Government College of Engineering (GCE, Karad)

Government College of Engineering, Karad (GCEK) is an autonomous technical institute in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was established in 1960 and is affiliated with Shivaji University with an autonomous status under the UGC. The autonomy was granted by the UGC. Karad is a culturally vibrant town and is a sought-after center of education in Western Maharashtra.

The students and alumni of the Government College of Engineering, Karad are colloquially referred to as GCOEKians.

Over the years the college has produced about 10140 engineers and more than 700 computer professionals through a Master of Computer Application course in the Engineering faculty.

Government College of Engineering, Karad is one among seven engineering colleges established by the State Government of Maharashtra and the first among those established post-independence. The prime objective of establishing the college was to impart technical education to the youth in rural parts of Maharashtra. Basically, three institutes i.e. Engineering College, Government Polytechnic, and Pharmacy College started functioning on the same premises. Other colleges were then shifted to their independent premises and the heritage building was retained by the college. The college was established in 1960 with undergraduate programs in three core branches of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, initially affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University and subsequently to Shivaji University in 1972. Postgraduate programs (Master of Engineering) in these disciplines too were started in 1967.

The UG programs in Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical are ‘permanently affiliated’ to Shivaji University. In response to the drive of globalization and industry needs, the institute started the MCA (Master of Computer Applications) course in 1992. This was the only engineering institute in Maharashtra to offer the MCA course in the engineering discipline.

Subsequently, in 1995 all disciplines of the institute were approved by AICTE (AICTE established in 1994). With the boom in Information Technology, the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra (DTE) shouldered the responsibility of starting the bachelor's degree course in IT to cater to the need of meritorious students in this region, and the new branch of engineering in Information Technology was started in the institute from 2001. In due course of time, the institute has also started an undergraduate program in Electronics and Telecommunications in 2007.
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