Jabalpur Engineering College
Dr. S. P. Chakravarti (Founding Principal) | |
Chairperson | Yashodhara Raje Scindia (Minister of Technical Education) |
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Principal | Dr. P. K. Jhinge |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban 255 acres (103 ha) |
Website | www |
Jabalpur Engineering College (JEC) is an institute located in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the oldest technical institution in central India and the 15th-oldest in India.[1][2] It is the first institute of India to have started the Electronics & Telecommunication engineering education in the country, and also the last educational institution to be set up by the British in India.[3][4] The Government of Madhya Pradesh is in the process of converting it into a Technical University.[5]
History
JEC was established as the Government Engineering College (GEC), Jabalpur, on 7 July 1947, during the British rule in India. It was inaugurated by the then Minister for Education of the Central Provinces, S. V. Gokhale.
JEC is the first institute of India to award
The Silver Jubilee ceremony of the institute was celebrated in 1972, in the presence of the then Education Minister of Madhya Pradesh,
It was funded since its inception by the
Academics
Departments
- Data Science
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronics & Telecommunications
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Information Technology
- Industrial & Production Engineering
- Department of Humanities
- Department of Applied Physics
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Department of Applied Mathematics
The institute offers
JEC made an announcement in March 2013, that it is starting new courses in engineering like
[23][24]JEC has an academic collaboration with IIT Indore, where 50 students from JEC, complete their final-year studies at IIT Indore.[25][26]
Admissions
- B.E. / BTech – Admissions are carried out on the basis of performance in Joint Entrance Examination – Main.
- M.E. / MTech – through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
- MCA – through MP Pre-MCA examination, conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board.
- MSc – Every year, 15 seats are allotted for the respective departments i.e. Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. Selection is purely based on the percentage obtained in BSc degree examination, minimum expectation is 50% for the eligibility. Departments may conduct a selection test if the number of applicants exceeds 15.
- PhD – through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), followed by written test and Interview.
Accreditation
All the courses are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, recognised by the Directorate of Technical Education, Madhya Pradesh, and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.
Projects
The ongoing projects at JEC:[27]
- CORE (Centre of Relevance & Excellence) by TIFAC (Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
- CIIILP (Canada-India Institute Industry Linkage Project)
- Indo-Italian Research project
- DSP Lab, Texas Instruments
- Sun Microsystems Training Centre
- Cisco Regional Academy of Networking Programme
- Centre for National & Academic Networking for Continuing Education with AICTE
- Renewable Energy Park – Govt. of India
- Centre of Fuzzy Logic System by Govt. of India
- Microzonation of selected cities of India by Geological Survey of India
- Research Project of Robotics & Manufacturing, Ministry of Science & Technology
- Software Technology Park of India, 2 MBPS HSDC Node, Ministry of Information Technology
- Fuller Energy Awards (State level) Selection
- M.P. Chamber consultancy clinic of Katni with MPCON
- Mini Tool Room, Ministry of Commerce & Industries, Government of India
- ERNET- AICTE Facility for Distance Learning & Digital Library
- Remote Sensing Resource Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- MOUs signed with national & international organisations e.g. Infosys, Wipro, TCS, IBM, Cisco etc., for promoting training of students.
- STA (State Technical Agency) and Remote Sensing Centre of Prime Minister's Rural Road Project – Govt. of India
Campus
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MiG-21 Supersonic Fighter Jet
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105 mm Indian Field Gun
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T-55 Main Battle Tank
JEC has been developed as a small township, centred around Gokalpur and Ranjhi. It has a lush green campus of 255 acres (1.03 km2), rich in flora and fauna, with Robertson lake as a background, which is used for Marine engineering. JEC is the only educational institute of India to house a supersonic fighter jet, main battle tank, naval warship, howitzer and missile on its campus.
Student life
Housing
Type | Number of Hostels | Total Capacity |
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Boys | 8 | 1200 |
Girls | 3 | 150 |
Events
- TEDxJECollege, an international conference, is held annually in the month of February.[29][30]
- Aureole is the techno-cultural fest of Jabalpur Engineering College.[31]
- Aaghaz is the intra-college, inter-branch sports-cum-cultural fest and is held annually.[32]
Societies
- Unofficial Magazine – Abhiyaam[33]
- JEC has its own theatre club – Azaan, which provides a platform for drama, acting and dance.
- Photography society – The Camera Eye.[34]
- Literary society – The Literary Club.[34]
- Musical society – Raag.[34]
- Innovation Council – IIC JEC, The Institution's Innovation Council ( initiative by mhrd ).[34]
- Technical society for CSE /IT sector – The JEC ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).[34]
- Technical society – JLUG (JEC Linux User Group).[34]
- Technical society – Automotive Society.[34]
- Technical society for Electrical Engineering and Robotics – Urja.[34]
- JEC is also home of Kaarwaan, the social welfare society and NGO of JEC, run by college students that helps underprivileged children prepare for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) and other similar exams.[35]
Notable alumni
- IIT Hyderabad.
- Sharad Yadav – Former Union Cabinet Minister of India for Civil Aviation, Labour, Textiles, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Chairman of Janata Dal (United).
- Sarsanghachalak (Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the world's largest voluntary non-governmental organisation.
- C. B. Bhave – IAS officer. Former Chairman & Managing Director of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
- Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), CEO and Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace.
- Sachidananda Kangovi - Indian-American engineer. Known for developing 'Service Linked Multi-State' system (SLIMS), a critical part of the Telecom provisioning and activation system
- Aditya Birla Capital.
- Hemchandra Kekre – Founding Head of department, Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay. Also served as a professor of Electrical Engineering at IIT-B.
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Rear Admiral, Indian Navy.
- Reliance Jio and former CTO, Bharti Airtel. Also served as an ITSofficer.
- Dilip Suryavanshi - Founder and Chairman of Dilip Buildcon, richest person in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
- Sharat Saxena – Veteran Indian film and television actor.
- Prakash Naidu – Former Project Director, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Bangalore.
- Shreegopal Vyas – Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha.
- Visva Mohan Tiwari – Retired Air Vice Marshal, Indian Air Force.
- Vibhas Pande - Air Marshal, Indian Air Force, currently serving as the 37th Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Maintenance Command.
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