Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology

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Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology
Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology Logo.png
Former names
College of Ceramic Technology
Type Public Engineering College
Established1941;84 years ago (1941)
Accreditation
Affiliation MAKAUT
Academic affiliation
Upgraded autonomous Postgraduate institute by UGC for UG and PG Department
Chairman Prof. Binay K. Dutta
Principal Krishnendu Chakraborty
Dean Jayanta Choudhury
Academic staff
43 [1]
Administrative staff
17
Students648
Undergraduates 576 [2]
Postgraduates 72
Address
73, Abhinash Chandra Bannerjee Lane
, , ,
India

22°33′54″N88°23′32″E / 22.5651°N 88.3922°E / 22.5651; 88.3922
Language English, Bengali
Website gcect.ac.in

The Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, formerly known as College of Ceramic Technology (CCT), is a public college affiliated to the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology in Kolkata, India. The college offers B.Tech and M.Tech in Ceramic Technology, Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering. [3] The college has recently stepped into its 75th year of existence. The Platinum Jubilee of the college was celebrated in April 2016 with association of international conferences, an alumni meet and visit of eminent peoples.

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Graduation

The college offers B.Tech in Ceramic Technology, Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering. There is an intake capacity of 48 students (40 through WBJEE and 8 through JELET respectively) per department. The B.Tech courses of the CSE and IT departments were introduced in 2001 and 2000 respectively. First convocation of GCECT was held on 26 August 2017 at College premises. [4]

Achievements

Festivals

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Techtronics Logo from 2009

KarmaTek (formerly Techtronics [7] ) and Jagriti are the technical and cultural festivals respectively, that the college students conduct annually.

References

  1. Annual Reports of GCECT
  2. About GCECT
  3. "GCECT - About Us". 26 January 2021.
  4. GCECT, Convocation Notice. "Convocation Notice" (PDF).
  5. Institutes that are IBM Centres of Excellence by IBM Academic Initiative
  6. "Projects sponsored by IIT Kharagpur". Iitkgp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  7. Website for the tech festival in 2009