Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering (LDCE or LD), located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was established in 1948 by Kasturbhai Lalbhai, and is named after his father Lalbhai Dalpatbhai.[1]

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering
LDCE
L.D. College of Engineering
TypeGovernment
Established1948
AffiliationGujarat Technological University
RectorDr. H.C.Patel
PrincipalDr Rajul Gajjar 09/11/2019
Undergraduates4560+ D2D Students + HRD Students
Postgraduates1460
Location, ,
23°02′06.12″N 72°32′46.99″E
Campus36 acre urban
NicknameLDCE or LD
AffiliationsGujarat Technological University (GTU)
Websitewww.ldce.ac.in

History

The institute was established in 1948 with a donation of Rs. 25 lacs and 31.2 hectares of land by the textile magnate Kasturbhai Lalbhai, who named the college after his father, Lalbhai Dalpatbhai. The institute started with 75 students in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical undergraduate programs, and was affiliated to the Bombay University. From 1950 until the formation of the Gujarat Technological University, it was affiliated to the Gujarat University.[1] Currently Dr. Rajul .K. Gajjar former Incharge Vice Chancellor, Principal of Vishwakarma Government College of Engineering acting as Principal Of College.

Programs

The institute runs 14 undergraduate programs,[2] 14 postgraduate programs[3] and 4 part time courses(PDDC)[4]

UG Programs

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Information and Technology
  • Instrumentation and Control
  • Electronics and Communication
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Plastic Technology
  • Rubber Technology
  • Textile Technology
  • Bio Medical Engineering
  • Auto Mobile Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering

Post Graduate

  • Water Resources Management
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Computer Aided Structural Design
  • Environmental Management
  • Textile Technology
  • CAD/CAM
  • Cryogenics Engineering
  • Applied Instrumentation
  • Communication System
  • Computer Aided Process Design
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Technology
  • Information Technology
  • IC Engine and Automobiles
  • Rubber Technology
  • MCA

PDDC

  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Degree programs (full-time):

Passage near Annexe building
LDCE Building

Postgraduate programs (full-time)

Post Diploma Degree programs (PDDC - part-time)

  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Facilities

Laboratories

Each department has modern, fully equipped laboratories for U.G. and P.G. programs. Most of the laboratories are recognized for testing and standardization by various organizations. New laboratories of the institute are constantly being established in emerging areas. In addition to the students, the laboratories also cater to industrial testing in diverse fields. The campus offers free internet facility to its students & faculty with the majority of the labs equipped with highly configured computers.

Heavy Structures Laboratory

Workshop

The workshop is equipped to show students the basic operations of manufacturing and production. It is equipped with a CNC machine, an electro-discharge machine, and measuring instruments. The institute has a thermal workshop in which boilers and other thermal equipment can be studied and an automobile workshop.

Centre of Excellence - Siemens has been established at L. D. College of Engineering. Centre of Excellence has established relevant laboratories having Siemens products and Siemens Industry software applications.[5]

Keepsake Welding Research & Skill development Centre of Excellence has been established at L. D. College of Engineering.[6]

Sports

The college has dedicated a team for major sports like Cricket, Lawn and Table Tennis, Badminton, Kabbadi, Football, Volleyball etc. College also has its own ground for Cricket, Football, Lawn Tennis court and Indoor Badminton court. Every year hundreds of students take part in GTU Sports fest, which is university level sports fest of Gujarat and bring laurels to the college.

Cricket Ground

Library

Library for college students.

The library has 1,03,000 technical books, 173 periodicals, reference books, handbooks, encyclopedias and Indian standards. The library has computerized book search facility.[7][8]

Training and Placement Cell

The institute maintains a training and placement cell to help students prepare for job searches. Assistance is given to students in developing interviewing skills. Major industries conduct campus interviews for final year students, and thus some students get their job offers through the cell.[9][10] Faculty members also maintain networks with alumni and potential employers. Job fairs are also arranged by the cell for the left out students. Entrepreneurship awareness camps are organized at the institute to prepare the students for starting their own industry. Lectures are arranged for students to have first-hand information for further studies in India and abroad.

Hostel

The institute has hostel facilities for 787 students. There are two messes in the hostel campus, which are managed by the students. Newspapers and magazines are subscribed for the hostel library. Entertainment facilities include TV room, badminton room, and gymnasium, and outdoor and indoor games. The hostel is administered by the rector and four wardens.[11]

Hostel Building 'A' - L.D.C.E

Canteen

The canteen is located at the center of the campus. This facility is available for the students and staff at reasonable rates.[12]

NCC activity

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is a major youth organization in the country. It is a link between defense and education. The objective of the NCC is to make citizens who show discipline, ideals, services, dignity of labor and hard work, and a spirit of adventure.

Student Store LDCE

1 Gujarat Composite Technical Company is an NCC unit situated on campus nearby Hostel Gate. Technical training for engineering students is given to Engineers, EME and Signal Platoon. NCC training is given to the cadets for three years. After completion of three years, training and 2nd and 3rd-year examination cadets will be awarded the "C" certificate.

Cadets with the "C" certificate have opportunities to travel abroad, and easier entry to the Armed Forces and Para Military Forces.

NSS Activity

National Service Scheme is another youth organization which has started in the year 2012 in the college. Along with NCC, this youth organization takes an active part in the social and cultural programs which take place in the college. NSS volunteers also take place in annual camps held in various parts of the country. They are awarded certificates after the completion of course.

Gymkhana

Vidhyarthi Sansad Prepares an action plan and participates in gymkhana activities such as sports, indoor games, cultural activities, debating, social services, social gathering etc. In spite of busy semester schedule, students participate actively in these activities and bring laurels to the institute. Voluntary blood donation camp is a regular feature in the institute. In this year, indoor sports activity is introduced in room no(020) which includes a 4-station multi-gym, table tennis tables, and other sports equipment.

Industrial Liaison

The institute is in constant liaison with major industries through expert lectures, testing consultancy projects, investigations, students training counting education programs, and seminars.

Clubs

LD college of engineering also has different clubs including:[13]

Team Robocon LDCE, at IIT Delhi, Robocon India 2019
  • Advanature
  • FOSS Programming Club
  • Innovators Club
  • IEEE
  • Mind Palace
  • SAE India Collegiate Club
  • Team Robocon LDCE
  • Vox Populi
  • PRAKALPA

Team Robocon LDCE

Team Robocon LDCE
Founded2004
Based inAhmedabad
OwnerL. D. college of Engineering
Head coachProf. M. M. Makwana
Championships2019
Division titles
  • 2004 - Runner-up, Most Functional Robot award[14]
  • 2018 - Best Idea Award[15]
  • 2019 - National Winner, Prof. Balakrishnan Memorial Award[16]
Websitehttp://ldce.ac.in/
[[Robocon India 2020|Current season]]

The team takes part in an annual robotics competition named Robocon India, which is the national level competition of ABU Robocon.[17] The team mainly comprises the students from Mechanical, Electronics and communication, Computer Science and Instrumentation and control fields.[18]

In Robocon India 2019 the Team Robocon LDCE won the national championship and represented India in the international event of ABU Robocon 2019 held at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[19][20][21]

In Robocon India 2018 the team the team have reached the quarter-finals and won the Best idea award.[15]

The team also organize an annual techno-cultural fest Lakshya in the month of February.[17][22][23] In Lakshya Fest 2019 about 9,000 students participated in different events.[24]

Alumni

References

  1. "About LDCE", L D College of Engineering
  2. Under Graduate Courses
  3. Post Graduate Courses
  4. Part Time Courses (PDDC)
  5. Oct 15, Kapil Dave | TNN |; 2014; Ist, 12:58. "6 new centre of excellence to be established in Gujarat | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 June 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "KEEPSAKE BROCHURE_ENGG" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. Library LDCE
  8. "ABU-Robocon 2019 - Team India : A Journey of LD College of Engineering". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. Nov 15, Ahmedabad Mirror / Updated; 2018; Ist, 06:15. "Rs 7.5L package for 22 LD engineering students". Ahmedabad Mirror. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "ldce placement". tpo ldce.
  11. Hostel LDCE
  12. Canteen LDCE
  13. LDCE Clubs
  14. "Results for Doordarshan Robocon India 2004". 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  15. "Nirma University wins National Robocon 2018 - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  16. "DD-Robocon 2019 Awards IIT Delhi" (PDF). DD Robocon 2019 IIT Delhi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  17. The 3rd GTU Innovation Sankul Day Celebration. "Pedagogical Innovation Awards & i-SCALE Awards" (PDF). Gujarat Technological University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  18. ABU-Robocon 2019 - Team India : A Journey of LD College of Engineering, retrieved 17 June 2020
  19. "Robocon competition held in New Delhi". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 16 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  20. "LD team to represent India in Mongolia - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  21. "18-06-2019 : Ahmedabad Citybhaskar ePaper Today:Online Ahmedabad Citybhaskar ePaper Gujarati,Aaj Ka Ahmedabad Citybhaskar Gujarati Newspaper - Divya Bhaskar,Page 1". divyabhaskar epaper (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  22. Daily, Jaihind. "એલડી એન્જિ. કોલેજ ખાતે લક્ષ્ય-2016નુંં આયોજન | Jaihind Daily". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  23. "એલડી કોલેજમાં ૧૪મીથી ટેકનિકલ ફેસ્ટિવલ યોજાશે". Aajno Yug News. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  24. "આજથી LDમાં લક્ષ્ય ટેક ફેસ્ટ". divyabhaskar. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  25. Thaker, Naini (3 April 2019). "How Astral Pipes' Sandeep Engineer became a mint-new billionaire". Forbes India. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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