Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology

Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology
Former names	College of Ceramic Technology
Type	Education and research institution
Established	1941
Academic affiliation	West Bengal University of Technology, upgraded to an academically autonomous postgraduate institute by UGC
Principal	Dr. Krishnendu Chakraborty
Academic staff	43^[1]
Administrative staff	17
Students	648
Undergraduates	576^[2]
Postgraduates	72
Address	73 ,Abhinash Chandra Bannerjee Lane, , Beliaghata, Kolkata , West Bengal , India 22°33′54″N 88°23′32″E / 22.565135°N 88.392158°E / 22.565135; 88.392158
Language	English
Website	http://gcect.ac.in

The Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology (GCECT), formerly known as College of Ceramic Technology (CCT), is a premier government funded academically autonomous institute, affiliated to the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology) in Kolkata, India. The college offers BTech in Ceramic Technology, Information technology and Computer Science and Engineering and MTech in the first two.^[4] The college has recently stepped into its 75th year of existence. The Platinum Jubilee of the college was celebrated on April 2016 with association of International Conferences, an alumni meet and visit of eminent people.

Graduation

The college offers BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Information technology and Ceramic Technology departments. There is an intake capacity of 48 students (40 through WBJEE and 8 through JELET) per department. The BTech 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.^[5]

Achievements

The Ceramic Technology, Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering departments are National Board of Accreditation Accredited.^[6]
NAAC accredited grade A autonomous institution under Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.
The college is an IBM Software Centre of Excellence^[7]
Joint research project with IIT-Kharagpur- the development of jute reinforced concrete^[8]
Joint industrial project with TISCO- Comparative study of wear mechanism of MgO –Carbon, Al2O3-MgO-Carbon and Pitch bonded Dolomite Refractories in Steel Ladle Working Environment

Festivals

File:KarmaTek.png

KarmaTek logo from 2018

KarmaTek (formerly Techtronics^[9]) and Jagriti are the technical and cultural festivals respectively, that the college students conduct annually.

References

^ Annual Reports of GCECT
^ About GCECT
^ Google Maps location
^ http://gcect.ac.in/content.php?id=12
^ GCECT, Convocation Notice. "Convocation Notice" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ NBA Accredited Programmes as published by NBA Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ Institutes that are IBM Centres of Excellence by IBM Academic Initiative
^ "Projects sponsored by IIT Kharagpur". Iitkgp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
^ Website for the tech festival in 2009

External links

Official website

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