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Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (GCT) is an autonomous state-funded engineering college located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is affiliated to Anna University.




Student life


The various forums and clubs include Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE-GCT Collegiate Club), GCT-Motorsports, Mechanical Engineering Association, Biotech Forum, Civil Engineering Association, Computer Science and Engineering Association (CSEA), Information Technology Association (ITA), Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Association (EEEIEA), Electronics and Communication Engineering Association (ECEA), Production Engineering Association (PEA), Student Branch of IEEE, ISTE chapter, Administration Aspirants Council(AAC), Rotaract club, Green club, Science club, Y's club, Fine arts club, MuFX GCT(Orchestra), Literary and Debating Society, Tamil Mandram. Student Journalist Council-GCT is the official media body of the GCT. The first edition of Aperture, the student e-Newsletter of GCT was launched on 21 February 2014. The Rotaract club of GCT earned the "Well-balanced Club" award at the Rotaract District Assembly 2017. 'Eliminators' is the official dance team of GCT. The Administration Aspirants Council (AAC) is a council for developing the UPSC Civil Services Aspirants among the GCT students. It has set up an own Library called AAC LIBRARY within the college campus with the permission of the respected Principal and with the funds provided by the GCT Alumni Association (GCTAA). AAC Library is opened for 24 hours and students conduct early morning and late-night classes among themselves and have interviewed many bureaucrats of our nation in their official YouTube channel.




Rankings



Government College of Technology, Coimbatore was ranked 160 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022.




Notable alumni


Mylswamy Annadurai, Former Director ISRO Satellite Centre, Padma Shri Awardee.
B. Codanayaguy, Indian Rocket Scientist, Nari Shakti Puraskar Awardee.
N. Valarmathi, Scientist, project director of RISAT-1, and the first person to receive Abdul Kalam Award.
Thamarai, poet, lyricist, writer and journalist
S. Ramakrishnan, Founder president of Amar Seva Sangam, Padma Shri Awardee.
Padmanaban Gopalan, Indian social entrepreneur and founder of No Food Waste (NFW).
Nagasubramanian Chokkanathan, Tamil writer and Novelist.
Vijay Anand (politician), Anti-Corruption activist.
Satish Dharmaraj, managing director at Redpoint Ventures, American entrepreneur, speaker, angel investor and venture capitalist.
Swami Manohar, First Recipient of Dewang Mehta Award for innovation in IT, Co-founder Picopeta Simputers, Strand, Limberlink Tech and Escape Velocity Accelerator
V. C. Kulandaiswamy Indian Academic, Author, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee.




See also


List of Tamil Nadu Government's Educational Institutions
List of Tamil Nadu Government's Engineering Colleges




References






External links



GCT Website Archived 14 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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