for visiting faculty and students. The campus also has bicycles, donated by the alumni, for use by the staff and students. Besides the main canteen and multiple mess facilities, the college has small stalls and a restaurant that are frequented by students. The campus shopping complex has a restaurant, as well as shops that cater to student needs ranging from photocopying to stationery and other day-to-day needs. The campus has a post office and a computer center. The college gymkhana houses a power gym, which is accessible to students during non-working hours. There is an indoor badminton court, a basketball court, and a full-length natural grass football ground that can be used as a cricket field. Notably, the Electronics and Telecommunications branch features a robotic arm - the KUKA KR-16 Industrial Robot, used in assembly lines across many industries, for training its students. Student life Student clubs and associations The students of Goa Engineering College call themselves Engicos. However, not all post-graduate students identify themselves with this term. The college has many active clubs: The college has a Nature Club which organizes tree planting programmes in the surrounding regions and organizes treks to locations in Goa. The college Photography Club has been organizing Photoflare, an international photography festival, since 2010.<ref name="AkshayPhotoFlare"> </ref> The college Quiz Club organizes quizzes for the college events. The college Music Club conducts workshops and organizes open mike sessions at the college's festivals. It has its own music room with equipment in the Mining Department. The college Literary and Debate Club organizes many small activities and helps organize TEDxGEC. The college has a Coding Club. The college Drama (Theatre) Club was one of the oldest clubs, and has been restarted after a gap of almost seven years (in 2018). The college students founded the Astronomy Club in 2018, with the maiden event hosting Dr Vithal Tilvi, who discovered the furthest known galaxy in the Universe in 2013. The college also has active student chapters of the IEEE, CSI, Goa Technology Association (GTA) and FSAI (Fire and Security Association of India). The college also had a Robotics club and a Linux User Group (which hosted Stallman in 2003). Student associations, based on their departments, are as follows: MESA – Mechanical Engineering Students Association ENEXSA – Electrical and Electronics Engineering Students Association (previously known as ELECTRA) ACES – Association of Civil Engineering Students CURSOR – Association of Computer