Shillong, Sept 2: Shillong Government College of Engineering at Mawlai Kynton Massar is in the process of obtaining AICTE approval for starting the courses.
The academic council of NEHU has granted provisional affiliation for offering of B.Tech courses, official sources said.
For making the engineering college fully functional, the government has conveyed approval to allow the Additional Director & Principal of Shillong Polytechnic, Mawlai and 13 faculty members of Shillong Polytechnic, who are qualified to hold additional charge as Head of the Institute as faculty members of the engineering college, they said.
The construction work for the academic block, boys’ and girls’ hostels has been completed and inaugurated by the chief minister on January 1, 2023.
Construction of internal road and landscaping and providing of service connection viz. electricity and water supply in the campus of the Shillong Government College of Engineering is completed.
55 teaching and non-teaching posts have been created by the government.