The Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, abbreviated as JGEC, is a public autonomous engineering college established in 1961.
Ranking
In 2009 The Telegraph ranked Jalpaiguri Government Engineering college to be 3rd among the engineering colleges in the state of West Bengal in factors like infrastructure, placement record and faculty.[1]
Student life
Festivals
JGEC has festivals like JECLAT and Sristi. JECLAT[2] is the annual socio-cultural fest of JGEC. It is held near the time of "Holi" festival to organize an event called Rangotsav on the day of Holi.
JECLAT includes social and cultural competitions like Wall Painting competition, T-shirt painting competition, Sudoku, Creative writing, Roadies, Treasure Hunt, Chitrayan[3] (photography & art exhibition and competition), Damsheraz (dumb charades), Dance Fest[4] (inter-college dance competition), Music Fest[5] (inter-college music competition), Band Blast[6] (band music contest), Elementary[7] (puzzle, quiz, etc. online contests) in addition to stage shows (known as Social night) in the final night of the week-long cultural fest has some of the most powerful performances of vocals and beats from renowned artists and Bollywood chartbusters and pop songs are hosted throughout the night.
The magnitude of JECLAT is huge and attracts an admirable participation from many colleges.[8]
Alumni
JGEC has various Alumni Associations set up at different places. The Alumni Association conducts seminars,[9] and workshops at campus, arrange platform for sponsoring scholarships[10] and sporting events around the whole year. Prominent educationalists and professionals visit campus during seminars organized by the Alumni Association. The Association works in close association with students of JGEC and the college authorities. The Alumni Association also helps the family of distressed Alumni or current students of JGEC financially through 'Distressed Fund' of the Association. Inter-class cricket tournament-'El Equipo',[11] is one of the sporting event at JGEC organized and sponsored by the Alumni Association.
Notable alumni
- Promode R. Bandyopadhyay, inventor and Senior Research Scientist at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Rhode Island, USA.
- Vincent Pala, Member of the Indian Parliament for Shillong.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ 10 Top TECH Schools. www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ↑ Jeclat - Annual Cultural Fest. www.jeclat.co.in. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ↑ Jeclat '15 - Chitrayan. jeclat.co.in. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ Jeclat '15 - Dance fest. jeclat.co.in. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ Jeclat '15 - Music fest. jeclat.co.in. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ Jeclat '15 - Band blast. jeclat.co.in. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ elementary, Elementary, Team. www.jeclat.co.in. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ↑ Jeclat '15. jeclat.co.in. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ Upcoming events. www.jgecalum.org. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ↑ Scholarships. www.jgecalum.org. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ↑ Sports. www.jgecalum.org. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ↑ Detailed Profile: Shri Vincent H Pala.
Further reading
- Campus memories via college more{{#if:Tiwari|, Tiwari}. Power Publishers(2015). ISBN 978-93-84923-12-9
- Friends of Jalpaiguri part-1{{#if:Tiwari|, Tiwari}(2016)
External links
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