Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (CRCE), ( popularly known as Fr. Agnel) is an engineering institute situated in Bandstand,Bandra(West), Mumbai, INDIA. Fr.CRCE is an un-aided, non-minority, non-autonomous institute accredited by All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) and affiliated to the University of Mumbai, which offers a four year baccalaureate course culminating in the Bachelor of Engineering degree conferred by the university.
Full-time Masters Degree courses in Mechanical Engineering (CAD-CAM & Robotics), Electronics Engineering Part-time Masters Degree in Production Engineering (Manufacturing).
Accreditation and affiliation
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (CRCE) is affiliated to the University of Mumbai and has consistently been rated as one of top engineering colleges in Mumbai.It is accredited by [-[AICTE] and has been awarded "A+" grade by DTE
Department of Production Engineering
The Production Engineering Department is the first department to be started with 4-years Undergraduate Course in this Institution and was established in 1984. The course offers a sanctioned intake capacity of 60 students This Undergraduate Course is of sandwich pattern with one semester industrial training where the students have to spend one full semester in any one of the reputed Industries and complete an industrial project. The three years part-time Postgraduate Course was introduced in 1997 with specialization in Manufacturing Engineering. The course offers a limited intake capacity of 10 students and caters to the need for career growth of working professionals including faculty members of engineering colleges. The full-time Masters Degree Program in Mechanical Engineering was introduced in 2005 with specialization in CAD/CAM & Robotics and with an intake capacity of 18 students. This course caters to the need of technical professionals who aspire to augment their career in computer-related applications of industrial design and manufacturing management. The candidates having Bachelors' Degree in Engineering. Mechanical/Production/Automobile/ Machine Tools Engineering or in any other branch recognized by the University of Mumbai as equivalent or AMIE in the above said branches are eligible to get the admission to Masters Degree Courses.
The department has 4 workshops and 11 laboratories with the latest equipments and machinery which are listed below. The equipment worth in the department is nearly 2 Crores.[citation needed]
Laboratories and workshops:
- Engineering Mechanics
- Strength of Materials
- Theory of Machines
- Thermal Engineering
- Fluid Mechanics and Machines
- Material Science and Engineering
- Meteorology and Instrumentation
- Cutting Tool Engineering
- Automation and Control Engineering
- CAD/CAM
- CNC Machines
- Fitting shop
- Carpentry shop
- Welding shop
- Machine shop
Department of Computer Engineering
The Department of Computer Engineering was established in 1991. The first course started was B.E. in computer Engineering with intake 60. The student to faculty ratio for computer engineering is 16.
The department has purchased a number of software for facilitating project development and research among the faculty and the students.
The main features of the various computer centers are:
- All systems on campus wide network
- Centralized credential validation
- User file system on centralized Tera byte mega store
- Any practical / programming assignment anywhere
- Cooperative software development
Department of Electronics Engineering
The Department of Electronics Engineering was established in 1987. The Dept. conduct 4 year undergraduate course - B.E. (Electronics) and 2 year postgraduate course - M.E. (Electronics). The department has committed faculty with rich teaching and industrial experience. The labs are well equipped in hardware and software and regularly updated to keep up with the new developments. The department is involved in a number of technical activities like corporate training for industry, consulting and implementation of projects for industries like BARC, MECO etc., Seminars and STTPs on emerging areas for faculty are conducted every year.
Departmental Labs:
- Electrical Laboratory
- Electronics Circuit Analysis & Design Laboratory
- Digital & Mechatronics Laboratory
- Microprocessor Laboratory
- Instrumentation Laboratory
- Communication Laboratory
- Advanced Communication Laboratory
- VLSI Laboratory
- PG Center (For M.E. (Electronics))
- Project Cell: The Project cell has the necessary test instruments and equipments to design, assembler to test the circuits for industrial projects.
Department of Information Technology
The Program in Information Technology was started in the year 2001 with a sanctioned in-take of 30. Then the program was run and administered by the Department of Computer Engineering. In the year 2009 the Program of Information Technology was separated out from the Department of Computer Engineering and a separate Department was established. Currently the department is having 5 computer labs with a total strength of 130 terminals.
Faculty
Fr.CRCE has highly qualified faculty members having sound technical knowledge and vast industrial experience.The institute also encourages meritorious members of the faculty to complete their Masters and Doctorate degrees. Certain members of the faculty are involved in research projects as well and have published papers in international journals. In addition, the college has a panel of experts from the industry to conduct sessions in specialized areas.
Campus
The entire campus houses Fr.CRCE (Engineering College),Bal Vidya Bhavan(school) and The Trust's Offices. A fully equipped 9-storeyed building represents the principal academic block of the institution. It houses lecture halls,laboratories of all departments,computer centres ,a capacious library with more than 25,000 books and journals,dedicated internet centre for students,gymnasium, auditorium,canteen and other imperative amenities. The campus is Wifi Enabled and the students are provided with specialized barcoded ID cards to avail the required amenities.
The college has purchased flats measuring 3,200 sq ft (300 m2), at Kalina,Santacruz(East),Mumbai to provide hostel facilities to the outside students.The hostel facility is currently available only for boys and has the current capacity of 30.
Placements
The placement program starts in the month of June or July every year and students who have completed three years of the four year course are eligible to register. The program spans more than year and runs through the final year of the course for a batch of students.
The institute's placement records have always been gratifying, with more than 100% placement every year (Percentage accounts for the eligible students) . The placement activities are looked after by the full-time faculty placement officers and student coordinators.
The college is visited by corporate A-listers for the Campus recruitment. The placement record shows the confidence of the corporates in the academic standard of the college. Starting from the first batch,the students have been recruited by reputed organizations.
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