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The foundation stone of the institute was laid by
the Late Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on the 3rd of May 1961 on a
site spreading over an area of 222 acres on the banks of river Ganga.The
main institute was inaugurated by the Late Prime Minister Sri. Lal Bahadur
Shastri on the 18th of April, 1965. The college has been declared a deemed
university on 26th june 2002.
The institute came into existance to offer Bachelor Degree Programmes in
Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branches in 1961. After
consolidating these courses an undergraduate program in Computer Science was
started in year 1976-77. Subsequently in the year 1982-83 undergraduate
programmes in Electronics Engg. and Production and Industrial Engg. were
started.
Post Graduate courses were introduced in the year 1970-71 by starting Master
Degree courses in all engineering departments. The institute now offer various
M.Tech.
degree programs and M.C.A. course and registers candidates for Ph.D. degree.
The institute has been recognised by the Government of India as one of the
centres for the quality improvement programme in Civil and Mechanical Engg.
To add a new dimension to itself the institute has started a two year / four
semesters Post Graduate Degree in Management Studies from 1996.
In the year of 1972 the institute initiated a project and established an
industrial estate with 68 sheds with objective of encouraging entrepreneurs
and creating additional aveneus.
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