Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram
The Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapuram (GEC-S) is a technical education institute established in 1999 in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad, 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 since its inception in 2015.
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Other name | GEC-S |
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| Type | Public Engineering College |
| Established | 1999 |
Academic affiliation |
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| Principal | P C Reghuraj |
Academic staff | 65 |
| Undergraduates | 1350 |
| Postgraduates | 36 |
| Location | , , India 10.9036°N 76.4347°E |
| Campus | 33 acres (0.13 km2) |
| Website | gecskp |
  Location in Kerala  Location in India | |
Campus
The college is located in the town of Sreekrishnapuram in th, Ottapalam taluk of the Palakkad district, Kerala, India. Nearest towns are Mannarkkad (15 km [9.3 mi]), Cherpulassery (15 km [9.3 mi]), Ottappalam (25 km [16 mi]), Shoranur (35 km [22 mi]) and Palakkad (35 km [22 mi]).
The Main building was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthananthan on 1 August 2010.
The institute has six engineering departments: Information Technology, Computer Science Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Civil Engineering.
Organisation and administration
Departments
- Dept. of Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
- Dept. of Information Technology
- Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Dept. of Civil Engineering
- Dept. of Mathematics
- Dept. of Chemistry
- Dept. of Economics
- Dept. of Physical education
Facilities
- Central Library
- Computer Center and Seminar Hall
- Gymnasium
- Canteen
- Ladies hostel
- Men's hostel
- Technical Business Incubator
- Rain Water Harvesting Plant
- New Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department Block
Central Stair Case of GEC Palakkad. The staircase inspires the logo for Invento, Life@GEC (a student organisation). Image taken by Allen Kuriakose (student).
Academics
Courses
The college offers six B.Tech. courses, with an annual intake of 63 regular students and six lateral entry students for each course.
Undergraduate courses:
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Information Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Civil Engineering
Admission to undergraduate courses are based on results in KEAM entrance exam.
Postgraduate courses:
- Computational Linguistics
- Mechanical Engineering (Robotics)
Admission to M.Tech. programmes are based on applicant's result in the GATE conducted by IITs and IISc. Non GATE entries are accepted according to the CGPA in B.Tech.
PhD in department of computer science also started in 2016.
Library
The college library has more than 12,000 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.
Placements
GECSKP students have been placed in organizations like Microsoft, Accenture, Infosys, Mphasis, Procsys, IBM, TCS, Wipro, Cognizant Technologies, Siemens, HP, Samsung, Patni, CMC Ltd, Future Soft, HCL, IBS, Kirloskar, Huawei Technologies, Canbay Software, Subex, US Technology, DRDO, Cordys, Hexaware, etc.
In 2013–14, more than 50% of students with 7.5 CGPA having no backlogs had been placed.[1]
