the technical festival organized by the college. It was started in 2016, after a decision to merge the technical events organized by the individual student associations of each department. Spectrum 2017 Pronite featured Sapan Verma and Sorabh Pant from the comedy group EIC. Spectrum 2018 Pronite was held in association with Sunburn and featured Sartek and The Unknown. Tandav Tandav is an annual inter-departmental cultural and sports event, in which all branches of the college compete across various events for a trophy. TEDxGEC TEDxGEC is Goa's second TEDx event and was started in 2016. Its first event featured four eminent personalities: Kanan Tandi, an expert in body language; Gaurav Padte, a social worker, awarded by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his work in cleaning up the Fatorda Stadium; Marietta Rodrigues e D'Souza, a clinical psychologist and counsellor from Sharada Mandir School, who spoke about teenage love; and Somu Rao, President of Goa Science Forum and Former National Secretary of Federation of Indian Rationalists Associations, who spoke about godmen and rationality. Their second event open to the general public was a Salon event titled "TEDxGECSalon: ARTiculate". Held in 2017, it featured alumni DJ Anish Sood and filmmaker Aditya Jambhale, along with noted artist Dr Subodh Kerkar. Other notable events Richard M Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, visited the college Linux User Group in November 2001. The college celebrated its golden jubilee year in 2016-2017. A clock tower, funded by alumni, was erected on this occasion. AICSSYC (All India IEEE Computer Society Students and Young Professionals Congress) 2018 was hosted by IEEE GEC Chapter. Notable people Notable alumni Anish Sood, DJ and EDM producer Ashank Desai, Founder & Managing Director of Mastek. Sameer Naik, founders of NextBiT Computing Pvt Ltd. The company was, in 2009, voted on the list of top 25 emerging technology companies in India Sidharth Kuncalienker, politician, ex-MLA of Panjim constituency<ref name="GECAlumni"></ref> Shikha Pandey, cricketer List of principals Vivek Kamat (2009-2013) R.B. Lohani (2013-2014) Vinayak N. Shet (2014-2018) Mysore Sethuram Krupashankara (2018-2021) R.B. Lohani (2021 onwards) Gallery References External links GEC Golden Jubilee – official website Happenings – official website Spectrum – official website Photoflare – official website TEDxGEC – official website GEC Music Club – official blog GEC Quiz Club – Facebook page Engineering colleges in Goa Buildings and structures in South Goa district Education in South Goa district Educational institutions