Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram

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Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram
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Other name
GEC-SKP
MottoExcellence through the wings of science and technology.
TypePublic Engineering College
Established1999
Academic affiliation
Principal Dr.K R Ramesh Babu
Academic staff
65
Administrative staff
25
Undergraduates 1350
Postgraduates 36
Location
Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad, Kerala
,
Kerala
,
678633
,
India

10°54′13″N76°26′05″E / 10.9036°N 76.4347°E / 10.9036; 76.4347
Campus33 acres (0.13 km2)
Language English, Malayalam
Website gecskp.ac.in
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Location in Kerala
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The Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapuram (GEC-SKP) 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 with the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University since 2015.

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Campus


The college is located in the town of Sreekrishnapuram in the Ottapalam taluk of the Palakkad district, Kerala, India. The 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.

Organisation and Administration

Departments

Facilities

Central Stairs of GEC Palakkad. The staircase inspired the logo for Invento, Life@GEC (a student organization). Image taken by Allen Kuriakose (student). Central Stair Case of GEC Palakkad.png
Central Stairs of GEC Palakkad. The staircase inspired the logo for Invento, Life@GEC (a student organization). Image taken by Allen Kuriakose (student).

Academics

Courses

Undergraduate courses:

The college offers six B.Tech. courses, with an annual intake of 63 regular students and six lateral entry students for each course.

Admission to undergraduate courses is based on results in KEAM entrance exams.

Postgraduate courses:

Admission to M.Tech programs is based on the applicant's results in the GATE conducted by IITs and IISc. Non-GATE entries are accepted according to the CGPA in B.Tech.

PhD

PhD in the 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, IBM, TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, Siemens, HP, Samsung, Patni, CMC Limited, Future Soft, HCL, IBS, Kirloskar, Huawei Technologies, Kanbay Software, Subex, US Technology, DRDO, etc.

In 2013–14, more than 50% of students with a 7.5 CGPA and no backlogs were placed. [1]

See also

List of educational institutions in Palakkad district

References

  1. ↑ "CGPU - Placement History".
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