Jabalpur Engineering College Explained
Jabalpur Engineering College (JEC) is an institute located in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the oldest technical institution in central India and the 15th-oldest in India.[1] [2] It is the first institute of India to have started the Electronics & Telecommunication engineering education in the country, and also the last educational institution to be set up by the British in India.[3] [4] The Government of Madhya Pradesh is in the process of converting it into a Technical University.[5]
History
JEC was established as the Government Engineering College (GEC), Jabalpur, on 7 July 1947, during the British rule in India. It was inaugurated by the then Minister for Education of the Central Provinces, S. V. Gokhale.[6] It started functioning from the existing building of Robertson College, Jabalpur, which was constructed in the year 1916.[7] The building now houses the Civil engineering department of JEC, and Robertson College has been shifted to its present and permanent campus in Pachpedi.[8] [9] Dr. S. P. Chakravarti, the then Head of the Electrical engineering department of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, was appointed as its first Principal.[10]
JEC is the first institute of India to award B.E. in Electronics & Telecommunication engineering, which it is offering since 1947, the first institute of India to award M.E. in Microwave engineering, Radio & UHF engineering, VHF & Carrier Telephone engineering, and High Voltage engineering, which it is offering since 1953, and the first institute of India to award PhD in Advanced Electronics, which it is offering since 1955. JEC is the first institute of Madhya Pradesh to introduce BTech in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, and Mechatronics, and MTech in Defence technology. It has installed the first TV transmitter of India, and the first HV laboratory of India.[11] [12] [6] [4] [13] [14] Madhya Pradesh's second Global Skills Park is being established at JEC over an area of 16 acres.[15]
The Silver Jubilee ceremony of the institute was celebrated in 1972, in the presence of the then Education Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Arjun Singh.[6] The institute celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1997, while the President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Mohammad Shafi Qureshi and the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh, graced the Golden Jubilee ceremony.[16] [17] The Platinum Jubilee year was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Technical Education Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Yashodhara Raje Scindia, and the Minister in-charge of Jabalpur, Gopal Bhargava, on 7 July 2021.[18]
It was funded since its inception by the Government of India, until the creation of the new state of Madhya Pradesh.[19] It was affiliated since its inception to the University of Sagar, until the creation of the University of Jabalpur, and then to the State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh. In 1997, it was granted an autonomous institute status,[20] and in the year 2017, a proposal has been sent by the Ministry of Technical Education to the Government of Madhya Pradesh, to declare it a technical university.[5]
Academics
Departments
The institute offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering and applied sciences.
JEC made an announcement in March 2013, that it is starting new courses in engineering like Aerospace engineering, Automotive engineering, Biomedical engineering, Chemical engineering, Marine engineering, Materials science, Neuroscience, Nanotechnology, Nanoelectronics, besides Master of Business Administration, Master of Design, Architecture, Town planning and Pharmacy.[21] [22] [23] [24]
JEC has an academic collaboration with IIT Indore, where 50 students from JEC, complete their final-year studies at IIT Indore.[25] [26]
Admissions
Accreditation
All the courses are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, recognised by the Directorate of Technical Education, Madhya Pradesh, and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.
Projects
The ongoing projects at JEC:[27]
- CORE (Centre of Relevance & Excellence) by TIFAC (Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
- CIIILP (Canada-India Institute Industry Linkage Project)
- Indo-Italian Research project
- DSP Lab, Texas Instruments
- Sun Microsystems Training Centre
- Cisco Regional Academy of Networking Programme
- Centre for National & Academic Networking for Continuing Education with AICTE
- Renewable Energy Park – Govt. of India
- Centre of Fuzzy Logic System by Govt. of India
- Microzonation of selected cities of India by Geological Survey of India
- Research Project of Robotics & Manufacturing, Ministry of Science & Technology
- Software Technology Park of India, 2 MBPS HSDC Node, Ministry of Information Technology
- Fuller Energy Awards (State level) Selection
- M.P. Chamber consultancy clinic of Katni with MPCON
- Mini Tool Room, Ministry of Commerce & Industries, Government of India
- ERNET- AICTE Facility for Distance Learning & Digital Library
- Remote Sensing Resource Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- MOUs signed with national & international organisations e.g. Infosys, Wipro, TCS, IBM, Cisco etc., for promoting training of students.
- STA (State Technical Agency) and Remote Sensing Centre of Prime Minister's Rural Road Project – Govt. of India
Campus
JEC has been developed as a small township, centred around Gokalpur and Ranjhi. It has a lush green campus of 255 acres (1.03 km2), rich in flora and fauna, with Robertson lake as a background, which is used for Marine engineering. JEC is the only educational institute of India to house a supersonic fighter jet, main battle tank, naval warship, howitzer and missile on its campus.[28] It is due the presence of large defence engineering establishments in Jabalpur, such as the Indian Ordnance Factories. The sporting facilities include a stadium, athletic tracks, cricket, football and hockey fields, basketball, badminton, tennis and volleyball courts. A multi-station gymnasium, olympic-size swimming pool, amphitheatre, having a capacity of 3000, two auditoriums, an on-campus college dispensary, banking and postal facilities, National Cadet Corps & National Service Scheme regional centres, alumni centre, common rooms for both girls and boys, Centre for Incubation, Design and Innovation, Central Computing Facility, Central Computerised Library, Central Workshop. The campus is well connected to the city, being 13 km from the Jabalpur Airport, 6 km away from the Jabalpur Railway Station, and 9 km from the Jabalpur Bus Stand.
Student life
Housing
Type | Number of Hostels | Total Capacity |
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Boys | 8 | 1200 |
Girls | 3 | 150 | |
Events
- TEDxJECollege, an international conference, is held annually in the month of February.[29] [30]
- Aureole is the techno-cultural fest of Jabalpur Engineering College.[31]
- Aaghaz is the intra-college, inter-branch sports-cum-cultural fest and is held annually.[32]
Societies
- Unofficial Magazine – Abhiyaam[33]
- JEC has its own theatre club – Azaan, which provides a platform for drama, acting and dance.
- Photography society – The Camera Eye.[34]
- Literary society – The Literary Club.[34]
- Musical society – Raag.[34]
- Innovation Council – IIC JEC, The Institution's Innovation Council (initiative by mhrd).[34]
- Technical society for CSE /IT sector – The JEC ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).[34]
- Technical society – JLUG (JEC Linux User Group).[34]
- Technical society – Automotive Society.[34]
- Technical society for Electrical Engineering and Robotics – Urja.[34]
- JEC is also home of Kaarwaan, the social welfare society and NGO of JEC, run by college students that helps underprivileged children prepare for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) and other similar exams.[35]
Notable alumni
- Ajai Chowdhry – Father of Indian Hardware.[36] Co-founder & former Chairman of HCL Technologies. Awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in India. Chairman of IIT Patna and IIIT Naya Raipur, and former Chairman of IIT Hyderabad.
- Sharad Yadav – Former Union Cabinet Minister of India for Civil Aviation, Labour, Textiles, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Chairman of Janata Dal (United).
- K. S. Sudarshan – He was the fifth Sarsanghachalak (Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the world's largest voluntary non-governmental organisation.
- C. B. Bhave – IAS officer. Former Chairman & Managing Director of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
- Sudhir Kumar Mishra – DRDS officer. Director General at the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), CEO and Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace.
- Sachidananda Kangovi - Indian-American engineer. Known for developing 'Service Linked Multi-State' system (SLIMS), a critical part of the Telecom provisioning and activation system
- Romesh Sobti - Former Managing Director & CEO of IndusInd Bank and ABN AMRO Bank, Director on Board of Dabur, Adani Green Energy, Delhivery and Aditya Birla Capital.
- Hemchandra Kekre – Founding Head of department, Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay. Also served as a professor of Electrical Engineering at IIT-B.
- Vipin Kumar Saxena - Former Chairman & Managing Director of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Rear Admiral, Indian Navy.
- Shyam Mardikar – Chief Technology Officer, Reliance Jio and former CTO, Bharti Airtel. Also served as an ITS officer.
- Dilip Suryavanshi - Founder and Chairman of Dilip Buildcon, richest person in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
- Sharat Saxena – Veteran Indian film and television actor.
- Prakash Naidu – Former Project Director, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Bangalore.
- Shreegopal Vyas – Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha.
- Visva Mohan Tiwari – Retired Air Vice Marshal, Indian Air Force.
- Vibhas Pande - Air Marshal, Indian Air Force, currently serving as the 37th Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Maintenance Command.
Notes and References
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- http://rttctvm.bsnl.co.in/aboutus.html About us
- Web site: हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर . Patrika News . https://web.archive.org/web/20210521200053/https://www.patrika.com/jabalpur-news/jabalpur-engineering-collage-has-first-high-voltage-lab-of-country-1445162// . 21 May 2021 . dead.
- Web site: जबलपुर में तकनीकी विश्वविद्यालय खुलने का रास्ता साफ, उच्च तकनीकी शिक्षा विभाग ने लिया निर्णय. Patrika News. 9 January 2018.
- Web site: Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur – Annual Report 2018-19 . 13 January 2022 . jecjabalpur.ac.in.
- Web site: Institute Portal. mphighereducation.nic.in.
- Web site: About Us – Government Science College, Jabalpur, MP.
- Web site: Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya – Special Features . 13 January 2022 . rdunijbpin.org.
- Web site: Founder Principal Prof. S.P. Chakravarti Reverently Honored on JEC's 76th Foundation Day, July 7th, 2023. www.jecjabalpur.ac.in.
- Web site: Teaching and Research in Telecommunication Engineering in India During the First Five Year Plan Period (1951–56) | Chakravarti, S. P. | download. ur.booksc.eu.
- Web site: Directorate of Technical Education, Madhya Pradesh. mis.mptechedu.org.
- Web site: मध्य प्रदेश में पहली बार जबलपुर इंजीनियरिंग कालेज में पढ़ाई जाएगी डिफेंस टेक्नोलाजी. 11 October 2021. Nai Dunia.
- Web site: खास खबर: इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज में अब होगी मैकेटानिक्स एवं एआई की पढ़ाई | jabalpur Engineering College. 6 July 2021. Patrika News.
- Web site: ग्लोबल स्किल पार्क में युवा बनेंगे हाई स्किल्ड, अत्याधुनिक मशीनों पर मिलेगा प्रशिक्षण | Global Skill Park:Jabalpur Engineering College. 29 November 2023. Patrika News.
- Web site: JEC – Jabalpur Engineering College. jecjabalpur.ac.in.
- Web site: The President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma addressing at the Golden Jubilee function of Government Engineering College, Jabalpur, in Madhya Pradesh on March 01, 1997. The Governor, Madhya Pradesh, Mohammad Shafi Qureshi and Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, Shri Digvijaya Singh are also seen . 18 April 2016 .
- Web site: Madhya Pradesh CM announces the establishment of JEC as a world class college. Debamitra. Mishra. 8 July 2021.
- Web site: Archived copy . 13 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085348/http://www.teindia.nic.in/mhrd/50yrsedu/g/12/2A/122A0501.htm . 4 March 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Engineering Colleges. mptechedu.org.
- http://epaper.bhaskar.com/jabalpur/180/15032013/mpcg/1/ 03/15/2013 : Dainik Bhaskar e-Paper, jabalpur, e-Paper, jabalpur e Paper, e Newspaper jabalpur, jabalpur e Paper, jabalpur ePaper
- Web site: अगले सत्र से जबलपुर इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज में एआई डाटा साइंस मेकाट्रॉनिक्स ब्रांच होगी शुरू! – AI Data Science Mechatronics branch will start in Jabalpur Engineering College from next session! | अगले सत्र से जबलपुर इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज में एआई डाटा साइंस मेकाट्रॉनिक्स ब्रांच होगी शुरू! -. Dainik Bhaskar. Hindi. Dainik Bhaskar Hindi. 2 April 2021 .
- Web site: MP CM meets Rajnath, Scindia to discuss infrastructure projects in state. 12 July 2021.
- News: Day 2 of Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Delhi visit: CM meets Rajnath Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia | Bhopal News . The Times of India. 13 July 2021 .
- Web site: JEC Announces Academic Collaboration with IIT Indore. www.jecjabalpur.ac.in.
- Web site: In A First, 23 College Students To Complete BTech At IIT Indore. Free Press Journal.
- Web site: JEC – Jabalpur Engineering College. jecjabalpur.ac.in.
- Web site: जबलपुर के JEC में होगी सेना की तीनों ताकत तैनात: मिग 21 और वॉर शिप के बाद भारत-पाक युद्ध में पाकिस्तान को धूल चटाने वाला सेना का T-55 टैंक इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज पहुंचा - Jabalpur News. 12 March 2022. Dainik Bhaskar.
- Web site: TEDxJECollege | TED. ted.com.
- Web site: Home | TEDxJECollege . 26 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140618072651/http://www.tedxjecollege.com/ . 18 June 2014 . dead .
- Web site: JEC – Jabalpur Engineering College.
- Web site: Aagaaz 2012-13 : Sports cum Cultural Fest | Pragyan JEC . 26 June 2014 . 13 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113235501/http://pragyan.jecj.in/2012/12/aagaaz-fest/ . dead .
- Web site: Abhiyaam 2013-14 – JEC Annual Magazine. abhiyaam.jec-jabalpur.org. 9 February 2015. 9 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209212726/http://abhiyaam.jec-jabalpur.org/. dead.
- tpo.jec-jabalpur.org/downloads/jec-profile-july2013.pdf
- https://kaarwaa.com/ Kaarwaan website
- Web site: Book Review | ‘Just Aspire’ reveals why Ajai Chowdhry is called ‘Father of Indian Hardware’ – Know all about the making of a challenger!. 28 May 2023.