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]
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]
MSc – Every year, 15 seats are allotted for the respective departments i.e. Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. Selection is purely based on the percentage obtained in BSc degree examination, minimum expectation is 50% for the eligibility. Departments may conduct a selection test if the number of applicants exceeds 15.
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
Campusedit
JEC campus
MiG-21 Supersonic Fighter Jet
105 mm Indian Field Gun
T-55 Main Battle Tank
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 natural 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.[26] It is due the presence of large defence 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, 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 lifeedit
Housingedit
Type
Number of Hostels
Total Capacity
Boys
8
1200
Girls
3
150
Eventsedit
TEDxJECollege, an international conference is held annually in the month of February.[27][28]
Aureole is the techno-cultural fest of Jabalpur Engineering College.[29]
Aaghaz is the intra-college, inter-branch sports-cum-cultural fest and is held annually.[30]
Technical society for Electrical Engineering and Robotics – Urja.[32]
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.[33]
Sachidananda Kangovi - Indian-American engineer. Known for developing 'Service Linked Multi-State' system (SLIMS), a critical part of the Telecom provisioning and activation system
Hemchandra Kekre – Founding Head of department, Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay. Also served as a professor of Electrical Engineering at IIT-B.
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^"ग्लोबल स्किल पार्क में युवा बनेंगे हाई स्किल्ड, अत्याधुनिक मशीनों पर मिलेगा प्रशिक्षण | Global Skill Park:Jabalpur Engineering College". Patrika News. 29 November 2023.
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^Hindi, Dainik Bhaskar (2 April 2021). "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.
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^"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". Dainik Bhaskar. 12 March 2022.
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