Government Engineering College, Rewa
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Government Engineering College, Rewa is an engineering college established by the state government at Rewa
Rewa
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 in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

, India
India
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.

The college was started by the state of Madhya Pradesh in 1964 in the present Science college building with Prof. S.R. Beedkar as founder Principal. Subsequently it was shifted to PGBT building. In 1972 it was shifted to its present campus spread in about 250 acres (1 km²).

In addition to the main building, the institute has two boy’s hotels (intake 260) and one girl’s hostel (intake 40), staff quarters, hospital, bank, post-office, guest-house and a canteen block. A block attached to the main building is under construction for the Electronics Department.

The first batch was started with 120 students in the branches of Civil
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

, Electrical
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

 and Mechanical
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

 Engineering. In 1984 Electronics Engineering branch was started with a 20 student intake. In 1980 a B.E.(Transfer Course) was introduced in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical with 20-intake capacity in each branch to facilitate the Diploma holder students graduate.

For providing higher education opportunities to serving diploma holder engineers a part time B.E. Degree course was introduced in 1988 with 20 students in each intake capacity in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical branches.

In 1998 the government of Madhya Pradesh declared the institute an autonomous society with a board of governors to look after its affairs with the Minister (Department of Technical Education) as its chairman. Thereafter the institute was named Rewa Engineering College.

The institute was affiliated to Awadhesh Pratap Singh University
Awadhesh Pratap Singh University
Awadhesh Pratap Singh University is an autonomous institution in Rewa city, often called ‘the land of white tigers', located in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. The university was named after Captain Awadhesh Pratap Singh, an eminent freedom fighter...

, Rewa, till 2000. It is now affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Prodyuogaki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal (the technical university of Madhya Pradesh).

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