Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram (India)
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The 'Government Engineering College' Palakkad of Sreekrishnapuram is a technical education institute established in 1999 in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. The college is owned by the Government of Kerala and is governed by the Directorate of Technical Education, Kerala. The college is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and follow its curriculum and syllabi.
Going by academic results, the college is among the top ten engineering colleges under the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.
GECPKD graduates are employed in a wide range of public and private sector companies within the country and abroad.
The Main building was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthananthan on 1 August 2010.
The college is located in the calm and peaceful village of Sreekrishnapuram in the Palakkad District of Kerala. Nearest towns are Palakkad(35 km),Ottappalam (25 km),and Shoranur (35 km).
The institute has five engineering departments: Information Technology, Computer Science Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering , and Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Courses
The college offers five B.Tech. courses, with an intake of 63 regular students and six lateral entry students per year for each course.
Undergraduate courses:
Computer Science and Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Information Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Admission to undergraduate courses are based on results in KEAM entrance exam.
Postgraduate courses:
Computational Linguistics
Admission to M.Tech Programmes are based on applicant's results in the GATE conducted by IITs and IISc.
PhD in Department of computer science also started in the year of 2016.
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
Ladies hostel
Mens hostel
Technical Business Incubator
New Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department Block under construction
Placements
GECSKP students have been placed in 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.
In 2013-14, more than 50% of students with 7.5 CGPA and cleared all papers are placed.
It is the annual national level multi fest of GEC held every year participated by students from all over south India.
he annual national level multi fest is held every year
Library
The college library has more than 12000 volumes that mostly cover the syllabus needs of the students. Some international and national journals are available in the college library. Around 9% of the annual budget is allotted 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.
