Government College of Engineering, Amravati (GCOEA) is one of the oldest engineering institutes in state of Maharashtra, India. It is located in Amravati. Beside engineering education, it is recognized research centre for Ph.D. Programmes in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering for Amravati University. The student strength is around 1700. GCOEA was established in the year of 1964 by the Government of Maharashtra, along with 3 other Government institutes at Pune, Aurangabad & Karad. It was initially affiliated to Nagpur University & later on shifted to Amravati University in the year of 1982. The Institute started with 3 basic disciplines Civil, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering initially. Subsequently degree programmes in Electronic & Telecommunication, Computer Science & Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering & Information Technology were added as per the demand & requirements of the country. The institute started part time post graduate course in Electrical Power System in 1986 & later added 4 PG Courses in Thermal Power Engineering, Environmental, Geotechnical & Electronics Systems & Communication. The institute also offers 7 full time PG programmes in Electrical Power Systems, Structures, Thermal Power Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Advanced Electronics, Computer Engineering & Geotechnical Engineering. College campus is spread over 114 acres of land on Amravati Walgaon road. Public Work Department is responsible for construction & maintenance of buildings. Every department has its own building, 2 boy’s hostel & a girl’s hostel. The institute has plans for 5 more department building of 9000 square meter area and 2 more hostels (for girls & boys each). College at present has 10 Mbit/s connectivity having campus wide networking of 1000 nodes & also WiFi spread over entire campus covering all departments, hostels & residential areas.