Government Engineering College, Trivandrum
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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.
http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_technicaleducation/outline.htm
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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.
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.
The college is also setting up an Engines, Hydraulics and Material Testing lab.
, artificial intelligence
, and multimedia
processing.
The Computer Networks Lab has routers, switches and other networking equipment to give practical training on network technology.
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.
The facilities include Electronics Workshop, Electronic Circuits Lab, Digital Electronics Lab, Microprocessor
Lab and an Advanced Communication Lab.
and single-phase AC Motors, and transformer
s
, 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.
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.http://www.gecbh.ac.in/library.html
There is a student chapter of the IEEE in the college, which organizes technical seminars and related activities.http://www.ieeegecbh.org/ 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 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.
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Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...
, (short names: GEC, GECB) (Entrance Commissioner's Code: TRV), was founded by the Government of Kerala
Government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala is a democratically elected body that governs the State of Kerala, India for a period of 5 years. The state government is headed by the Governor of Kerala as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected Chief Minister as real head of the executive. The state...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, 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
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
and Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_technicaleducation/outline.htm
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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.Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
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.
Apart from the mechanical workshop, the college has a Metrology
Metrology
Metrology is the science of measurement. Metrology includes all theoretical and practical aspects of measurement. The word comes from Greek μέτρον , "measure" + "λόγος" , amongst others meaning "speech, oration, discourse, quote, study, calculation, reason"...
Lab and Heat
Heat
In physics and thermodynamics, heat is energy transferred from one body, region, or thermodynamic system to another due to thermal contact or thermal radiation when the systems are at different temperatures. It is often described as one of the fundamental processes of energy transfer between...
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.
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 computingCluster Computing
Cluster Computing: the Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications is a journal for parallel processing, distributed computing systems, and computer communication networks....
, artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, and multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
processing.
The Computer Networks Lab has routers, switches and other networking equipment to give practical training on network technology.
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Students are encouraged to join technical and non-technical forums, which gives them exposure to engineering concepts and technology.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.
The facilities include Electronics Workshop, Electronic Circuits Lab, Digital Electronics Lab, Microprocessor
Microprocessor
A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...
Lab and an Advanced Communication Lab.
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-phaseThree-phase
In electrical engineering, three-phase electric power systems have at least three conductors carrying voltage waveforms that are radians offset in time...
and single-phase AC Motors, and transformer
Transformer
A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors—the transformer's coils. A varying current in the first or primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core and thus a varying magnetic field...
s
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.http://www.gecbh.ac.in/admission.html All the students need to pay the fees only at the Government rate.http://www.gecbh.ac.in/fees.html 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.http://www.gecbh.ac.in/program_rank.htmlFaculty
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 ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...
, 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 libraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
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
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....
.
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
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
Library, all of which are a walking distance from the campus.http://www.gecbh.ac.in/library.html
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.http://www.gecbh.ac.in/comput.htmlStudent 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. http://www.gecbh.ac.in 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.http://www.ieeegecbh.org/ The college has a team of students working to promote the use of free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
among academia. They, along with the Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE), have released a custom GNU
GNU
GNU is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU project, ultimately aiming to be a "complete Unix-compatible software system"...
/Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
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
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, which conducts Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
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
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
Department students can use the facilities of the Department of Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, University of Kerala and their stadium which isa kilometer from the campus. Arrangements have been made to practice athletics, football, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
and weight training equipments there. Students can also practice basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and handball have at the Central stadium and ball badminton
Ball badminton
Ball badminton is a sport native to India. It is a racket game, played with a yellow ball made of wool, on a court of fixed dimensions divided by a net. The game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, the capital of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It enjoys the...
, shuttle badminton and table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
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.
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 |
http://www.gecbh.ac.in/admission.html
See also
Aagneya The Techo-Cultural festival of GEC, Trivandrum ; List of colleges in KeralaExternal links
- GECB Website, GECB Official website
- IEEE SB Website, GECB Official website of IEEE Student Branch
- Aagneya 10 Website, GECB Aagneya Techno Cultural extravaganza