K.L. Polytechnic, Roorkee | |
Motto: | शिल्पे वसति लक्ष्मी |
Established: | 1956 |
Founder: | Shri Kanhaiya Lal Ji |
Chairman: | Prof. Dr. D.B. Goel (Former Professor, IIT.Roorkee) |
Principal: | E.R. Sanjay Kumar Jain |
City: | Roorkee |
State: | Uttrakhand |
Country: | India |
Affiliations: | Uttrakhand Board Of Technical Education |
K.L. Polytechnic, Roorkee, also known as Kanhaiya Lal Polytechnic, is an engineering college in Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India.
Kanhaiya Lal Polytechnic was established on 25 January 1956 by Shri Sahab Kanhaiya Lal Ji. At the time of establishment, its name was Kanhaiya Lal Technical Institute and it offered only one course: Diploma in Civil Engineering. In 1963, it was upgraded as Kanhaiya Lal Polytechnic and two other courses, three years Diploma in Mechanical (Production) Engineering and Diploma in Electrical Engineering were introduced. Later, three years Diploma in Electronics Engineering (1971), two years post-graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (1995) and three years Diploma in Mechanical (Automobile) Engineering (2008) courses were added to the course list of institute.
All the courses running in the institute are affiliated with the Uttarakhand Technical Education Board in Roorkee[1] and All India Council For Technical Education in New Delhi.[2] The institute is managed by a committee appointed by the state government of Uttarakhand.