Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, BIDAR

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) is a centre of technical education located in Bidar, Karnataka, established in August 1980 by the Prabandhak Committee Gurudwara, Sri Nanak Jhira Saheb, Bidar, with Sardar Joga Singh, President of Nanak Jhira Trust, establishing the institute. Initially affiliated to Karnataka University, Dharwad, it later came under Gulbarga University, and is now affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. It is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi. The college started with an annual intake of 120 students in three disciplines, and by 2009 had an intake of 570 students across seven undergraduate disciplines and one master's discipline, currently having 2800 students. Facilities include an Administrative building, Auditorium, Central Library, Laboratories, Workshops, Seminar Halls, Digital classrooms, and Hostel accommodation. Departments include Computer Science Engineering, Information Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Computer Science & Engineering (Data Science), Civil Engineering, MBA, and M.Tech. Notable alumni include author Ravinder Singh, screenwriter Jaideep Sahni, Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, and ISRO scientist Ajay Kumar Prashar.