Goa Engineering College
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| Motto | Work is Worship |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1967 |
| Principal | Dr. V. N. Shet |
| Students | 2200 |
| Undergraduates | 1900 (2015) |
| Postgraduates | 300 (2015) |
| Location | Farmagudi, India |
| Campus | Semi-urban, 300 acres (1.2 km2) |
| Nickname | Engicos |
| Affiliations | Goa University |
| Website | gec |
Goa Engineering College (abbreviated and colloquially referred to as GEC) is a public college in Goa, India, offering courses in engineering disciplines and affiliated to Goa University. Founded in 1967 at Farmagudi plateau, Ponda, it is the oldest engineering college in Goa, with over 2,000 students.
The college started with courses in Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering. The Electronics and Telecommunication course was introduced in 1982, Computer Science in 1988, Information Technology in 2001 and Mining in 2011. The Farmagudi campus houses National Institute of Technology Goa.
The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) has accredited three branches of the college – the Mechanical, Civil and Electronics and Telecommunications branches of the college. This means the academic curriculum and the teaching learning process is of a good standard, with adequate infrastructure and faculty, acceptable to the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
A study conducted in 2006 by the magazine Dataquest India ranked the college at 75th in India. In Dataquest's 2011 survey the college was unranked.
The college has one of the largest libraries in the state , and is home to books, journals, and magazines, catering to all the subjects taught in the college. The Library has a Multimedia section which houses electronic modes of information such as encyclopedias. The library has a book bank facility with which students can obtain books for the entire year and return after the completion of the year, by paying a small fee.
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