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{{Infobox college<br />
| name = Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology<br />
| address = 73, Abhinash Chandra Bannerjee Lane<br />
| type = affiliated college<br />
| established = 1941<br />
| city = [[Beliaghata]], [[Kolkata]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| academic_affiliation = Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, upgraded to an academically autonomous postgraduate institute by UGC<br />
| head_label = Principal<br />
| head = Dr. Krishnendu Chakraborty<br />
| undergrad = 576<ref>[http://gcect.ac.in/about-us/ About GCECT]</ref><br />
| postgrad = 72<br />
| former_names = [[College of Ceramic Technology]]<br />
| sports = [[Association football|Football]]<br />
| website = http://gcect.ac.in<br />
| language = English<br />
| students = 648<br />
| academic_staff = 43<ref>[http://gcect.ac.in/annual-report/ Annual Reports of GCECT]</ref><br />
| administrative_staff = 17<br />
| coordinates = {{Coords|22.565135|N|88.392158|E|display=title<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/22%C2%B033'54.5%22N+88%C2%B023'31.7%22E/@22.5651349,88.3899503,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d22.56513!4d88.392139 Google Maps location]</ref>}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology''', formerly known as College of Ceramic Technology (CCT), is a college affiliated to the [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]] in [[Kolkata]], India. The college offers [[BTech|B. Tech]] in [[Ceramic Engineering|Ceramic Technology]], [[Information technology|Information Technology]] and [[Computer Science and Engineering]] and [[MTech|M. Tech]] in the first two.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-01-26|title=GCECT - About Us|url=http://gcect.ac.in/about-us/#|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> The college has recently stepped into its 75th year of existence. The Platinum Jubilee of the college was celebrated in April 2016 with association of international conferences, an alumni meet and visit of eminent peoples.<br />
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==Graduation==<br />
The college offers [[BTech]] in [[Ceramic engineering]], [[Information technology]] and [[Computer Science and Engineering]] departments. There is an intake capacity of 48 students (40 through [[WBJEE]] and 8 through [https://wbjeeb.in/jelet JELET]) per department. The BTech courses of the CSE and IT departments were introduced in 2001 and 2000 respectively. First convocation of GCECT was held on 26 August 2017 at College premises.<ref>{{Cite web|last=GCECT|first=Convocation Notice|title=Convocation Notice|url=http://www.gcect.ac.in/download/Miscellaneous/Convocation_Notice_2017.pdf}}</ref><br />
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==Achievements==<br />
* NAAC accredited grade A autonomous institution under [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]].<br />
* The college is an [[IBM]] Software Centre of Excellence<ref>[http://www-07.ibm.com/in/university/coe.html Institutes that are IBM Centres of Excellence] by IBM Academic Initiative</ref><br />
* Joint research project with IIT-Kharagpur- the development of jute reinforced concrete<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/departments/sponsored.php?deptcode=MS |title=Projects sponsored by IIT Kharagpur |publisher=Iitkgp.ac.in |access-date=2012-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325015422/http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/departments/sponsored.php?deptcode=MS |archive-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
* Joint industrial project with [[Tata Steel|TISCO]]- Comparative study of wear mechanism of MgO –Carbon, Al2O3-MgO-Carbon and Pitch bonded Dolomite Refractories in Steel Ladle Working Environment<br />
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==Festivals==<br />
[[File:KarmaTek.png|alt=|thumb|KarmaTek logo from 2018]]<br />
[[File:TechtronicsLogo.png|right|thumb|Techtronics Logo from 2009]]<br />
KarmaTek (formerly Techtronics<ref>[http://techtronics09.50webs.com/index.html Website for the tech festival in 2009]</ref>) and Jagriti are the technical and cultural festivals respectively, that the college students conduct annually.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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