Chandigarh Group of Colleges
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The Chandigarh Group of Colleges (or CGC) are the educational institutions located in Mohali district of Punjab in short distance from cities of Chandigarh and Mohali. Chandigarh Group of Colleges was established in 2001 at Landran[1] initially and at Jhanjeri in 2012.[2][3]
Three different Institutions under CGC
Even having a title with a similar name, the three groups of colleges i.e. CGC Landran, CGC Jhanjeri, and Chandigarh University, are three different educational institutions, different locations, and also the three have separate identities.
CGC Landran
In 2002, CGC Landran was setup under the affiliation of I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University. Better known as Landran College, CGC Landran is offering many technical, pharma, management, arts and science courses. Landran is an interconnected urbanized village linked between three prominent towns or villages of Mohali i.e. Sohana, Kharar and Banur.
Campus activities and sports
CGC campus students get opportunities to be part of different cultural events like fashion shows,[4] Faculty felicitation,[5] NASA sponsored CanSat competition,[6] MHRD's Smart India Hackathon events,[7] Start up to Scale Up conferences,[8] NCC best cadet,[9] Faculty Development Programmes[10][11] apart from annual Techno cultural Fests.[12][13] CGC students also participate in many sports tournaments and competitions in events such as Volleyball,[14][15] Wrestling,[16] weightlifting, power lifting, best physique championships[17]
Courses
CGC offers following courses,[18] [19] such as:
- MTech (Computer Science & Engineering)
- MTech (System Software)
- MTech (Information Technology)
- MTech (Information Security)
- MTech (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
- MTech (VLSI Design)
- MTech (Mechanical Engineering)
- BTech (Computer Science & Engineering)
- BTech (Information Technology)
- BTech (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
- BTech (Mechanical Engineering)
- B. Pharmacy
- BBA (Service Industry Management)[20]
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)
- MCA (Master of Computer Application)
CGC Jhanjeri
In 2012, CGC Jhanjeri was initiated as technical campus and currently running under separate administration in Jhanjeri. It is a village which connects two important cities i.e. Mohali and Sirhind-Fategarh.[21]
CGC Gharuan or Chandigarh University
Initiated in 2009, CGC Gharaun later got University status by UGC in 2012 and is known as Chandigarh University.[22] [23][24]
Placements
4500 MNCs like Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, Google, HCL, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Tata Motors, Cadence, Dell, Polaris, SAP Labs, Adobe Systems, Citrix Systems, Oracle, Cognizant, Bharti Airtel, Deloitte, IBM, Tech Mahindra with more than 490 job offers visit the campus every year for placements for both Landran[25] and Jhanjeri campuses.[26][27] Though no. of placements does not ensure that the grabbed placements are high because most of the recruiters are mass recruiters.
The highest placement gone is 1.07 cr. by off campus placement and on campus with 45.9 lakhs in the year 2022 at Amazon.
Research and development
Chandigarh Group of Colleges is among top 10 institutes of India in terms of number of patents filed.[28][29][30] CGC has students like Sukhmandeep Singh who become successful in life after doing graduation from this college. CGC has MoU with National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology for Entrepreneurship, R&D Projects and training.[31] CGC is member of AI and Deep learning project under Newton Bhabha Fund sanctioned by UK's Royal Academy of Engineering.[32] CGC was granted ₹23 lakh (US$28,000) aid by Indian Council of Medical Research for the development of nanotechnology-based lung cancer vaccine.[33]
Ranking
- Aspiring Minds' National Employability Award 2019[34]
- Times Top 100 Private Engineering Institute rankings 2018- Top 50[35]
- Chronicle 7th All India Engineering Survey - A++[36]
See also
- Chandigarh University
- Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Indian School of Business
- CGC Jhanjeri
References
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- ^ "CGC Jhanjeri". Chandigarh Group of Colleges.
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- ^ "CGC Jhanjeri organized Grand Fashion Show". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Jhanjeri honored 14 Teachers with Best Teachers Award on Teachers' Day". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Landran teams qualify to compete in the final round of CanSat 2018 Global Aerospace Competition". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Smart India Hackathon 2018 commences at CGC Landra". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Jhanjeri organized 4th National Conference on Start Up to Scale Up". 5 Dariya News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC students bring laurels to the institution". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Faculty development programme". Tribuneindia News Service. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Annual FDP inaugurated at CGC Landran". 5 Dariya News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "City campuses get technically competitive". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Cultural fest begins at CGC". Tribuneindia News Service. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Jhanjeri Girls Win PTU's Inter College Volleyball Tournament". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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- ^ "Integrated campus to be set up in Mohali village". The Indian Express. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Punjab cabinet okays Chandigarh varsity in pvt sector". hindustan times. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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- ^ "2017 – An outstanding year of achievements for students of Chandigarh Group of Colleges Landran". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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- ^ "CGC bags award for placements". Tribune News Service. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Landran among top 10 institutions in filing patents". Tribuneindia News Service. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Landran in country's top ten institutions for most patents filed in a single year". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Roy, Vijay C (3 June 2018). "Punjab institutes wake up to patenting innovations". Tribune News Service. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "MOU between NIELIT Chandigarh and CGC Landran". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Landran becomes zonal partner of project on AI and Deep Learning". 5 Dariya News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC gets Rs 23 lakh grant to develop lung cancer vaccine". Tribuneindia News Service. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CGC Landran wins National Employability Award". 5 Dariya News. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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- ^ "Chandigarh Group of Colleges Landran gets A+ ranking". punjabnewsexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
External links
- Chandigarh Group of Colleges Landran
- Chandigarh Group of Colleges Jhanjeri
- Chandigarh Engineering College website
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