Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) is a minority engineering college at Gill Park, Ludhiana, Punjab, set up in 1956 by the Nankana Sahib Education Trust and spread over 87 acres on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road. It was affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh, until Punjab Technical University was founded in 1997, and is now affiliated to I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU); its B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, MCA, BCA and BBA programmes are approved by AICTE. The UGC declared it autonomous from 2012-13, and a UGC letter of 6 July 2023 extended the status to 2032-33. NAAC gave it A grade (CGPA 3.01 on a four-point scale) in a certificate dated 31 August 2021, valid up to 30 August 2026. NBA accreditation runs to 30 June 2028 for B.Tech Mechanical, Civil, Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering.

B.Tech (four years) is offered in Civil, Computer Science and Engineering (360 seats in 2026-27), Electrical, Electronics and Communication, Information Technology, Mechanical and Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, with a three-year lateral-entry B.Tech for working professionals. Postgraduate programmes are seven M.Tech specialisations, two MBA variants and MCA; undergraduate courses also include BCA, BBA, B.Voc in Interior Design and B.Com in Entrepreneurship, and GNDEC School of Architecture runs a five-year B.Arch approved by the Council of Architecture. B.Tech entry is through JEE (Main) or IKGPTU norms, with 85 per cent of seats open to candidates from within Punjab, and B.Arch admission uses NATA scores through IKGPTU counselling.