Government Engineering College Bhavnagar is a State-governed educational institution in Bhavnagar

Bhavnagar

-Topography:Bhavnagar is a coastal city in the eastern coast of Saurashtra, also known as Kathiawar, located at . It has an average elevation of 24 metres . It occupies area of 53.30 km². General slope dips in the northeasterly direction at the apex of Gulf of Khambhat...

, Gujarat, India. Recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), it offers multi-discipline undergraduate programmes in engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

. The institute was affiliated to Bhavnagar University

Bhavnagar University

-Introduction:Bhavnagar University is located in Bhavnagar city in the western province of Gujarat, India. Bhavnagar city was established by Bhavsinhji 1st in 1723.Its a city where Rashtrpita Mahatma Gandhi once studied in its Sameldas Arts College in 1888...

 till April 2008, and is now affiliated to the Gujarat Technological University

Gujarat Technological University

The Gujarat Technological University, more commonly referred to as GTU, is a statewide institution affiliating many esteemed engineering, pharmacy, and management colleges and varsities across the western Indian state of Gujarat...

 (GTU), Ahmedabad.

History

The institute was established in the year 2004 with intake capacity of 120 students in the discipline of Electronics & Communication and Production Engineering, subsequently the intake was increased to 300 students in the year 2008 with Electronics & Communication (120) seats and Production Engineering (120) seats and introduction of Mechanical Engineering (60) seats. Recently total intake of the institute reaches to 540 students with introduction of Computer Engineering (60), Information & Technology (60) and Civil Engineering (60) as new discipline with increase in intake in Mechanical Engineering to 60 more seats

Infrastructure

The current campus of the institute was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi is the current Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat.He was born in a middle class family in Vadnagar; and is a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood, as also an active politician since early in life. He holds a masters degree in political...

on 18 February, 2009. It is located in Bhavnagar, 1.5 km away from the State transport Depot and 2.5 km away from Bhavnagar Railway Station.

The institute is spread over 43400 meter square of land area with 14300 square meters of land. It has separate blocks for Electronics and Communication Department, Mechanical and Production Department, Library Building, Amenity Building, Works Shop and Administrative Building. The library has more than 6000 books, with a book bank facility for the needy students.

Courses

, the institute has 540 seats in engineering:

• Civil Engineering 60
• Mechanical Engineering 120
• Production Engineering 120
• Electronics & Communication Engineering 120
• Information Technology 60
• Computer Engineering 60