Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College

Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College
Established 1989
Type Government autonomous college
Principal Dr. Anurag Kumar Swami
Undergraduates 1140 (315 annual intake)
Postgraduates 180 [MCA] (60 annual intake) + 140 [M.Tech] (71 annual intake)
Location Ghurdauri, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
Campus Fully Residential Collage
Nickname GBPEC
Affiliations AICTE approved, affiliated to Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun
Website gbpec.ac.in
Overlooking the Himalayas from near the Principal's residence

Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College (or GBPEC) is an autonomous institution for higher technical education run by the state government of Uttarakhand, India. It was created in 1989 to honour the Indian freedom fighter Padma Shri[1] Govind Ballabh Pant.

History

Gobind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal [2] was established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1989. It started its first academic session in 1991. The college is affiliated to Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun (Uttarakhand).[3] It is located about 11 km from Pauri, the District headquarters and is about 33 km from Dev Prayag, a historical and pilgrimage place. The college is financed by the Government of Uttarakhand and managed by the Board of Governors with the Minister of Technical Education, Government of Uttarakhand, as the Chairman.

Location

The college is located in the Garhwal Himalayas, at a height of 1800 m (7000 ft.) above sea level, spread over 169 acres (0.68 km2). The college has a quiet, congenial, hilly and pollution-free environment. Summer is pleasant with a maximum of 30 °C for a few weeks (around two months in a year), and for rest of the time (around ten months in the year) the weather remains cool.

Courses

The institution offers courses in MCA, M. Tech, and B. Tech. As of 2009-10, the college provides seven undergraduate and five postgraduate courses.

Departments

The College offers undergraduate B. Tech. degrees in:[4]

The College offers postgraduate programmes M.C.A. (Master of Computer Applications), M.Tech programmes in Biotechnology, Digital Signal Processing, Computer Science and Engineering, and Production Engineering.

The College offers doctorate degrees Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Applications, Computer Science and Engineering, and Production Engineering

Admission for undergraduate programs is made through the entrance examination Joint Entrance Examination(JEE)(Main) which is conducted by the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) at all India Level. 85% of seats are reserved for candidates who are domiciles of Uttarakhand. Admissions for the graduate programs are done at the college level from GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) qualified candidates, and remaining seats, if any, on merit basis.

Applied Sciences and Humanities Department

The Applied Science department is concerned with the first year students. It includes study of subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Management, Economics and English. Its labs are:

Biotechnology Department

The department was established in 2005. It has the following labs:

Computer Science and Applications Department

The CSA department teaches the MCA students and Ph.D. (CSA) scholars.

Computer Science and Engineering Department

The CSE department teaches the CSE and MCA students. It has hardware and software labs, with internet connection (20 Mbit/s)through BSNL. The department labs are:

Electrical Engineering Department

The department offers B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering.

Electronics and Communication Engineering Department

The labs are:

Mechanical and Production Engineering Department

The Department workshop is a centralised facility, which works with the other labs related to mechanical engineering. The labs in the central workshop are:

The other Mechanical and Production Engineering Department labs include:

Central Library

Pride of the institute is large volumes (30000) of books in the areas of Engineering, Applied sciences, Humanity and Management, and ancillary areas from various Indian and foreign publications. Library is a hub around which all academic activities of the institute revolve. The library subscribes to national and international journals, including e-journals through consortium in the field of technology, magazines on current affairs and general interest to keep the students update with new technology & events. The students have free in-hand facilities for books and journals.

Training and Placement Cell

Students have been employed in Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, NIIT, Bajaj Auto, HCL Technologies, Satyam Computers and Syntel.

Hostels

The College is fully residential and requires that all students live in a hostel. There are six hostels for boys and five hostels for girls. There is one Teachers' Transit Hostel (TTH) for guest faculty members and Ph.D. scholars. The College has Type I, Type II, Type IV and Type IV-A quarters for teaching and non-teaching staff.

References

  1. ↑ M. Chalapathi Rau, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant: his life and times (1981), pp 183-184)
  2. ↑ Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College GBPEC 2012 Exam Dates Admissions Results Pauri Garhwal Uttarakhand GB Pant Engineering College. Euttaranchal.com (2013-08-13). Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
  3. ↑ List of Affiliated Colleges and Institutes Uttarakhand Technical University
  4. ↑ Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Website

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