Kingston Engineering College has continuously concentrated on implementing top-notch IT infrastructure and applications development for support of academic and research.
AOur college has a dedicated internet lab working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We provide free internet access to our students. We have 1155 Mbps 1:1 dedicated leased line internet connectivity (1 Gbps from Tata and 155 Mbps from Vodafone Idea). The internet can be accessed from more than 2000 computers. All the departments have internet connectivity.
The college has more than 2000 Desktop PCs / Laptops in the campus in various academic blocks connected through fibre optic backbone. Internet access is provided to all the computers.
College has purchased adequate numbers of licenses for the licensed software according to the curriculum. All the laboratories have been deployed with licensed software to cater to the needs of lab classes, research work training, certification program. We have started migrating from the proprietary software to Free and Open-Source Software 10 years back and as a result, most of our computers are operated only on Open-Source Technologies now. We are using free and open-source software in replacement of commercial software wherever possible. We have installed proprietory software in some labs to explore the latest technologies to the students and faculty.
We have also provided a free 24x7 Wi-Fi facility in the entire campus (including hostels, cafeteria, seminar halls, auditorium) for the benefit of the students and faculty to avail internet connection from anywhere in the campus. The campus intranet has important details about Test Schedules, Time Tables, Examination Schedules, Campus News etc., and a wealth of information about the college.
The institution has Centre of Technical Support with Data Centre built with an area of 900Sq.Ft, to manage network operations efficiently and hosts all the Rack & Blade servers with uninterrupted power supply. Server infrastructure includes high power There is 4 TB of NAS storage for Backup.
The Cyberoam 300ING firewall has been deployed for handling enhanced load on Network and Applications catering to academic and Administrative processes, thereby providing a secure campus.
Class rooms / Seminar halls are equipped with interactive panels, smartboards, Lecture capturing system and also LCD projectors to deliver presentations.
Please click here to View some photos of ICT facilitiesBiometric Systems for staff attendance has been implemented across the campus. Barcode Scanners are available in the Library for issue/return or books and to capture the entry/exit movement of the students and faculty.
All the IT related activites including network, hardware, software, interactive panels, projectors, UPS and IT maintenance comes under Centre for Technical Support (CTS).
