Government Engineering College, Thrissur

University and college rankings
University and college rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2021)	156

Government Engineering College, Thrissur
	Thrissur, Kerala, India
Campus	75 acres (0.30 km2)
Website	gectcr.ac.in

The Government Engineering College Thrissur (GEC-T) is a public engineering and research institute located in

Thrissur, Kerala, India. During its establishment in 1957, it was the second-oldest public engineering institute to be established in the state of Kerala after CET (1939) and the first public institute of technology to be established after the formation of the state in 1956. The institute is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

(KTU) since its inception in 2015.

History

The institute was originally located at the Chembukkavu campus of the

Thrissur Railway station

.

Besides the regular B-Tech courses, the institute also offers a postgraduate Course in Computer Applications (MCA), and postgraduate programmes in other subjects. Courses offered by the institute have been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation, AICTE, and Council of Architecture (B.Arch).

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 156 among the engineering institutes of India in 2021.^[1]

Student life

The College Union conducts the annual National Level Tech fest Dyuthi^[2]^[3] which includes technical, cultural as well as sporting events.

A TEDx event was organised by students of GEC, Thrissur in April 2018.^[4] The theme of the event was "Reality Check". This was the first TEDx event in Central Kerala.

Notable alumni

Indian Space Research Organisation^[5]

Tessy Thomas, Head of Missile program Defence Research and Development Organisation
M. Chandra Dathan, Padmashree, Former Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)^[6]
Babu Bharadwaj, writer and journalist^[7]
T. G. Ravi, Malayalam film actor and MD of Suntec Tyres
Anand Neelakantan, writer
Sreekumaran Thampi, Lyricist, director, producer, screenwriter

External links

Official website

References

^ ^a ^b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
^ "Dyuthi". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ "dyuthi XX". www.dyuthi.in. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ "TEDxGECT". Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ "ISRO chief Radhakrishnan felicitated". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ Special Correspondent (July 2014). "New VSSC director". The Hindu.
^ "Renowned writer-journalist Babu Bharadwaj passes away". Malayala Manorama. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[Rankings_NIRF_E_2021-1] "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.

[2] "Dyuthi". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[3] "dyuthi XX". www.dyuthi.in. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[4] "TEDxGECT". Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[5] "ISRO chief Radhakrishnan felicitated". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

[6] Special Correspondent (July 2014). "New VSSC director". The Hindu.

[7] "Renowned writer-journalist Babu Bharadwaj passes away". Malayala Manorama. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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