The grounds at Government Engineering College, Thrissur.

GEC Thrissur Alumni Meet · Bangalore

2026

The Sanjeev Kumar Memorial edition — seven decades of GEC in one room.

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Date

Saturday, 19 September 2026

Time

4:00 PM onwards

Venue

ECA Hall, Indiranagar 100 Ft Road

Celebration of togetherness.

An evening of fun, food, music and culture, hosted by TECBANG for alumni of Government Engineering College Thrissur — from Bangalore, from Kerala, and from wherever the years have taken you. Family and friends are welcome.

Over 400 alumni and family are expected, from the 1960s through to the 2020s. The Bangalore chapter hosts, and every other chapter is invited.

Keynotes by legends of GEC

Alumni in the fireside chat

Bands, two live sets

400+

Alumni and family expected

Decades of GEC in one room

Keynotes

Three legends of GEC take the stage.

Politics, space and cinema: three alumni who went on from the Thrissur campus to the front rank of their fields, back in one room to talk about where it all began and where it goes from here.

T G Ravi

Veteran movie artist

Four decades and hundreds of films in Malayalam cinema, and still the engineer from Thrissur when he is among alumni.

Padma Bhushan Dr K Radhakrishnan

Former Chairman, ISRO

Led the Indian Space Research Organisation through the years that put an Indian orbiter around Mars. A GEC engineer first.

V T Balram

MLA

One of the most recognisable political voices to come out of GEC, and a regular at alumni gatherings back home. He closes the keynotes.

In memoriam

This year, Reminiscence is about remembering Sanjeev.

An evening this big was always his dream. Sanjeev Kumar was one of TECBANG’s strongest members for many years, and his loss has left a void in all our hearts. We dedicate this evening to Sanjeev and his family.

The night closes with Melodies in Memoriam, TECBAND’s tribute to him.

The music

Two bands, two sets, and dinner served alongside.

Once the talks are done the bands take over. The students play first, then the alumni band closes the night with the tribute the whole evening is named for.

Melodies in Memoriam

A musical tribute to Sanjeev Kumar

TECBAND is the alumni band, formed in 2012 by GEC graduates who never stopped playing together. Sanjeev sang with them, and the set they close the night with is built from the songs he loved and sang.

Expect the room to sing along.

By TECBAND · For the love of music

Notes Through Time

A live musical showcase

ISAI is the band formed by the students of GEC, and this is the campus as it sounds today. Their set runs across the decades in the room, from the songs the 1960s batches will know by heart to the ones the 2020s brought with them.

The buffet is served through both sets.

By ISAI

The GEC Thrissur football team with their trophies

Champions

Celebrate the success of Tecbang Premier League.

TPL 2026 was one long day of football: batches drawn into teams, the first whistle early in the morning, and a final played out under the lights close to midnight. On the night we celebrate the league, and everyone who lasted the day.

Then the felicitation. The GEC side went on to win the KEA football championship, the tournament of the Kerala Engineers’ Association, and the champions take the stage in their colours.

TPL 2026: Tecbang Premier League The chapter’s own one-day league, morning to midnight
KEA: Football champions The GEC team felicitated for the title

The Alumni Exchange

A fireside chat with our distinguished alumni.

Five alumni, thirty years of batches between them, on what they built after GEC and what they would tell the campus now. Founders, a CTO or two, a leadership coach, and a moderator who has seen the inside of AWS, SAP and Microsoft.

Moderator

Anil Warrier

’88 · ME

Founder, AWC. Formerly AWS, SAP and Microsoft. He keeps the conversation moving.

Arun Menon

’89 · ME

Founder and Director, Strategi Automations. Building industrial automation from Bangalore.

Kavitha Shenoy

’90 · ECE

Executive leadership coach. Works with founders and senior leaders on how they lead.

Dhanush Gopinath

’01 · CSE

Co-founder and CTO, GeekTrust. Engineering hiring, done by writing code.

Shyam Pradeep Alil

’18 · EEE

Co-founder and CTO, Infusory Future Tech Labs. The youngest voice on the panel.

Questions from the floor are welcome. Bring the one you always wanted to ask a senior.

Dinner

A buffet dinner, with beverages at the counter.

The buffet is part of your registration fee and is served through both sets, so nobody has to choose between the music and the meal. Beverages are served at a counter and paid for separately.

Buffet dinner: Included in the fee; Served alongside the musical performances, for everyone registered.
Beverages: Paid at the counter; Not part of the fee. Pay for what you take, as you go.

Why come

Seven decades of the college, in one room for one evening.

Every batch

The 1960s through the 2020s, batch by batch. Over 400 alumni and family are expected, and the batch tables are where most of the evening actually happens.

Legends and a fireside

Keynotes by three legends of GEC, then five distinguished alumni in conversation about what they built after Thrissur.

Music and champions

ISAI, then TECBAND’s tribute to Sanjeev. The TPL and KEA football champions felicitated on stage. A buffet dinner alongside, and beverages at the counter.

Open to everyone

Hosted by the Bangalore chapter, open to GEC alumni worldwide. Family and friends welcome, other chapters invited.

The evening

Full programme, fees and venue

4:00 PM

Registration and welcome

Doors open

Keynotes

Legends of GEC

T G Ravi, Padma Bhushan Dr K Radhakrishnan, V T Balram

60 min

The Alumni Exchange

Fireside chat, moderated by Anil Warrier

On stage