GHANI KHAN CHOUDHURY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

About Institution

Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (GKCIET), Malda, West Bengal was established in 2010 by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India in the memory of Sri Ghani Khan Choudhury who had contributed immensely to societal development of the region. The Institute is located at Malda, West Bengal with the bordering districts of Bihar, Jharkhand and North Eastern states. Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (GKCIET), Malda was established, with the objective to create a multi-layered inter disciplinary and inter-sectoral efficient professional technical manpower to act as an international podium for the development and transfer of technical competence in academics.

It is committed to provide best possible technical education at grass route level and to cater to the specific needs of women, school dropouts and other disadvantaged sections of society by organizing a large no of short/long term skills orientation programmes for economic development and inclusive growth of society. It was formulated that the institute, besides catering to the needs of formal education would undertake the non formal education to prepare the skilled and qualified manpower for self employment.

Further, the institute would take up a strategic research and development activities which along with entrepreneurship will help in extending the efforts of the institute in imparting education to the unemployed and working population by updating and upgrading their technical skills. The institute was thought to cater to then existing 3-tier system to modern industry, which incorporates workers, technicians and engineers.

The institute is temporarily located at Power Grid corporation's training institute, Malda and the permanent location will be developed shortly in a sprawling area of 101 acres of land, at a distance of 7 km from Malda central railway station and 0.7 km from 34 No National Highway. It is surrounded by green land and mango trees with beautiful landscapes.