Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology

The Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (GCELT) was established in year 1919 on being recommended by the Munitions Board after the First World War to use indigenous resources of hides, skins and tanning materials for producing leather goods and the development of leather industry in India.[3]

It was known as Calcutta Research Tannery and was renamed to Bengal Tanning Institute in 1926. The institute became affiliated to Calcutta University and introduced a Certificate Course in tanning. In 1955, the B.Sc. (Tech) course in Leather Technology was introduced. The name of the institute was changed in 1958 to College of Leather Technology.[3]

Calcutta Research Tannery as well as Bengal Tanning Institute was situated at the campus of Canal South Road, Beleghata (presently that place if the campus of RCCIIT college). In the year 1994, the campus was shifted from there to the present address of Salt Lake City.[3]

In 1999–2000, apart from the B.Tech in Leather Technology that it was offering, the college started offering B.Tech. in Information Technology and in 2000-2001 B.Tech. in Computer Science & Technology.

GCELT is officially under the jurisdiction of the Department of Higher Education and Directorate of Technical education of the Government of West Bengal.[3]

The institute offers B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and Leather Technology. The institute also offers certificate course on 'Boot and Shoe Manufacturing'.[4]

Enginerds '13 Core Team

• Fresher's Welcome- The event is organized to welcome the 1st year students of the college. Usually 2nd year students organize it with great enthusiasm. On that special day, there is a cultural program with arrangement for lunch for newcomers. This ends with the DJ evening and the whole event is restricted only to college students.
• Technical Fest - Enginerds[5]- For engineering students ‘fest’ means more than cultural programs and keeping that in mind, every year students of GCELT with great enthusiasm and joy organizes its annual Tech Fest- "ENGINERDS".

ENGINERDS was first organized in the year 2010 (by 2008-12 batch), and from the very inception it received fantastic response from both engineering and honors colleges across West Bengal.

• Cultural Fest - Punormilon[6] - PUNORMILON is one of the most important cultural event of GCELT with the get together of all the Ex-Students and Present-Students under the same roof. The event brings great joy and happiness with the sharing of feelings, ideas and thoughts of all the seniors, juniors and batch-mates. It brings colorful evenings with the sweet memories of past.

Every year a new committee is formed to organize the PUNORMILON. The committee contains members from all the streams and from present students as well as from Alumni. All the responsibilities of organizing the event is on the committee members. The events of PUNORMILON include Inauguration, College Performance, Tribute to Alumni, Rabinra Sangeet, Band Performance and also DJ.