Ambedkar Nagar was established by Government of Uttar Pradesh under special component plan in year 2010, the college has started offering B.Tech Programme in three disciplines – Information Technology (IT), Electrical Engineering (EE) and Civil Engineering (CE) with intake of 60 seats in each branches from the session 2010–11.

Rajkiya Engineering College, Ambedkar Nagar was established in October 2010 and originally operated from the campus of Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology (KNIT) in Sultanpur.

The B.Tech curriculum prescribed by Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow consists of theory courses, practicals, projects and seminars.

Apart from hostels, REC has admin block, a SAC (Student Activity Center), REC playing courts, Academic block, various engineering labs like Mechanics lab and Workshops which consist of various shops like welding, foundry, carpentry, etc.

KSHITIZ is the national level sports fest which promotes a spirit of friendly competition among the students of various institutions all around the country.