Established in 1962, it is now a govt. aided autonomous technical university. Established in 1962, the college became affiliated with Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow, in 2000. It was granted the status of "autonomous institute" by UGC in 2011.[1] The College has also been approved as a QIP centre by AICTE; after IIT Kanpur and IIT Varanasi, it is the third such institute in Uttar Prade
sh, and aims to become a Technical University. HISTORY :
The college was founded in 1962 along with Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology at Allahabad with an aim to provide technological ground for the development of North-Eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. The college initiated with departments of Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Electronics and Communication Engineering was started in 1973. The Computer Science and Engineering degree course was added in 1984. The Center for Management Studies was established in 2001. The college was affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Technical University from the university's inception in 2000 till its bifurcation in 2010, resulting in the college becoming affiliated to the present university. The college is now an autonomous institute. The college is slated to become a technical university, as declared by The Hon'ble Chief Minister of U.P. Shri Akhilesh Yadav. New courses , as many as 16 in number are in pipeline to be started . The university will be a fully residential one . Motto :
योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam (Work is Worship).
