during its 60 years of existence the delhi college of engineering dce has produced a battery of highlyskilled engineers who have left an indelible mark in the world of engineering vinod dham who revolutionised the design of the modernday personal computers by designing and developing the pentium chip k l chugh chairman emeritus itc janak bhasin and kishan swaroop of central electric authority a k choudhury cmd of mtnl are some of the prominent alumni who have made it big in the corporate world this year the college was successful in managing allindian engineering entrance examination2004 counselling which was coordinated through the central counselling board set up by the ministry of human resource development the counselling was completed through 16 counselling centres of ccb at various national institutes of technology nits iit delhi and the technical teachers training institute ttti chandigarh the principal dce p b sharma said apart from these achievements the college has been selected for the establishment of the centre of relevance and excellence core in fiber optics and optical communication under mission reach programme of technology vision2020 government of indiathe mission relevance and excellence in achieving new heights in educational institutions or reach was launched by the technology information forecasting and assessment council tifac department of science and technology government of india recognising the need for quality and trained manpower for transformation of the country from a developing to a developed oneunder the mission reach programme centres of relevance and excellence cores are being established at a few selected educational institutions of high standards and potential by tifac in diverse fields of emerging science and technology of proven relevance to the indian industries these centres are expected to be equipped with the stateoftheart technology and will emerge as worldclass research and development centres in the coming years the core concept is based on the threepronged approach of providing effective linkages among the academia industry and the government sharma addedthrough core dce plans to offer a masters programmes in engineering strengthen its research and development activities and take up joint research and development projects along with telecom industries in fiber optics and optical communications we are trying to inculcate among students the spirit of enterprise by bridging the gap between graduates and professional engineers students from the dce have participated in the international innovative design competition jointly organised by the society of automobile engineers and institution of mechanical engineers they have bagged the best endeavour fisita award for the innovative design of the formula student car another team of dce students have designed and developed the allterrain vehicle called the mini baja which has competed at the sae international meet in south africa last year sharma addedon placement of students sharma said the placement has been very good this year and students have been placed in companies like microsoft motorola tcs infosys wipro l t maruti quark to name a few in a big waythis year 320 students passed out at the undergraduate ug level and