Location Okhla Principal Sagar Maji Phone 011 2682 6620 Undergraduates 720 | Established 2007 Website www.gbpec.edu.in Founded 2007 | |
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Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College (also referred to as GBPEC or, colloquially, Pant) is a public engineering college located in Okhla, Delhi, India. It was established in 2007 by the Directorate of Training and Technical Education of the Delhi Government. The college is affiliated to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Delhi.
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Establishment
As compared to the sanctioned intake in degree-level courses of engineering in metropolitan cities, Delhi had the lowest intake among Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata. Therefore, the need for further growth of educational facilities in engineering and technology at the degree level was felt.
The college was inaugurated by Smt. Sheila Dikshit in August 2007. Smt. Dikshit said, "Setting up of the Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College in the campus of the Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic Institute in the year 2007, is a part of this endeavor of the Government of Delhi".
Campus
The college covers an area of around 2 acres in Okhla Industrial Estate - III, Delhi, India on the sidelines of Aravali Hills, adjoining the Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic Institute and Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology near Kalkaji Temple on Maa Anandamayi Marg, Kalkaji, Okhla, Delhi. It shares its boundaries with the Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic Institute and IIIT Delhi.
The college started offering Bachelor of Technology programs in the disciplines of Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE); Mechanical & Automation Engineering (MAE) in 2007; and from the academic year 2010-11, Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) with an intake of 60 each. The institute, since its inception, has made rapid strides by way of developing excellent and world class laboratories.
Land Controversy
At the time of establishment, in 2007, 60 acres of land was granted to the college by Delhi government. One year later, the college was instructed to share the land with IIIT Delhi; the public-private institution was previously operating in the campus of NSIT, Delhi. In nine years, IIIT Delhi spread itself over an area of 25 acres with all the resources, including acoustic lecture halls, basketball courts, tennis courts, football field and hostels. Meanwhile, G. B. Pant Engineering College kept functioning from the abandoned dormitory building of G.B Pant Polytechnic, covering barely 2.48 acres.
In 2017, the land dispute grew further when IIIT Delhi refused share its campus with their old neighboring college. Students and alumni of GBPEC launched a peaceful protest to get the attention of Delhi government on the issue. As of March 2017, no decisive action is taken by Delhi government.
THE HINDU
New engineering college opened at Okhla
August 9, 2008 00:00 ISTUPDATED: October 9, 2016 13:44 IST
Staff Reporter
The institute is affiliated to Indraprastha University
“It would soon acquire international status”
NEW DELHI: Dedicating the new campus of G.B. Pant Engineering College at Okhla here to the youth on Friday, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that the city is all set to provide world-class professionals to cater to the needs of the developed countries.
The new college, which is affiliated to Indraprastha University and approved by the All-India Council of Technical Education, has been conceived and designed as a super-specialty institute in the disciplines of mechanical, automation and robotics and nano-technology.
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Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Ms. Diskhit said the institute would soon acquire international status. She said it had been the aim of her government to provide world-class technical education to students and added that efforts in that direction had been made in the recent past. Ms. Dikshit said that the number of seats available at the degree-level engineering institutions had also been augmented. Two new degree level engineering colleges have been set up by the Delhi Government recently. They are: Government Engineering College at Jaffarpur that caters to needs of West Delhi and G.B. Pant Engineering College at Okhla for the people of South Delhi.
The G. B. Pant Engineering College has a total of 120 seats, 60 each in the stream of electronic and communication engineering, and mechanical and automation engineering. The campus that is spread over 60 acres will have ultra-modern infrastructure facilities, world-class labs, computer training facilities, workshops equipped with futuristic facilities, centrally air-conditioned library, sports complex with swimming pool, a mini hospital, mini shopping arcade, post office, bank with ATMs, canteen and hostels for boys and girls.[1]
Admission
The admission towards a full-time Bachelor of Technology degree in the college is through the national level Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the university. 85% of the total seats in the college are reserved for students from the Delhi Region (candidates passing the qualifying exam from the recognized Board / College / Institution located within the National Capital Territory of Delhi) and 15% of the total seats for candidates belonging to outside Delhi Region (candidates passing the qualifying exam from the recognized Board / College / Institution located outside the National Capital Territory of Delhi).
To appear in the CET, candidates need to buy the Engineering and Architecture Admission Brochure along with Application Form of the university and submit the Application Form at the university counter by hand or by post or online. The Admission Brochure is available in the month of February–March.
Library
Library at the college is privileged to support the college’s march towards its vision to “ignite the passion of students for new ideas and innovations in engineering and technology”.
Fully automated domain specific library spread over a large area with an excellent collection of Books, Magazines, Journals etc. It is fully air-conditioned along with Wi-Fi facility to browse through thousands of Journals and References online.
Departments
Administration
The Principal is the head of the college.
The current Principal is Prof.(Dr.) Sagar Maji; former Dean, Industrial Research Development, Delhi Technological University (formerly Delhi College of Engineering).
Advanced Microwave Engineering Lab
The college has developed an advanced Laboratory for the research purpose in the field of Microwave Engineering in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering. This is a unique testing facility for testing antennas. This laboratory has a tremendous potential for providing specialized and unique services in the area of consultancy and design, calibration & testing of Antenna, far-field near-field testing and Training, Research & Development and Certification etc. for the Industry/Defense Organizations & Space Organizations. This testing facility for microwave antennas and systems can be classified into outdoor and indoor test ranges. Due to the weather limitations and other demerits like EMI/EMC problems, ground effects etc. indoor ranges have become very popular over last few decades. The indoor test range can be divided into far field and near field range. This facility is designed for carrying out Near field and far field measurements. This laboratory also provide Radar Cross Section Measurements (Both Mono-static and Bi-static ) of standard targets and assorted complex shapes and models of warship/tanks/aircraft can be carried out in this chamber. This lab can also be used for RF-ID antennas and applicators evaluation. The design and selection of absorbers make this facility suitable/extendable for Near Field and EMI/EMC measurements, making it a unique/only facility of its type with any of Technical Institution including IITs.
Training And Placement Cell
The T&P Department provides active support in placing the students in industries for summer internship and in final placement.
College Societies
The college has a technical society "INGENIUM" and a student chapter of SAE INDIA (Society of automotive Engineers India) and student branch of IEEE(Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers).
Festivals and other activities
Skasolit was the first version of the Annual Cultural Festival of the college.Later it was changed to Ambrosia and now it has merged with annual technical fest INCEPTUM. INCEPTUM hosts a wide range of events like robotics,coding,quizzes, debates, presentation,cultural events etc. Fantasia is the annual literature festival and Fortius is the annual sports festival.