Chandigarh Group of Colleges

Chandigarh Group of Colleges

Main gate of Chandigarh Group of Colleges
Type	College
Established	2001
Academic affiliation	I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University
Chairman	Satnam Singh Sandhu
Location	Landran and Jhanjheri in Mohali district, Punjab , India 30°41′11″N76°39′53″E / 30.6865°N 76.6647°E / 30.6865; 76.6647
Campus	Rural (Village)
Website	www.cgc.edu.in

The Chandigarh Group of Colleges (or CGC) are the educational institutions located in the Mohali district of Punjab, near Chandigarh and Mohali. The CGC was established in 2001 at Landran ^[1] and in 2012 at Jhanjeri. ^{[2] [3]}

Individual institutions

CGC Landran, CGC University Mohali, and Chandigarh University are part of the CGC. They are distinct institutions at different locations.

CGC Landran

CGC Landran, also known as Landran College, was created in 2001 under affiliation with I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University. CGC Landran offers technical, pharmaceutical, management, arts, and science courses. Landran is an urbanized village with links to Sohana, Kharar, and Banur, three towns and villages in Mohali.

Campus activities and sports

CGC campus students have the opportunity to be a part of different cultural events like fashion shows, ^[4] faculty felicitation, ^[5] the NASA-sponsored CanSat competition, ^[6] MHRD's Smart India Hackathon events, ^[7] Start up to Scale Up conferences, ^[8] NCC best cadet, ^[9] Faculty Development Programmes ^{[10] [11]} apart from annual Techno cultural Fests. ^{[12] [13]} CGC students also participate in many sports tournaments and competitions such as Volleyball, ^{[14] [15]} Wrestling, ^[16] weightlifting, power lifting, and best physique championships. ^[17]

CGC University Mohali

In 2012, CGC Jhanjeri, now CGC University Mohali, ^[2] was initiated as a technical campus. It currently runs under administration in Jhanjeri, a village between Mohali and Sirhind-Fategarh. ^[18]

CGC Gharuan or Chandigarh University

Main article: Chandigarh University

CGC Gharaun was initiated in 2009. The University Grants Commission gave it university status in 2012. It is now known as Chandigarh University. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

Placements

CGC students with a foreign guest

In 2017, 457 multinational corporations, including Amazon, Microsoft, and HP, visited CGC Landran with 4900 placement offers. ^[22] HP, Wipro, Cognizant, and IBM visited CGC University Mohali with more than 27 job offers. ^[23] In 2018, the university was recognised as the best institution for placements in Punjab by Amarinder Singh, the Chief Minister of Punjab. ^[24]

Research and development

CGC Landran is placed within the top ten Indian institutes by patents filed. ^{[25] [26] [27]} CGC Landran has a memorandum of understanding with the National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology for entrepreneurship, research and developement projects, and training. ^[28] The institute is a member of the artificial intelligence and deep learning project under the Newton Bhabha Fund, sanctioned by the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering. ^[29] The college was granted ₹23 lakh (US$27,000) by the Indian Council of Medical Research for the development of a nanotechnology-based lung cancer vaccine. ^[30]

Ranking

CGC Landran was awarded the Aspiring Minds' National Employability Award in 2019 ^[31] and placed within the top 50 engineering institutes according to a Times engineering survey. ^[32] It was given an A++ rank in the Chronicle India's engineering college survey. ^[33]

See also

• Chandigarh University
• Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Indian School of Business

References

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26. "CGC Landran in country's top ten institutions for most patents filed in a single year". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
27. Roy, Vijay C (3 June 2018). "Punjab institutes wake up to patenting innovations". Tribune News Service. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
28. "MOU between NIELIT Chandigarh and CGC Landran" . Retrieved 26 July 2018.
29. "CGC Landran becomes zonal partner of project on AI and Deep Learning". 5 Dariya News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
30. "CGC gets Rs 23 lakh grant to develop lung cancer vaccine". Tribuneindia News Service. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
31. "CGC Landran wins National Employability Award". 5 Dariya News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
32. "CGC Landran among top 50 in Times Private Engineering Institute Rankings 2018". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
33. "Chandigarh Group of Colleges Landran gets A+ ranking". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

External links

• Chandigarh Group of Colleges Landran

Top Engineering colleges in Chandigarh