Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology, Chandrapur

Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology, formerly Chandrapur Engineering College, is an engineering institute located in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India. It is managed by the Sardar Patel Memorial Society. It is affiliated to Gondwana University.HistoryThe college was established in 1983 by Shri Shantaramji Potdukhe in 1983. It started with five branches and 180 seats. It now has 520 intake in seven branches and a postgraduate course in three branches.FacilitiesThe college campus covers 42 acres of land. The college has a library and an auditorium. It has Cricket, Football & Volleyball ground, a Basket Ball and Badminton court and a Skating rink. The college also has a TT Hall and Gymnasium each for boys and for girls.CoursesThe Undergraduate courses offered by the college are: Civil Engineering Computer Technology Electronics Engineering Electrical Engg. Information Technology Mechanical Engineering Mining Engineering The Postgraduate courses offered by the college are: M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. AdmissionsAdmission criteria is based on the MHT-CET / JEE-Main rankings.LibraryThe library has attained membership of DELNET which enables students/staff to access the books/journals of the libraries of hundreds of colleges including NT. They can also avail themselves of the ILL facility to borrow books from other colleges libraries. The digital library facility gives access to journals for research. The IEEE journals and papers are also available to be downloaded as e-resources. The library features a 'book bank' facility which is partly funded by the State Government. It enables a student to hire a complete set of books for a given year for a nominal rent. SC/ST students are provided books free of cost. There is a reading room for books. The library also has a section of reference books and Periodicals/Journals. The library is well automated.