Since 2002
About TECBANG
Thrissur Engineering College Bangalore — the Bangalore chapter of GECTAA, the Government Engineering College Thrissur Alumni Association. Formed in 2002, TECBANG keeps a few thousand GEC alumni in the city connected to each other and to the campus, with more than 500 active in the community.
Through the year
Cricket and football competitions
Music programmes and TECBAND
Seminars and career support
Campus Connect and mentoring
Emergency support and blood donation drives
Arts, literature and volunteering
A short history
From the first General Body meeting at the Institution of Engineers Hall to the band that plays this year’s memorial set.
The record on file stops in 2012. Fourteen years still to be filled in.
- 27 Oct 2002
- First General Body meeting, Institution of Engineers Hall.
- 2 Feb 2003
- First family get-together, ECA Indiranagar — the hall that still hosts the reunion.
- 14 May 2004
- A rolling award for the best all-rounder of TEC instituted in memory of Pradeep Lakshmanan (1970, Chemical).
- May 2012
- TECBAND formed.
- Aug 2012
- GECT lifts the KEA Arattukulam BBC trophy.
- 19 Sep 2026
- Reminiscence 2026 — the Sanjeev Kumar Memorial edition.
Presidents
- 2003–2004
- C. A. Joseph (1968, Mechanical)
- 2004–2005
- K. P. Muralidharan (1969, Mechanical)
- 2005–2006
- K. J. Vijayamma (1969, Mechanical)
- 2006–2009
- K. Venugopal (1969, Mechanical)
- 2009–2011
- Prof. Satish Kailas (1986, Mechanical)
- 2011–2012
- Satish Kumar (1993, Electrical)
- 2012 onwards
- Vinay Nair (1995, Mechanical)
Organising committee
Jay Shankar
Vipin Chandran
further committee members
The quickest way to reach the committee is the TECBANG WhatsApp community.