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DEPARTMENT PROFILE HISTORY AND MILE STONES The dept. of electrical Engineering was established in the year 1959, since the inception of the Institute. The dept. 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.The dept. had the fortune of well trained and dedicated faculty due to whose sustained efforts the dept. enjoys a position of eminence in the field of technical education. 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. Going by the mission and vision of the institute, the dept. always endeavored to contribute significantly to the growth of technical education in this area in tune with this objective the dept. organized a number of fresher courses tailor made for industries and utilities like BHEL, APSEB, TATA power companies, VSP etc. The dept. also organized several continuing education programmes [