I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University

About I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University

Around early 1990’s, Punjab had engineering seats of about 1500 per annum. Most students from Punjab had to go out of the state to acquire a degree, thus spending considerable amount to their hard earned money. MBA courses were very limited. All other professional avenues were very limited in numbers. To a great extent the stagnation was because of terrorism, which took away almost one and half decades of natural growth. With the PTU Act of 1996, a great vacuum started filling. Usual enterprise of Punjab showed through emergence of many good privately funded colleges under the umbrella of PTU. It would have been difficult to raise government funds in such a short period given other priorities of a government system. Punjab Technical University was established by an act of State Legislature on 16th Jan-1997, to promote Technical, Management & Pharmaceutical education in the state at the Degree level and above. The University has undertaken the task of training students to help in the development of skilled manpower in this sector in the country in general and in the state particular. With this goal in mind, the University is promoting a number of courses in different streams in regular as well as distance education programmes. Now the university, under its administration, has 220 Colleges which include 71 Engineering & Architect, 117 Management & Hotel Management and 32 Pharmacy colleges and 1005 Learning centers are under distance education programme. It has taken new initiatives in technical education to provide latest trends in technology and give opportunity to student and faculty to interact with the technology leaders in the country including e-Governance to PTU.

In order to provide opportunity to the faculty to improve their qualification and to introduce research activities, the University has established nine regional centers at various locations in Punjab and have started M.Tech courses and also agreed to provide academic research input to these centers. University also forms the bridge between the students and the industry and helping the students in job placements. Also University helps the industry in R&D through its various programmes under Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Keeping up with the sprit of Open University system and in accordance with National Policy of Education, which lays emphasis on continuing and distance education, the University is providing quality education in rural and urban areas. Interim Council of distance education has been constituted, which gives guidelines for the improvement of distance program are being undertaken. Today this programme is a tremendous success among the students all over the states by offering the high demand courses in IT, Fashion & Beauty Technologies, Paramedical & Applied Technologies, Hotel Management & Tourism and Media Technologies. To equip young men and women with the expertise in the emerging field, Punjab Technical University has set up more than 300 Learning Centers in all the regions of Punjab and across the nation, which are conducting the diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate courses in IT, Fashion & Beauty Technologies, Paramedical & Applied Technologies, Hotel Management & Tourism and Media Technologies. Within the short span of 12 years, the P.T.U. has spreaded its wings throughout India as one of the leading technical universities in India. It has more than 1000 distance learning centres in all important cities in India under its umbrella. P.T.U. has 2.50 lac students into its system (1.15 lac students in Regular Colleges & 1.35 lac students in distance education programme).

Facilities

International Students Centre - Under the dynamic leadership of our new Vice Chancellor Dr. Rajnesh Arora, the university has planned to spread its wings to the International form and has created a International students facilitation cell in the university with a mission of attracting students from Punjabi settled abroad in Europe, America, Canada, Middle East & Asian countries. The vision of connecting the Punjabis settled on foreign lands & are willing to be connected with their Punjab roots and Punjabiyat, this in above streams will a boom for these students. The International Cell will be acting as Facilitator for the International students entering into P.T.U. affiliated colleges for getting Education. For Guidelines for admission of International students in India - www.ugc.ac.in  For evaluation/equivalence of foreign degrees in India Association of Indian Universities - www.aiuweb.org

Scholarships

Seprate Hostel facility for Boys & Girls

Recreation and Transport Facility

Well equipped Computer Lab & Library

Mess & Canteen Facility

Telephone & Broadband Internet Facility

Heath Centre

Shopping Centre

Indoor Sports

Swimming pool

Convocation/ Tech. Park

Sport Stadium(2000 seating capacity)

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Information compiled from: I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University Website