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PCTE (Punjab College of Technical Education) was first institute established by the Punjab Management Education Trust in 1999 at Ludhiana, Punjab with the motive of providing good management and IT education in the region. Since then, it has expanded to Pharmacy,^[1]Biotechnology, Airlines, Tourism, and Hotel Management.^[2] Now PCTE Group of Institutes has four colleges offering different courses in two campuses Near Baddowal Cantt on Ferozpur Road, Ludhiana with a current strength of more than 2700 students from more than seven different countries pursuing full-time courses like BCA, BBA, B. Pharmacy, BSc. (ATHM), BSc. (Biotech), B. HMCT, MCA,^[3] MSc. IT, MBA,^[4] MBA-IB^[5] and PGDM.^[6] All the courses are affiliated with Punjab Technical University while PGDM is an AICTE approved, independent course.

PCTE has been consistently ranked with the best B-Schools in Punjab, HP, J & K, and Rajasthan by various national magazines and journals, including Outlook, Business India, and AIMA.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} PCTE also has been conferred with different awards of National and International repute.^[7]

Contents [hide] 1 Awards and achievements 1.1 Student achievements 1.2 School awards 2 International conferences 3 International links 4 Publications 5 Student activities 6 References 7 External links

[edit]Awards and achievements

[edit]Student achievements

Since the inception of the college in 1999, PCTEians have won high honors for their academic performance in university exams, including 13 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 9 bronze medals.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]} Besides that around 90 students have made it to the university merit lists in past decade.^[35]

Students who graduate from PCTE are recruited at a high rate by a variety of corporations.^{[36][37][38][39]} PCTE also hosts 'job fairs' and invites corporations to 'placement weeks' and 'recruitment drives' in order to facilitate hiring.^{[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]}

[edit]School awards