Government Engineering College, Kozhikode

The college has laboratory and workshop facilities for the four disciplines of engineering and the applied sciences.

There is a computing facility with PC workstations. A LAN (local area network) facility that runs on Linux servers forms the backbone of the centre. The centre is also equipped with computing environments including Unix, Sun Solaris and Linux along with software tools like Microsoft Visual Studio, C++, C, Fortran, Pascal, Java, MATLAB, AutoCAD, Kylix VHDL, Innoveda VHDL, Nisa and Qt Creator. A leased line connects the facility to the internet. The centre offers free internet connectivity to students and faculty members.

GECK has a computerized library called the Technical Library and Documentation Centre. It subscribes to international and national technical journals and includes a digital, searchable information system. The audio-visual section maintains CD-ROMs on engineering subjects. Projects and seminar reports of students are archived in the library. Furthermore, the library holds books for general reading, and to prepare for competitive examinations like GATE, the GRE, and TOEFL.

GECK provides buses that transport students residing in the vicinity of Kozhikode to the college.

It runs its own cafeteria.

Facilities for basketball, volleyball and badminton are available. The college shares its college cricket and football space with the Government Polytechnic.

The college has a direct uplink with GSAT-3, an Indian communications satellite. It has six information technology-enabled smart classrooms with LCD projectors and laptops.

GECK is associated with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). With IEEE society memberships, students can receive information about recent developments in their chosen fields of technology and contact other engineers. The GECK IEEE unit in Calicut Government Engineering College provides help to students in electronic engineering, and instrumentation and control engineering

The Career Guidance and Placement Cell (CGPC) conducts workshops and training programs for students. One of its programs involves giving help to GECK students off campus from the students and faculty of other colleges.[2]

The Kozhikode Engineering College Alumni Association was launched in 2003. The completion of any degree at GECK allows a person to become a member of the association. On 16 August 2014, the Alumni Association held a reunion of the first two classes of graduates from GECK.

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IEDC) is an initiative of the Department of Industries and Commerce, which is a branch of the state government of Kerala. Specifically, it was founded through the Kerala Institute for Entrepreneurship Development (KIED). The IEDC has been a part of the college since March 2004.

The Technology Business Incubator (TBI), implemented by the IEDC, was launched in the institution in 2005; it helps students convert an idea into a technological product.

The Technical Cell of the National Service Scheme (NSS) encourages students and staff to participate in social work. Volunteers organise programmes such as seminars and orientation programmes inside and outside the campus. The motto of the organization is "Personality development through social service."

The NSS's GECK unit has been given awards for its performance. These include:

• Indhira Gandhi National award for Best NSS unit[3]
• Best NSS programme officer award (Abid Tharavattath)[4]
• State award for best NSS unit[5]

The Arts Club, whose full name is the Malar Vadi Arts Club, organises workshops and training programmes along with cultural events in the college in association with College Union Inauguration and Annual Arts Day.

The Energy and Environment Conservation Club (EEEC), functioning under the Energy Conservation Society of Kerala, conducts programs to educate students about energy- and environment-related problems. The objective of EECC is to foster conservation of energy and protection of the environment to promote the sustainable development of mankind. The society's topics are energy auditing, reuse and recycling technology, wastewater utilisation, pollution control, environmental protection measures and promoting awareness among the public.

The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) focuses on training youth for employment. It conducts vocational training, trains unemployed youth in full-time and informal programmes, develops management skills, performs in-service training to the already employed and publishes materials for training programmes. The CCE was originally a sub-centre of a similar program in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.

The Industry Institute Interaction Cell (IIIC) is a forum of interaction between industries and institutes through product testing, consulting, and research and development. The cell is associated with the District Industries Centre. Indian industries sponsor research and development activities, help develop the IIIC's curriculum and select qualified candidates. The testing and laboratory facilities in the college are used by companies for their needs. Students' ideas are shared with companies for commercial application.

A media club was formed by students in 2018. It began as the media committee of LakshYa. Its activities include poster designing, video, photography and media editing.