Government Polytechnic, Gadag

Government Polytechnic, Gajendragad was established in the year 2007 is an affiliated college situated at Gajendragad, Karnataka. The institute is recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the institute is offering diploma courses in different branches of engineering. Located at the 5.

04 acre land the polytechnic has total intake capacity of 220 students and a teaching and non-teaching staff of 10 faculty members. The institute offers five diploma courses all of which are full time.

Government Polytechnic College, Gajendragad offers the mechanical, civil, computer science, electronics and communication engineering technology, automobile engineering to fulfil the demand for technical skilful technician and engineers in the field. A modern Library is also adequately equipped and contains numerous books which makes its major function being serving as a centre for learning .

Another strength established by the Government Polytechnic is good and sound IT equipment; the use of reasonably good IT equipment boosts students’ studies. Departments laboratories are essential as they allow practical sessions crucial in disciplining an engineer which would otherwise only deal with theories. As for students health, all has been provided with sporting amenities.

The campus has one of the best endowed health centres equipped with first aid facilities that are adequately provided for the college community. A canteen provides food to the staff and students in terms of their diets. For instance, the institute has hostels for boys and girls, therefore they get proper and comfortable living accommodation especially to those from distant regions.

Government Polytechnic College at Gajendragad provides five diploma courses where all of these are the conventional full-time programmes such as Diploma in Mechanical engineering and Diploma in civil engineering . The courses offered are extensive and are in every branch of engineering and thus the students get many directions to choose from.

The gross enrolment of students in different courses is 220 due to the institute’s objective of preserving the ratio of students and teachers. These intakes are then spread across various programmes and while some courses may have more seats set aside than others. It is important that all admissions are fair and for this purpose the admission process of Government Polytechnic, Gajendragad has been thus formatted.

The merit within each of the category of reservation determines the admissions of the individual’s to diploma courses offered. The concept of membership is also very diverse, as the places are half reserved for different categories of society thus fair treatment. With the help of this system, one can have both merits-based and diverse categories of students under one roof.

The modality of admission of students in the institute is a clear testimony to the fact that the institute aims at admitting students for technical education irrespective of the part of the world they come from with primary focus of producing engineers who are capable of producing optimal results in their areas of speciality.