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History

Gaya College of Engineering has its glorious past. It was established in the year 1981 under Chairmanship of Late Sri Ramashray pd singh, Minister, Government of Bihar, Dr Jagdish Sharma, formerly MP, late Sri Jai Kumar Palit, MLA, Late Capt Shah Jahanh, MLA, Sri Gopal Prasad Singh, formerly District Board chairman, Gaya, Late Dr Shakeel Ahmad formerly principal, Mirza Galib College, Gaya & Vice Chancellor BRBU University, Muzaffarpur,and Late Prof RD Singh.
Gaya College of Engineering is a government engineering college managed by the Department of Science and Technology of Government of Bihar. It is approved and recognised by AICTE and is affiliated to Aryabhatta Knowledge University in Patna. It was formerly named ‘Magadh Engineering College (MEC)’ from 1980 to 1994; now it is a public institute under name ‘Gaya College of Engineering (GCE)’.It was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar on 19 November 2008 in presence of renowned dignitaries and educationists at a function held in college campus itself.