Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad

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Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad
GECA on diamond jubilee.jpg
Other name
G.E.C.A
MottoIn Pursuit of Technical Excellence
TypeTechnical education and Research institution
Established1960
PrincipalPranesh B Murnal
Location
Aurangabad
,
Maharashtra
,
India

19°52′0.38″N 75°19′24.1″E / 19.8667722°N 75.323361°E / 19.8667722; 75.323361
AffiliationsUGC, NAAC,[1] AICTE[2]
Websitegeca.ac.in

Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad (GECA) is an autonomous engineering Institute in Maharashtra state of India. It is affiliated to the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University and was established in 1960. The construction of the college was started in 1957 and was completed in 1960. Later on, it included the extension building that presently houses the Electronics and Telecommunication Department, Computer Science Engineering Department & Master of Computer Application Department. The recently constructed classroom complex houses the classes of first year students of all branches along with Information Technology Department.

Departments[]

Civil engineering[]

Civil Engineering is traditional branch of engineering and is amongst the founding courses when the institution was started. The department is located in the 'Annexe' building of the college. The Department of Civil Engineering conducts both full time and part time undergraduate courses in Civil engineering. It also conducts postgraduate programme in Water Resources Engineering, Structural Engineering, and a part time Post-Graduate programme in Soil Engineering.[3]

Electronics and telecommunication engineering[]

Department of E&TC had started U.G. Course B.E.(E&TC) in 1986 with sanctioned intake of 40 and enhanced to 60 in 1996. Department also runs full time Post Graduate Course M.E. (EC) and well equipped Recognized Research centre leading to Ph.D. (Electronics Engineering). Part time BE (E&TC) and part time ME (EC) are also run to give opportunity to working graduates and diploma holders.[4]

Student life[]

Team Cybrotics (Robotics Club Of GECA)[]

Team Cybrotics, of Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, is a group of robotics enthusiasts who have been fabricating robots since 2010. participating in ABU- Robocon, an International Robotic Contest for last 9 years. The National level competition (Robocon India) of ABU Robocon is being organised by Doordarshan and the winner of this national level competition gets the chance to represent India at International level.[5]

See also[]

Other Government Engineering Colleges (GEC's) in Maharashtra

References[]

  1. ^ NAAC list
  2. ^ https://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/Get_Institute_Id.pdf AICTE
  3. ^ "Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad". geca.ac.in. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad". geca.ac.in. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. ^ "RAISe". robocon.geca.ac.in. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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