Government Engineering College, Trivandrum
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| Motto | Sathyam Vada Dharmam Chara (Sanskrit) |
| Established | 1999 |
| Type | AICTE Approved |
| Principal | Prof. K. C. Raveendranathan (In Charge) |
| Location | Barton Hill, Trivandrum, Kerala, INDIA |
| Affiliations | University of Kerala |
| Website | gecbh.ac.in |
The Government Engineering College Barton Hill, Trivandrum (short names: GEC, GECBH) (Entrance Commissioner's Code: TRV) was started by the Government Of Kerala in August 1999.
The Institution is located in Barton Hill, which is two kilometres from the city centre in Trivandrum. It was started in order to have a centre of excellence to focus on the latest in Technology, and to augment the demand for Engineering education in Kerala. The institute has three major departments viz. Electronics and Communication, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering. Plans to include a new branch, Electrical and Electronics Engineering are underway. The college, now in the eighth academic year, since its inception, has already established itself as one of the leading Engineering Colleges in Kerala. [1] [2] [3]
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[edit] Courses and Curricula
GEC Barton Hill presently offers four B.Tech. courses in the streams of Mechanical Engineering(ME), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Information Technology (IT) and Electrical & Electronics Engineering each with an intake of 60 regular students and six lateral entry students per year. The college is affiliated to the University of Kerala and follows its curricula and syllabi.[4]
[edit] Mechanical Engineering
The department of mechanical Engineering has been the heart and spirit of this premier institution right from its inception.The department of Mechanical engineering is headed by a learned and experienced faculty, who with their rich experience in industry are able to enlighten the students about the latest trends and practical aspects of engineering.The department believes in the creation of engineers comfortable with a broad spectrum of technologies.The department has continuously produced the finest set of vibrant and proactive engineering. The Department strives to impart quality education keeping in view the global scenario and social obligation. The track record of the department, judged by the employment potential of the students and noteworthy achievements of illustrious alumni, by any stands, is excellent. The department has a well-equipped workshop that caters to the need of the entire college.[5]
Apart from the Mechanical Workshop, the college has a good Metrology Lab and Heat and Mass Transfer Lab and a high tech CAD Lab . To assist in intra disciplinary studies the institution has a full fledged Electrical Lab too.[6]
The college is also setting up a full fledged Engines, Hydraulics and Material Testing lab.
The new Mechanical Engineering block is fast nearing completion and from 2007, classes and labs will be conducted in the new block.
[edit] Information Technology
This engineering college provides the best in IT education under Kerala University. The students are well versed with the exhaustive and thoroughly chosen curriculum, guided as they are by an experienced faculty.Going beyond the theoretical, hands-on training sessions in various fields of application of Information Technology have imparted the students considerable acumen in the vast sector.[7]
The Information Technology Department is having state of the art Lab facilities for Internet Technology which gives students opportunity to work on emerging technologies like Cluster computing, Artificial intelligence, Multimedia processing etc.[8]
The Computer Networks Lab owns routers, switches and other networking gadgets to give practical training on network technologies.[9]
[edit] Electronics & Communication Engineering
The department gives exposure to its students, to not only the regular Engineering curriculum but also to the aspirations of today's corporate world, by inculcating a professional attitude in them. The labs, with latest facilities and unlimited Internet facility, give the students a cutting edge in technical exploration and enhance their information search and analytical skills. The course not only gives them a chance to understand and explore their area of interest, but it will be an important aspect in their contribution to the company they would join after the degree. Students are encouraged to join various technical and non-technical forums, which in turn gives them horizontal exposure to Engineering concepts and technology.[10]
The faculty and staff are young, enthusiastic, energetic and motivated. [11] Labs are continuously upgraded with AICTE & state grants. The alumni are placed in various organisations of international repute. Department has good linkages with the industry and scientific and research organisation. Faculty and students engage themselves in technical conferences and have presented papers in reputed journals/ conferences. The preeminence of the department can be understood by the ever increasing demands of its fresh graduates. Close interaction with the industry has led to the evolution of a teaching system, which produces diligent and erudite engineers. The young engineers have excelled both in higher education and in industry.[12]
The facilities include Electronics Workshop, Electronic Circuits Lab, Digital Electronics Lab, Microprocessor Lab and an Advanced Communication Lab.[13]
[edit] Electrical & Electronics Engineering
This course is proposed to be started in this academic year with an intake of 60 students.
[edit] Admissions and Fees
Hundred percent of the admissions are based exclusively on merit and done through the Centralized admission Procedure (CAP) of the Government of Kerala.[14] All the students need to pay the fees only at the Government rate[15]. Top rank holders of theCommon Entrance Examination (CEE) conducted by Government of Kerala opt for this college. In 2005, the admissions to the college started at rank number 254 in Common Entrance Examination.[16]
[edit] Faculty
The faculty members are from the pool of Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers under the Department of Technical Education, who are arguably the best in the state. It is the same pool which provides the faculty to all the nine Government Engineering Colleges in the state. The 50 strong faculty team of the college consists of 7 PhD holders and 28 PG degree holders. The faculty to student ratio in GEC Barton Hill is 1 : 15, which is better than the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) stipulations. This, along with the advantage of being a relatively small college, ensures that every student receives personal attention from the faculty. The enviable staff student relationship that exists in this close-knit campus will be readily testified by every student and staff.[17]
[edit] Campus
The campus is situated in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city at a walking distance from PMG junction, beside the Government Law College. This makes GEC Barton Hill one of the easily accessible engineering colleges in the state. Housed in the formerly Government Girls High School Barton Hill, the college can boast of an architecture that is reminiscent of the erstwhile kingdom of Thiruvithaamkoor.
[edit] Library
The central library of the college houses more than 8000 books and periodicals including several reputed international journals and magazines. The process of fully computerizing the library, undertaken as a joint venture by the library and the IT department of the college using only free software has been completed. The campus also has a limited subscription to the on-line journals from IEEE. The project is also underway to gain full subscription to many more prestigious international publications including those from IEEE and ASME. Being centrally placed, the students of the college can also conveniently make use of the knowledge wealth of the excellent libraries like the University Library, the Public Library and the British Council Library, all of which are at a walking distance from the campus.[18]
[edit] Connectivity
There is sufficient Internet connectivity available to each department and accessible to every student. Three separate links of 128, 512 and 544 kbps connect the campus to the information web. An optical fiber backbone to bring the entire campus under a single network is also under way. The college also hosts a terminal of the EduSat.[19]
[edit] Placements
Since the first batch which graduated in 2003, the college is having close to 100% campus placement. companies like NCR , Infosys , HCL , Mahindra & Mahindra , Wipro , TCS , US Technologies , L&T , IBS , NEST , VSNL regularly visit the campus to reach the cream of talents. A full fledged Cell for Career Guidance and Placement (CCGP) is functional to help the corporates select the best of students.[20]
Many students opt out of placements to follow their dream of an MTech or an MBA or an MS in the US through GRE. There have been many instances when GECians have topped the university exams beating students of other colleges.
Across the years the placements have grown and it’s not just the IT companies that recruit students from GEC, even conventional tech companies like L&T, Mahindra & Mahindra, Ashok Leyland, VSNL, Keltron and the Defence forces have been recruiting students from the college. This shows that in spite of all the infrastructural inadequacies students don’t find any difficulty in getting jobs, whether it’s in the IT world or the in technical industries.[21]
[edit] Student Activities
The college has a vibrant, responsible and altruistic student community. The democratically elected college union spearheads various academic, cultural and sports activities of the students in the campus. The college arts festival stands out in respect of the number of participants it succeeds to attract and the yearly college magazine showcases the rich creative excursions of the students. [22]
Apart from the college union, all the departments have a students association which organizes many popular academic events pertaining to their branch. The IT department event Smrithi, attracts students from many engineering colleges to various contests including paper presentations and software design.
There is a student chapter of the IEEE in the college, which organizes many technical seminars and related activities. The college has an enthusiastic team of students working to develop and promote the use of free software among academia. They, along with Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE), had released a custom GNU/Linux distribution named FreeElectron, packaging along with a full fledged operating system, a wealth of software tools required in the ECE curriculum.
Facilities are provided for training the students for the Business English Certificate (BEC) Examination of the Cambridge University under the auspices of the IT Mission, Government of Kerala.
This College is also included as a member of the Technology Incubation Centre of the Government of Kerala, which regularly conduct Entrepreneurship Development Programmes and assists the students in starting their own enterprises.
In addition the college has clubs and forums for promoting student interaction which include a very active quiz club and also a unit of the National Service Scheme(NSS). This ensures all round development of the students. The quiz team of the college has won acclaim by representing the college at various levels in and outside the state.
A Physical Education Department is also functioning in the college. The Department has adequate facilities for its smooth functioning. Students can also utilize the facilities of the Department of Physical Education, University of Kerala and their stadium which is only a kilometer from the Campus. Arrangements have been made to practice athletics, football, volleyball and weight training equipments there. Students can also practice basketball and handball have at the Central stadium and ball badminton, shuttle badminton and table tennis at Jimmy George stadium, which is about 2 kilometers away from the campus. Meanwhile, the construction of 2 badminton courts is progressing on our campus. The department also plans to construct a volleyball court and a basketball court on the campus shortly.
The basketball, football and cricket teams of the college have taken part in numerous competitions across the state and in inter-collegiate events organised by the university and won prizes too.
[edit] Parent Teacher Association
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the college is a very active body, deeply concerned with the smooth functioning and development of the college. Apart from providing many important amenities to the students including the canteen and the Internet connectivity, the PTA also funds and organizes various training programs to develop the soft skills of the students. The PTA also gives scholarships to financially deprived students and awards to proficient students. The most outstanding recent contribution of the PTA to the college is a new building with two spacious classrooms
[edit] Intake
| Branch | Duration of Program | Seats (First year intake) | Seats (Lateral Entry) |
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| Electronics & Communication Engineering | 4 years | 60 | 6 |
| Information Technology | 4 years | 60 | 6 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 4 years | 60 | 6 |
[edit] New Building
The construction of new building is going on very fast.
[edit] Contact Address
Government Engineering College
Barton Hill, Thiruvavanthapuram - 695 035
Kerala, India.
Phone: 0471-2300484, 0471-2300485
Fax: 0471-2300484
Email: principal@gecbh.ac.in [24]
Website: www.gecbh.ac.in
