GEC was established in the year 1964 and is a government engineering college. The institute is approved by the AICTE and affiliated to the Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai. 

Campus

 The institute has following major facilities:

• Well equipped library

• State of the art laboratories

• Auditorium

• Hostel facility

• Medical facility

• Internet facility

• Training & Placement cell

Training & Placement cell was set up in the year 1986. The Cell provides summer training and various Personality development Programmes to the students. The institute facilitates final placement as well. Major recruiters of the institute are:

• TCS

• Sutherland Technology

• Wipro

• Infosys

• DELL

• Lester

• ESSAR

• Mahindra

• Reliance