Government Engineering College, Bhavnagar

Government Engineering College, Bhavnagar
Type Public college
Principal Dr. Mangal Bhatt(I/C)
Undergraduates 540
Location Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Campus Besides BPTI Campus, Vidyanagar
Affiliations Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad
Website gecbvn.ac.in

Government Engineering College Bhavnagar is a State-governed educational institution of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. Recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), it offers multi-discipline undergraduate programmes in engineering. The institute was affiliated to Bhavnagar University till April 2008, and is now affiliated to the Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Ahmedabad.

History

The institute was established in the year 2004 with intake capacity of 120 students in the discipline of Electronics & Communication and Production Engineering, subsequently the intake was increased to 300 students in the year 2008 with Electronics & Communication (120) seats and Production Engineering (120) seats and introduction of Mechanical Engineering (60) seats. Recently total intake of the institute reaches to 540 students with introduction of Computer Engineering (60), Information & Technology (60) and Civil Engineering (60) as new discipline with increase in intake in Mechanical Engineering to 60 more seats

Infrastructure

The current campus of the institute was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi on 18 February, 2009. It is located in Bhavnagar, 1.5 km away from the State transport Depot and 2.5 km away from Bhavnagar Railway Station.

The institute is spread over 43400 meter square of land area with 14300 square meters of land. It has separate blocks for Electronics and Communication Department, Mechanical and Production Department, Library Building, Amenity Building, Works Shop and Administrative Building. The library has more than 6000 books, with a book bank facility for the needy students.

Courses

As of 2011, the institute has 540 seats in engineering:

Hostel facilities

Recently this college provide separate hostels for boys and girls in which upto 99 accommodations are available at present.

References

    www.gecbvn.ac.in

    External links


    Coordinates: 21°45′32″N 72°07′56″E / 21.7589°N 72.1323°E / 21.7589; 72.1323

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