Government Engineering College, Kozhikode


The Government Engineering College, Kozhikode is an engineering institution under the Department of Technical Education in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Kerala's state government founded it in August 1999, and it has been rated consistently among the top technical institutes in the state.
Students are selectively admitted based on their merit. Graduates are employed in both the public and private sectors internationally, some in top managerial and key technical positions in corporations across the globe.
The institution, located in Kozhikode district, has five major engineering departments: Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering.

History

The college began in 1999; its original campus was the hostel building of the Government Polytechnic at Kozhikode district. On 24 July 2006, seven years after its founding, the college began to use its own buildings. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurated the new block of the college. Since then, the college has ranked fifth among technical institutions in Kerala.

Courses

The college offers five Bachelor of Technology and three Master of Engineering courses. It is affiliated with the University of Calicut and APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, and is recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education. 66 regular students and six lateral entry students are accepted and enrolled in a B.Tech course every year, while the intake for the M.Tech course is 18 students.
The undergraduate courses offered are:
The postgraduate courses offered are:
GECK's campus has a variety of facilities.

Laboratory and workshops

The college has laboratory and workshop facilities for the four disciplines of engineering and the applied sciences.

Central computing facility

There is a computing facility with PC workstations. A LAN facility that runs on Linux servers forms the backbone of the centre. The centre is also equipped with computing environments including Unix, Sun Solaris and Linux along with software tools like Microsoft Visual Studio, C++, C, Fortran, Pascal, Java, MATLAB, AutoCAD, Kylix VHDL, Innoveda VHDL, Nisa and Qt Creator. A leased line connects the facility to the internet. The centre offers free internet connectivity to students and faculty members.

Library

GECK has a computerized library called the Technical Library and Documentation Centre. It subscribes to international and national technical journals and includes a digital, searchable information system. The audio-visual section maintains CD-ROMs on engineering subjects. Projects and seminar reports of students are archived in the library. Furthermore, the library holds books for general reading, and to prepare for competitive examinations like GATE, the GRE, and TOEFL.

Other facilities

GECK provides buses that transport students residing in the vicinity of Kozhikode to the college.
It runs its own cafeteria.
Facilities for basketball, volleyball and badminton are available. The college shares its college cricket and football space with the Government Polytechnic.
The college has a direct uplink with GSAT-3, an Indian communications satellite. It has six information technology-enabled smart classrooms with LCD projectors and laptops.

Student bodies

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

GECK is associated with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. With IEEE society memberships, students can receive information about recent developments in their chosen fields of technology and contact other engineers. The GECK IEEE unit in Calicut Government Engineering College provides help to students in electronic engineering, and instrumentation and control engineering

Career Guidance and Placement Cell

The Career Guidance and Placement Cell conducts workshops and training programs for students. One of its programs involves giving help to GECK students off campus from the students and faculty of other colleges.

Alumni Association

The Kozhikode Engineering College Alumni Association was launched in 2003. The completion of any degree at GECK allows a person to become a member of the association. On 16 August 2014, the Alumni Association held a reunion of the first two classes of graduates from GECK.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell is an initiative of the Department of Industries and Commerce, which is a branch of the state government of Kerala. Specifically, it was founded through the Kerala Institute for Entrepreneurship Development. The IEDC has been a part of the college since March 2004.
The Technology Business Incubator, implemented by the IEDC, was launched in the institution in 2005; it helps students convert an idea into a technological product.

National Service Scheme

The Technical Cell of the National Service Scheme encourages students and staff to participate in social work. Volunteers organise programmes such as seminars and orientation programmes inside and outside the campus. The motto of the organization is "Personality development through social service."
The NSS's GECK unit has been given awards for its performance. These include:
The Arts Club, whose full name is the Malar Vadi Arts Club, organises workshops and training programmes along with cultural events in the college in association with College Union Inauguration and Annual Arts Day.

Energy and Environment Conservation Club

The Energy and Environment Conservation Club, functioning under the Energy Conservation Society of Kerala, conducts programs to educate students about energy- and environment-related problems. The objective of EECC is to foster conservation of energy and protection of the environment to promote the sustainable development of mankind. The society's topics are energy auditing, reuse and recycling technology, wastewater utilisation, pollution control, environmental protection measures and promoting awareness among the public.

Centre for Continuing Education

The Centre for Continuing Education focuses on training youth for employment. It conducts vocational training, trains unemployed youth in full-time and informal programmes, develops management skills, performs in-service training to the already employed and publishes materials for training programmes. The CCE was originally a sub-centre of a similar program in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.

Industry Institute Interaction Cell

The Industry Institute Interaction Cell is a forum of interaction between industries and institutes through product testing, consulting, and research and development. The cell is associated with the District Industries Centre. Indian industries sponsor research and development activities, help develop the IIIC's curriculum and select qualified candidates. The testing and laboratory facilities in the college are used by companies for their needs. Students' ideas are shared with companies for commercial application.

LakshYa

LakshYa is a national technical festival in which students of GECK participate. It is a platform for engineering students to showcase their skills and knowledge. So far, it has been held five times: in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019.

Media Club

A media club was formed by students in 2018. It began as the media committee of LakshYa. Its activities include poster designing, video, photography and media editing.