# Lukhdhirji Engineering College

Lukhdhirji Engineering College, popularly known as L.E. College or LEC Morbi is located in the Morbi district. It was established as a polytechnic in 1931, then known as Morvi Technical Institute (MTI) and was upgraded to a full-fledged degree engineering college in 1951 when the Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Lukhdhirji Waghji Sahib Bahadur of Morvi state donated his palace with 40 acres (160,000 m$^2$) of land on the bank of river Machhu and the institute was named after him. The institute is operated by the government of Gujarat and is affiliated with Gujarat Technological University.

## History

In 1951 Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Lukhdhirji Waghji Sahib Bahadur of Morvi met Professor Sunder Singh Bhatia from the Dayalbagh Educational Institute and asked him to upgrade the Morvi Technical Institute (MTI) to a full-fledged degree engineering college and become its first principal. The Maharaja had four palaces. The Nazarbag palace was donated to become what is now the Engineering College. Another two palaces became student accommodation and the principal's private residence respectively. The fourth palace was retained by the Maharaja as his personal residence.

## Campus

The campus is located on the banks of river Machhu in Morbi, Gujarat. The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The academic area consists of various departmental buildings, the administration block, the students amenities building, and a badminton court and swimming pool. The academic area is divided into old campus and new campus:
Old Campus:
* Department of Civil Engineering
* Badminton court
* Annexe 1
* Annexe 2
* General Department- Old Building
* Applied Mechanics - Old Wing
* Applied Mechanics - New Wing
* Water Resource Lab
* Hydrology Lab
* Drawing Hall 1 & 2
* Mechanical Workshop
* Department of Production Engineering
* Department of Electrical Engineering - Old Building
* Electrical Machine Lab
* Diploma IT & Central Library
* Student Amenities Building
* Ceramic Technology Department
* LEC Old Building (Palatial Building)
New Campus:
* Department of Power Electronics Engineering
* Department of IT Engineering
* Department of Industrial Engineering
* Department of Mechanical Engineering
* New Building (Administration, Siemens Center of Excellence, and the Electrical and Chemical Departments)

## Academic departments

The institute has ten major academic departments:
* Department of Electrical Engineering (Est. 1951, Intake- UG -120, PG-18)
* Department of Civil Engineering (Est. 1951, Intake- UG -120, PG-18)
* Department of Mechanical Engineering (Est. 1951, Intake- UG -60)
* Department of IT Engineering (Est. 1999, Intake- UG -30)
* Department of Production Engineering (Est. 1970, Intake- UG-30)
* Department of Chemical Engineering (Est. 2008, Intake- UG -60)
* Department of Industrial Engineering (Est. 1983, Intake- UG -30)
* Department of Power Electronics Engineering (Est. 1983, Intake- UG -60, PG-18)
* General Department (Humanities, Maths & Physics Department)
* Applied Mechanics Department
Siemens, in association with Government of Gujarat, has established a Center of Excellence in Industrial Machinery on the campus. It organizes several certification courses like PLC Scada, NX and NX Advance, Induction Motor Training.

## Activities

Apart from conventional departments, L.E. College Morbi has several other important organizations and cells which are run jointly by students, alumni and institute and cater to the purpose as defined in their respective charter. Following is a glimpse of some of the organizations & cells and their activities and aims.

### LENCO Alumni Association

The association organizes reunion every year and along with it they also organize 'Annual Gold Medal Award Function' in which toppers of the most recent graduated batch are awarded a gold medal and a certificate by the alumni association.

### NCC

The institute is a part of Rajkot Battalion of NCC. The cadets from this institute regularly participates in the camps and drills organized by NCC at state and national level and has brought laurels for the institute. Presently it is mentored by Prof. K. K. Dave from Mechanical Engineering Department.

### Training and Placement Cell & Personality Development Cell (TP&PDC)

Training and placement cell was established in the year 1962.

### Gymkhana

L.E. College Morbi gives equal emphasis on sports and every year Annual Sports Week is organized in the even semester and various tournaments are organized in this week covering wide range of sports such as Volleyball, Cricket, Badminton etc. Students of L.E. College also participate in University Sports Meets and National Sports Meet. College sports teams have bought laurels in various games like Cricket, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho etc. in past.

### Clubs

* Society welfare Club
* Stock market analysis Club
* IGNITE Club
* Industry interaction Club
* Debating Club
* Entrepreneurship Club
* Design Club
* Robotics Club
* Sports Club
* Adventure Club
* Astronomy Club
* Quizzing Club
* Nature Club
* Readers and Writers Club
* Gaming and Programming CLub
* Sculpture, Drawing and Painting Club
* Dance Club
* Drama Club
* Melodious Music Club
* Photography and Films Club
* Yoga Club