Engg. Lab. Agro-processing Lab. Food Quality Testing Lab. (Funded by MOFPI, GOI).

The college has a Gym facility for the students.

The college has a convenience store facility for students. (like, photocopying facility & stationery, etc.).

Training: The cell arranges training for students in industries and research organizations for 4 weeks at the end of 4th and 6th semesters for UG (Agricultural Engineering) students and 3 3-week training programs for PG students. Apart from the above it also arranges for 5 months of implant training for the students of the 8th semester pursuing B Tech (Food Technology). Some of the leading organizations are Tractor Training Institutes at Budni, Hissar, Anantpur and Biswanath Charali; Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun; Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar; CFTRI, Mysore; Mahindra and Mahindra; One Cert, Jaipur; Zydus, Rangpo; Netle, Mumbai; Jain Irrigation, Jalgaon etc. Placement: The cell organizes interaction with the industry people with the students to expose our student's capability and develop a linkage for the young graduates and postgraduate students of different disciplines.