* 36 Civil, Elect seats likely next year: Talat
Gopal Sharma
JAMMU, June 20: For the first time in the history of Govt Engineering Colleges in J&K, the Government College of Engineering and Technology (GCET), Jammu has got the approval for 54 seats in M.Tech programme from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a statutory body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Official sources told the EXCELSIOR that the three accredited M Tech programmes accorded nod by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) are- Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering with the intake capacity of 18 students for each department for the Academic Session 2020-21.
Commissioner /Secretary, Higher Education, Talat Parvez Rohella, while appreciating the concerted efforts put in by faculty, staff of GCET and State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) of TEQIP-III, said that Jammu Engineering College is the first one to have M. Tech programme so far.
Parvez said though Higher Education authorities had started this initiative long back but it has been vigorously pursuing the case for the last several months. This is the result of hard and concerted efforts put in by the College Management and J&K Higher Education authorities.
Replying to a question, the Commissioner/ Secretary said that there are total 25 professional colleges/ institutions in J&K and out of them 7-8 are the private engineering colleges. Though Srinagar Engineering College is old one, yet GCET Jammu is the first college of J&K UT to have M. Tech Courses.
Parvez said, “This year, we have received a quota of 54 M. Tech seats but next year, we are expecting to get 36 more seats in Civil and Electrical streams. The case has already been forwarded to the HRD Ministry and it is being followed at the Union capital by the concerned officials. With this, the Jammu Engineering College will have 80 intake capacity of M.Tech seats by next year,” he added.
“With this landmark achievement, the GCET Jammu comes at par with IIT Jammu (Under Central Govt) and NIT Srinagar (UCG) to offer M.Tech Programmes and with introduction of M.Tech programmes equal opportunity shall be available to students as well as to the faculty to widen their technical knowledge and to carry out Doctoral level research in emerging fields of engineering sciences resulting in provision of competent manpower for Industrial Sector,” Parvez maintained.
Principal GCET, Jammu, Dr Sameru Sharma, said that the institute had been pursuing with the AICTE for the last few years, however, the decision to this effect has been taken on the basis of various technological milestones GCET has achieved during the recent past- the main being the accreditation status granted by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in June 2019.
She further said that the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III)-a World Bank assisted project run by MHRD, Govt of India, has played a vital role in raising the infrastructure of the institution such as up-gradation of laboratories, creation of smart class-rooms, deputing the faculty to various IITs/IIMs of the country, promoting student-industry interaction, enhancing the technical skills of the students and faculty so as to raise the competence in the emerging field of Engineering and Technology.
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