Government Engineering College, Hassan

Government Engineering College, Hassan is an engineering college located in Hassan, Karnataka, India. A huge building with planned utilities has come up in forty acres land. The Government of Karnataka started this Government Engineering College with an objective- To Reach The Unreached. The institution is affiliated with the Visvesvaraya Technological University in Belgaum and approved by AICTE, New Delhi.HistoryThe Government of Karnataka under Department of Technical Education has established 10 engineering colleges during the year 2007-08. GEC Hassan is one such college established with four branches of engineering, namely, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering,and Mechanical Engineering.The institution, although having a rough start, is slowly evolving to become one of the elite technical institutes providing quality technical education.FacilitiesLibraryThe college library acts as a knowledge center for students and faculty of the college. The collection consists of documents in Engineering subjects. The library collection today stands at 2 books. Karnataka Examination Authority announced to provide necessary initial books grant to expand library’s collection. Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Karnataka also assisting in building SC/ST Book Bank in the library. From recent past, the collection has also been enriching by donations of valuable books from students & faculty.