GEC Barton Hill - Government Engineering College Barton Hill

Government Engineering College, Barton Hill (GEC-BH) was established by the Government of Kerala in the academic year 1999-2000. The college is affiliated to the University of Kerala for final year B.Tech batch and APJ Abdul Kalam Kerala Technological University for all other batches. It is under the administrative control of the Director of Technical Education, Government of Kerala. The college now offers five full time B. Tech. degree programmes and four full time M. Tech degree programmes.

Location:

GEC-BH is located at Barton Hill, Barton Hill Colony, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The airport closest to the college is Trivandrum International Airport, located about 14 km away. Nearest railway station to the college is Thiruvananthapuram Central, located about 3.7 km away. For bus travellers, nearest bus station to the college is KSRTC Central Bus Station, located about 3.6 km away.

Accreditation:

• GEC-BH has NBA Accreditation.

Collaborations:

GEC-BH has collaborations with the following institutions:

• Mercedes Benz India
• Bosch
• IIT Madras
• VSSC
• CDAC
• Goethe Zentrum
• ICT Academy

Clubs, Committees and Societies:

• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell- This cell will function as a satellite centre for Patent Facilitating Centre of TIFAC, Government of India. The major objectives of the centre are to organise technical programmes to generate awareness among the public on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and thus nurturing students research scholars, scientists, technocrats, professionals, industrialists, grass root innovators, etc.
• Anti-Ragging Committee- This Committee takes action against students for indulging and abetting ragging depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established. They make sure that the student who was found guilty in ragging is punished depending upon the extent of ragging he went to.
• Grievance Cell- This Committee has been formed to address the complaints of the students of the college regarding the inconveniences met by them. The committee will take up matters related to actions and find solutions to the problems and issues raised by the students.
• Disciplinary Actions Committee- This Committee makes sure to rightly punish someone found involved in any indisciplinary action. It takes necessary disciplinary actions and decides the punishment which the defaulter will get.
• Student Welfare Committee- This Committee’s objective is to always keep working for the welfare of the students. They keep coming up with new ideas with which they can make the lives of students easier.
• Women Cell- The primary objective of Women Cell is to celebrate womanhood. It indulges in various kinds of activities which involves women, so that women are socially and physically active.
• IEEE Student Branch- The motto of this branch is to create an awareness in the budding engineers on the latest technological innovation and networking with peers.