Government Engineering College Thrissur

About College

Government Engineering College Thrissur (GEC Thrissur) formerly Government Engineering College Trichur, an ISO 9001: 2008 certified institution is one of the most prestigious and reputed technical education institution in south India. The College was established in the year 1957 with under graduate programmes in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering branches. The foundation stone of the college Main Building was laid down by the then Hon. Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Prof. S. Rajaraman, a Civil Engineer of international repute and author of several books in engineering was the first Principal of the college. The triumvirate of Prof. S. Rajaraman, Prof. M. P. Mathew and Prof. V. S. Nair (the then Head of the Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, respectively) provided a strong administrative base for the college and efficiently carried out the groundwork for the onward growth and development of the college. The college campus spread over an area of more than 75 acres is located at Ramavarmapuram, about 5 km from Thrissur city, 6 km from the Thrissur railway station and about 58 km from the Cochin Airport.GEC Thrissur has a substantial number of distinguished alumni and the college is extremely proud of all its alumni. Most of the alumni are executives in various organizations and entrepreneurs both within India and abroad. A significant number of them are holding prestigious positions like Chief Executive or Managing Director or Chairmen in various organizations all over the world.

Contact Details

Government Engineering College Thrissur - 680 009,
Kerala,
India

info@gectcr.ac.in

0487 - 233 4590