RGGEC Kangra: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College, Kangra (RGGEC Kangra) is a Government college, affiliated to Himachal Pradesh Technical University established in the year of 2014 at Nagrota Bagwan, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Being part of Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur, RGGEC Kangra has plethora of programs in engineering offered by the college. The institute is capable of intake of total students: 1,157 and total faculty: 18. RGGEC Kangra is recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) & Council of Architecture. Currently the college enrolls 906 male students and 292 female students and therefore the college operates on a co-educational basis.

The RGGEC Kangra, as mentioned above, has a number of facilitation services to support the learning facility and personal growth of the students. College library has over 4276 books and 1343 titles and is an essential resource for learning in the college. Departmental laboratories with all requisite facilities are available for practical sessions and gain insights of practical knowledge in different fields. The institute has well equipped computing facilities and high bandwidth internet facilities that help in the completion of course work and project. As for students health, RGGEC Kangra has splendid sports facility with equipment and play fields in a good condition. Safe and comfortable accommodation to students is assured through dormitory- like boys and girls hostels, with adequate Mess, Wi-Fi internet connection, round the clock electricity and water supply among the amenities available. Further amenities are guest house with accommodation for visitors, an active alumni association, efficient transport system, a canteen that provides balanced diets, health centre for treatment of patients and provestream.

RGGEC, Kangra started the number of Under Graduate Programs that includes B.Tech. having four disciplines and B.Arch. B.Tech offered are Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering having an intake of 60 students in each stream. The B.Arch program admits forty students of the program each academic year. The entire prime courses in B.Tech are full time offerings which take four academic years to complete and a B.Arch course takes five years of full time learning. The total student enrollment is 1,198 students with 950 in four-year programs and 148 in five-year program. Out of the students, 98.0 % are local students, which makes the college highly local-focused.

RGGEC Kangra gives more preference to the entrance exam that students appear like a factor of admission. For admission to B.Tech programs the candidate must have passed 10+2 examination with at least 45% marks (40% for SC/ST/OBC applicants) in science stream subjects. For admissions, the candidate must have a valid score in JEE Main or in HPCET Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test. They also have lateral entry for those with diploma qualification also. It is possible that the B.Arch program has its own set of prerequisites for admission though this information was unavailable.

RGGEC Kangra have a lot of scholarship facilities for the students and to overcome their financial problem and to sustain in their studies. Some of them are Post Matric Scholarships to SC/ST & OBC students, merit cum means based scholarships for minority, K Chawla Scholarship, and scholarships to IRDP. The college also operates in several governmental programmes which include Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girl students and Saksham Scholarship Scheme for the Handicapped. These scholarship programs and grants pursue to reduce cost of tuition and fees, help deserving people and diversify student population.

RGGEC Kangra is comparatively a young institution in the field of technical education and is gradually establishing itself in this sphere. Despite lack of datal on global ranking and specific annual rankings, and the details about famous alumni graduating from the university.