List of Indian engineering colleges before Independence

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The impulse for creation of centres of technical training came from the British rulers of India, and it arose out of the necessity for the training of overseers for construction and maintenance of public buildings, roads, canals, and ports, and for the training of artisans and craftsmen for the use of instruments, and apparatus needed for the army, the navy, and the survey department. While superintending engineers were mostly recruited from Britain, lower grade craftsmen, artisans and sub-overseers were recruited locally. The necessity to make them more efficient, led to the establishment of industrial schools attached to the Ordnance Factories Board and other engineering establishments. [1]

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History

The first engineering college was established in present day Uttarakhand at Roorkee in the year 1847 for the training of Civil Engineers. Thomason College of Civil Engineering as it was called, made use of the large workshops and public buildings there that were erected for the Upper Ganges Canal. The college was converted to the University of Roorkee in 1948 and upgraded to the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2001.

In July 1854, College of Engineering, Pune's precursor, The Poona Engineering Class and Mechanical School was opened, with an aim to provide suitable learning to the subordinate officers in the Public Works Department. In June 1865 Mr. Theodore Cooke, M.A, who held that appointment for 28 years was appointed Principal. The foundation stone of the new college was laid by the Governor, Sir Bartle Frere, on 5 August 1865. College was affiliated to University of Bombay in 1866. In 1868 the College moved to the New Buildings. The college was divided into three departments for matriculated and unmatriculated students. In 1879 two new classes, an Agricultural class and a Forest class, were added to the college, and the name of the college was changed from " The Poona Civil Engineering College " to " The College of Science". The credit for most of the civil infrastructure in India goes to the alumni of COEP, including Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvarayya, in whose honor "Engineers Day" is celebrated. [2]

In pursuance of the Government policy, three Engineering Colleges were opened by about 1856 in the three Presidencies.

In Bengal, a College called the Calcutta Civil Engineering College was opened at the Writers' Buildings in November 1856. With the establishment of University of Calcutta on 24 January 1857, the college was affiliated to this university since May 1857. In 1865, the college merged with Presidency College, Kolkata and from 1865 to 1869 the college functioned as the Civil Engineering Department of Presidency College. In 1880, the college was shifted to its present campus at Shibpur, Howrah, and was christened the Government College, Howrah, in the premises of Bishop's College. On 12 February 1920 the name was changed to Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur. The word Shibpur was deleted on 24 March 1921 and it became Bengal Engineering College. The college was subsequently rechristened Bengal Engineering and Science University and upgraded to the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur in 2014. Also in March 27, 1914 University of Calcutta established their own science and technology campus, came to be known as Rajabazar Science College. This institute has some of the oldest applied science departments.

In the Madras Presidency, the industrial school attached to the Gun Carriage Factory became ultimately the College of Engineering, Guindy. It was founded in 1794 as Asia's oldest technical institution and was affiliated to the University of Madras in 1858. [1]

The Banaras Engineering College was established at Varanasi in the year 1919. The college was rechristened as the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in 1968. The college was upgraded to the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi in 2012.

The British also opened Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur for chemical sciences in 1921 in the United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh. it is now called the Harcourt Butler Technical University.

Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad was established by British Indian Government on the lines of the Royal School of Mines, London, and was formally opened on 9 December 1926 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India. The college was subsequently called the Indian School of Mines University for a while before the word University was dropped from its name. The college was upgraded to the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad in 2016. [3]

In 1947 when India became independent, there were 36 institutions for first-degree engineering education, with an annual intake of about 2500 students. [4]

List

Engineering collegeLocationEstablishedRemarks
Thomason College of Civil Engineering B Roorkee, Uttarakhand 1847 [5] Later known as University of Roorkee and now known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
College of Engineering, Pune Pune, Maharashtra 1854 [2] Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861–1962) is Alumni of COEP. Engineers Day in India is Celebrated on his Birthday
Bengal Engineering College (formerly affiliated to University of Calcutta) Shibpur, West Bengal 1856 [5] Later known as Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur and now known as the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
College of Engineering, Guindy Madras 1794 [A] Started as survey school in May 1794. [5] Upgraded to an engineering college in 1858.
National Institute of Technology PatnaPatna, Bihar1886 [6] NIT Patna origin can be traced to 1886 with the establishment of a survey training school and subsequent renaming it to Bihar college of Engineering in 1900. A graduate level curriculum was introduced in 1924. It was renamed Bihar College of Engineering in 1932. In 2004 the government of India upgraded the college to National Institute of Technology (NIT) status
Indian Institute of Science(Tata Institute) Bangalore 1911[ citation needed ]
Bengal Technical Institute (National Council of Education), Jadavpur Jadavpur, Calcutta 1905 [7] Now known as Jadavpur University.
University College of Science and Technology, (University of Calcutta) Rajabazar, Calcutta 1914Also known as Rajabazar Science College campus.
College of Engineering, Bangalore Bangalore 1917 [8] Now called the University Visvesvaraya College Of Engineering
Banaras Engineering College B Varanasi 1919[ citation needed ]Now called the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute(Now HBTU) Kanpur 1920[ citation needed ]"Government Research Institute, Cawnpore" was established in 1920, which was renamed as "Government Technological Institute" in 1921.
Punjab Engineering College (PEC) Chandigarh 1921Punjab Engineering College (abbreviated PEC or PEC Chandigarh) is a public research & technical institution in Chandigarh. It was founded in 1921 in Lahore, established in Chandigarh in 1953, and focuses on the field of applied sciences, particularly engineering and technology
Indian School Of Mines, Jharkhand B Dhanbad 1926[ citation needed ]Now known as Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
Laxminarayan Institute of Technology Nagpur 1942 [9]
College of Engineering, Bihar Patna 1886 [A] Established as a survey training school in 1886. In 2004 the government of India upgraded the college to National Institute of Technology, Patna
College of Engineering, Trivandrum Trivandrum 1939 [10]
Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute Bombay 1887 [A] Established as a diploma school in 1887. V. J. T. Institute started with only two departments, namely the Sir J. J. School of Mechanical Engineering and the Ripon Textile School for the two branches of industry
Annamalai University Tamil Nadu 1929 [5]
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai Mumbai 1933
Arthur Hope College of Technology, Coimbatore Coimbatore 1945[ citation needed ]
Government Engineering College, Jabalpur Jabalpur 1947[ citation needed ]
PEC University of Technology Chandigarh1921[ citation needed ]Punjab Engineering College is one of India's pre-eminent institutions in the field of applied sciences, particularly engineering and technology.
Delhi Polytechnic (DCE/DTU) Delhi 1941 [11] Renamed as Delhi College of Engineering in 1962 under the University of Delhi. Later, it was granted university status in the year 2009 and renamed as Delhi Technological University.
National Institute of Engineering(NIE), mysore Mysore 1946[ citation needed ]Now Autonomous under VTU Karnataka
Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Maharaja Sayajirao University, VadodaraVadodara1890The Faculty of Technology and Engineering is one of the 14 faculties at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (GCELT), KolkataKolkata1919The Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, often referred to as GCELT, is an institute affiliated to MAKAUT(Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology )
Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology (GCECT), KolkataKolkata1941The Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, often referred to as GCECT, is an institute affiliated to MAKAUT(Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology )<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_College_of_Engineering_and_Ceramic_Technology></http://gcect.ac.in/>
University College of Engineering, Osmania University, HyderabadHyderabad1929The University College of Engineering, Osmania University (UCE) is an autonomous engineering college located in Hyderabad, India
Andhra University Visakhapatnam1926Andhra University was established in 1926 by the Madras University Act to serve the entire linguistic region of Andhra as a residential teaching-cum-affiliating University.[ citation needed ] The institution has Sir C.R. Reddy as its founder Vice-Chancellor and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan as the second Vice-Chancellor
Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli Sangli 1947Started as New engineering college, the name was changed to Walchand College of Engineering in 1955 as part of the new arrangements and pursuant to the Rehabilitation and Development Program mainly funded by Seth Walchand Hirachand Memorial Trust and the Government.
B.M.S. College of Engineering Bangalore 1946B.M.S. College of Engineering (BMSCE) was started in 1946 in Bangalore, India.
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (BVM) Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand 1948From 2015 onwards it has been granted autonomy. Now it is an autonomous institution affiliation with Gujarat Technological University. [12]

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^B Have been upgraded to Indian Institutes of Technology.
A Raised to degree standard (college/university).

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