Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram

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Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapuram,Palakkad
Gec logo.jpg
Established 1999
Type Education and research institution
Principal Prof.K.Vidyasagar
Academic staff 65
Undergraduates 800
Postgraduates 18
Location Palakkad, Kerala, India
Campus 33 acres (0.13 km2)
Affiliations Calicut University, AICTE
Website http://gecskp.ac.in/


The Government Engineering College of Sreekrishnapuram is a technical education institute established in 1999 in the Palakkad district of Kerala. The college is fully owned by the Government of Kerala and is governed by the Directorate of Technical Education, Kerala. It is one among the prestigious engineering institutions under the Department of Technical Education, Kerala. The college is affiliated to the University of Calicut and follow its curriculum and syllabi.

GECSKP graduates are employed in a wide range of public and private sector companies within the country and abroad. Some of them have even braved to venture out and start their own organisation.

Main building has been inaugurated by Hon: Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthananthan on 1 August 2010. The college is located in the calm and peaceful village of Sreekrishnapuram in Palakkad District of Kerala. Nearest town's are Palakkad(35 KM),Ottappalam (25 KM),and Shoranur (35 KM).

The institute has three engineering departments:Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Information Technology


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[edit] Courses

The college offers three B.Tech. courses, with an intake of 66 regular students and six lateral entry students per year for each course.

Under Graduate Courses:
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Information Technology
Post Graduation Courses:
  • Computational Linguistics

Admission to M.Tech Programmes are based on applicant's results in the GATE conducted by IITs and IISc.

[edit] Departments and Facilities

  • Dept. of Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Dept. of Information Technology
  • Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  • Dept. of Civil Engineering
  • Dept. of Mathematics
  • Dept. of Chemistry
  • Dept. of Economics
  • Dept. of Physical education
  • Central Library
  • Computer Center and Seminar Hall
  • Gymnasium
  • Canteen

[edit] Placements

In 2010-11,5 companies selected GECSKP final year students through the campus recruitment programme.

GECSKP students have been placed in various reputed organizations like Accenture, Infosys, Mphasis, Procsys, IBM, TCS, Wipro, Cognizant Technologies, Siemens, HP, Samsung, Patni, CMC Ltd, Future Soft, HCL, IBS, Kirloskar, Heuwai Technologies, Canbay Software, Subex, US Technology, DRDO, Cordys, Hexaware, etc.

[edit] Library

The college library has more than 12000 volumes that mostly cover the syllabus needs of the students. Some International and National Journals are also available in the college library. Around 9% of the Annual Budget is alloted for the Library.

The IEEE Magazine Package is made available in the library.

The library has subscribed to the AICTE-DELNET Scheme for online access to DEL resources of e-journals

[edit] References

www.gecskp.ac.in

A video chronology of GECSKP History

[edit] External links



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