Government Engineering College, Trivandrum

Government Engineering College
Motto Sathyam Vada Dharmam Chara (Sanskrit)
Established 1999
Type Government Engineering Institution
Principal S. Sheela
Location Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Affiliations University of Kerala
Website www.gecbh.ac.in

The Government Engineering College Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram, (short names: GEC, GECB) (Entrance Commissioner's Code: TRV), was founded by the Government of Kerala, India, in August 1999. The institution is located in Barton Hill, which is two kilometres from the city centre in Trivandrum. The institute has four major departments: Electronics and Communication, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. [1] [2]

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Courses and curricula

GECB offers four B.Tech. courses in the streams of Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) and Information Technology (IT), each with an intake of 66 regular students and six lateral entry students per year. The college is affiliated to the University of Kerala and follows its curricula and syllabi.[1]

Mechanical Engineering

The new Mechanical Engineering block is nearing completion. Some classes have already commenced in the new block.

The department has a workshop that caters to the need of the entire college.[2]

Apart from the mechanical workshop, the college has a 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.[3] The college is also setting up an Engines, Hydraulics and Material Testing lab.

Information Technology

The IT Department has laboratory facilities for internet technology which gives students opportunity to work on emerging technologies like cluster computing, artificial intelligence, and multimedia processing.[4]

The Computer Networks Lab has routers, switches and other networking equipment to give practical training on network technology.[5]

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Students are encouraged to join technical and non-technical forums, which gives them exposure to engineering concepts and technology.[6]

The department has linkages with industry, and scientific research organisations. Faculty and students engage themselves in technical conferences and have presented papers in journals and at conferences.[7]

The facilities include Electronics Workshop, Electronic Circuits Lab, Digital Electronics Lab, Microprocessor Lab and an Advanced Communication Lab.[8]

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was started in year 2007 with an intake of 60 students. At present, there are 66 seats available. The college has an Electrical Machines lab with alternators, motor-generator sets, DC, three-phase and single-phase AC Motors, and transformers[3]

Admissions and fees

Hundred percent of the admissions are based exclusively on merit and arranged through the Centralized Admission Procedure (CAP) of the Government of Kerala.[3] All the students need to pay the fees only at the Government rate.[4] Top rank holders of the Common 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 the Common Entrance Examination.[5]

Faculty

The faculty members are drawn from the pool of Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers under the Department of Technical Education. 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.

Campus

The campus, situated centrally in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, is less than a kilometre from PMG junction, and is located beside the Government Law College, Trivandrum. Housed in what was once the Government Girls High School Barton Hill, the college architecture is reminiscent of the erstwhile kingdom of Thiruvithaamkoor.

Library

The central library of the college houses more than 8000 books and periodicals including 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 has a subscription to on-line journals from IEEE. A project is under way to gain full subscription to many more international publications including those from IEEE and ASME.

Being centrally placed, the students of the college can also conveniently make use of libraries such as the University Library, the Public Library and the British Council Library, all of which are a walking distance from the campus.[6]

Connectivity

Three separate links of 128, 512 and 544 kbit/s connect the campus to the web. An optical fiber backbone to bring the entire campus under a single network is under way. The college hosts a terminal of the EDUSAT educational communications satellite.[7]

Student activities

The democratically elected college union spearheads academic, cultural and sports activities of the students in the campus. Aagneya the inter collegiate Techno-cultural festival of the college, started in 2008 is a crowd puller with increasing participation each year. The college arts festival stands out in respect of the number of participants it succeeds to attract and the yearly college magazine showcases the creative abilities of the students. [8] Apart from the college union, all the departments have a students association which organizes academic events pertaining to their branch.

There is a student chapter of the IEEE in the college, which organizes technical seminars and related activities.[9] The college has a team of students working to promote the use of free software among academia. They, along with the Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE), have released a custom GNU/Linux distribution named FreeElectron, which provides (along with an operating system) software tools required in the ECE curriculum.

Thie college is a member of the Technology Incubation Centre of the Government of Kerala, which conducts Entrepreneurship Development Programmes and assists the students in starting their own enterprises.

The college has clubs and forums for promoting student interaction which includes a quiz club and a unit of the National Service Scheme(NSS). The quiz team has represented the college in and outside the state.

The Physical Education Department students can use the facilities of the Department of Physical Education, University of Kerala and their stadium which isa 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 the campus.

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.

Aagneya

Aagneya is an annual 3-day festival held by the students of the Government Engineering College, Trivandrum. It began in 2008, when the batch began a festival that would allow people of talents from all over the country to meet and partake in competition. Aagneya consists of cultural activities involving dance, music, art, literary and quizzing activities, as well as performances from professional artists. Now Aagneya is one of the most famous and happening college fests in South India.[9]

Parent Teacher Association

The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the college is concerned with the functioning and development of the college. Apart from providing amenities to the students including the canteen and internet connectivity, the PTA funds and organizes training programs to develop the soft skills of the students. The PTA gives scholarships to financially deprived students and awards to proficient students. A recent contribution of the PTA to the college is a new building with two classrooms.

Building construction

Presently the college is housed in the old school buildings. The construction of the eight-storey main block is moving at a fast pace and already construction of the Mechanical Lab Complex is complete. Only the furnishing work is left to be completed.

Building inauguration

The inauguration ceremony of the new building blocks was performed on 16 February 2011 in the august presence of ministers and other delegates. The seven storied main building, the IT and EC block, the Mechanical block and the Ladies hostel were left open to the students and the faculty members.

Intake

Branch Duration of program Seats (First year intake) Seats (Lateral entry)
Electronics and Communication Engineering 4 years 66 6
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 4 years 66 6
Information Technology 4 years 66 6
Mechanical Engineering 4 years 66 6

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See also

Aagneya The Techo-Cultural festival of GEC, Trivandrum ; List of colleges in Kerala

References

  1. ^ "Program list". http://gecbh.ac.in/program_list.html. 
  2. ^ "MEchanical". http://www.gecbh.ac.in/mech.html. 
  3. ^ a b "Mechanical Labs". http://www.gecbh.ac.in/mech_labs.html. 
  4. ^ "Infrastructure". http://www.gecbh.ac.in/infrastructure.html. 
  5. ^ "IT Labs". http://www.gecbh.ac.in/it/it_labs.html. 
  6. ^ "Electrtonics and Communication". http://www.gecbh.ac.in/electronics.html. 
  7. ^ "faculty". http://www.gecbh.ac.in/faculty.html. 
  8. ^ "EC Labs". http://www.gecbh.ac.in/ec/ec_labs.html. 
  9. ^ "CULFESTS OF THE YEAR". 11 October 2010. http://epaper.newindpress.com/NE/NE/2010/10/11/ArticleHtmls/11_10_2010_462_003.shtml?Mode=1. Retrieved 11 October 2010. 

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