Government College of Engineering, Bargur

The Government College of Engineering in Bargur is an engineering college in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India. Government College of Engineering, Bargur was ranked 7th among 243 colleges affiliated with Anna University. "Growth and Commitment towards Excellence" is the motto of the college.HistoryThe Government College of Engineering was started in the then Dharmapuri district in 1994. It started functioning in two of the buildings in Government Polytechnic campus, Krishnagiri from November 2004. The college is affiliated to Anna University. 50acre of land in Madepalli village on NH46, 4 km west from Bargur was acquired for the college. A sum of RS.7.85 crores has been spent on the construction of an Administrative Block, Electronics and Communication Engineering Block, Electrical and Electrical Engineering Block, Computer Science Engineering Block, Mechanical Engineering Block, Library Block and Hostels for male and female students.The college is the youngest of the six government engineering colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu coexisting with nearly 225 private engineering colleges.LocationIt was started on 9 September 1994 and housed temporarily in two buildings of the Government Polytechnic, Krishnagiri. It was later shifted in July 2000 to its own 50acre campus in Bargur, located at latitude = 12.548°, longitude =78.334° on a site surrounded by hills on the National Highway 46 (NH46) about 10 km East from Krishnagiri and between Vaniyambadi and Krishnagiri.