The Govt. College of
Engineering, Amravati, was established in the year
1964 by Govt. of maharastra. Along with three
other Govt. Institutes at Pune, Aurangabad, karad.
It was initially affiliated to Nagpur University
which later on shifted to Amravati University in
1982. The Institute started with three basic
disciplines i.e. civil, Mechanical and Electrical
Engg. Subsequently degree programs in Electronic &
telecommunication, computer science & Engineering,
Instrumentation Engineering & Information Technology
were started as per the demand & requirement of the
country; the post graduate course in Electrical
power system was introduced in 1986. Later on
three more P.G. Courses in thermal power Engineering
has been added.
The institute is recognized
research center for Ph.D. Programs of Amravati
University.
On the basis of academic
performance and contributions made by the institute
and alumni, the government of maharastra has awarded
autonomous status to the college from academic
session 2006-2007.
The college is administered & guided by director of
technical education, the senate comprising of four
I.I.T. Prof. and industrialist, the board of
studies etc.
The Public Work department
is responsible for new and maintenance of old
buildings. The college has participated in
prestigious Canada India industry institute linkage
project & also has a network institute under
technical education quality improvement program
(TEQIP) of the Govt. of India. It has received a
grant of Rupees 9.2 crore. Under TEQIP & has been
effectively utilized for upgrading the
infrastructure.
The institute is regularly
receiving funding from AICTE, DTS & UGC. The college
at present has 2 Mbps connectivity with all
departments, hostels & residence having
connectivity. The campus wide networking is provided
at almost 750 nodes.
The intake quality of
student is of very high order. With dedicated
efforts of faculty ,the student have exhibited their
talent & excelled in academics co curriculum as well
placement activities.
One of the students stood
third in all India GATE examination. Though there is
a shortage of faculty in almost all disciplines, the
faculties in position are working with face vigor
commitment & dedication, Nevertheless short fall of
faculty is met out through visiting contributory
faculty. Though autonomous institute is not
complacent with the present status, the institute is
trying to improve curriculum to make it relevant to
the industry. The institute has plans for five more
departments building of 9000 sq. m. area & two more
hostels (for girls and boys each), similarly
separate computer center & Sport facilities are also
to be provided in next three years.
The college campus is spread
over 105 acres of costlier land on Amravati
walgaon road.
We are confident that we can
and we will achieve our dream of moving to the next
level in a very short time....