List of Indian Engineering colleges before independence - wikipedia List of Indian Engineering colleges before independence This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2017 ) 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. The first engineering college was established in present day Uttar Pradesh 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 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 in 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. In Bombay, the overseers ' school at Pune eventually became the College of Engineering, Pune and affiliated to the erstwhile University of Bombay ( now called University of Mumbai ) in 1858. In the Madras Presidency, the industrial school attached to the Gun Carriage Factory became ultimately the College of Engineering, Guindy and was affiliated to the University of Madras in 1858. 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. In 1947 when India became independent, there were 36 institutions for first - degree engineering education, with an annual intake of about 2500 students. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Engineering college Location Established Remarks Thomason College of Civil Engineering Roorkee, Uttarakhand 1847 Later known as University of Roorkee and now known as the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Bengal Engineering College Shibpur, West Bengal 1856 Now known as the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur College of Engineering, Pune Pune 1856 Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya ( 1861 -- 1962 ) is Alumni of COEP. Engineers Day in India is Celebrated on his Birthday College of Engineering, Guindy Madras 1858 Started as survey school in May 1749. Upgraded to an engineering college in 1858. Indian Institute of Science ( Tata Institute ) Bangalore 1911 College of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur Jadavpur, Calcutta 1912 College of Engineering, Bangalore Bangalore 1917 Now called the University Visvesvaraya College Of Engineering Banaras Engineering College Varanasi 1919 Now called the Indian Institute of Technology ( Banaras Hindu University ), Varanasi Harcourt Butler Technological Institute ( HBTI ) Kanpur 1920 `` Government Research Institute, Cawnpore '' was established in 1920, which was renamed as `` Government Technological Institute '' in 1921. Indian School Of Mines, Jharkhand Dhanbad 1926 Now known as Indian Institute of Technology ( Indian School of Mines ), Dhanbad College of Engineering, Bihar Patna 1886 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 College of Engineering, Aligarh Aligarh 1939 Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute Bombay 1946 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 College of Engineering ( Annamalai ) - 1945 College of Engineering, Calcutta Calcutta 1946 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore 1946 India 's first private engineering college Birla College of Engineering Pilani 1946 Arthur Hope College of Technology, Coimbatore Coimbatore 1945 Government Engineering College, Jabalpur Jabalpur 1947 PEC University of Technology Chandigarh 1921 Delhi Polytechnic Delhi 1941 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. The National institute of engineering, NIE mysore Mysore 1946 Now Autonomous under VTU Karnataka - JNTU College of Engineering, Ananatpur was started in1946 as extension of College of Engineering Guindy, later became part of SV University and finally part of JNT University. Anantapur 1946 ) Notes ^ B Have been upgraded to Indian Institutes of Technology. Raised to degree standard ( college / university ). References Jump up ^ `` ISM Dhanbad is officially an IIT '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2017 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ Report of the University Education Commission ( Dec 48 -- Aug 49 ) ( PDF ) ( Report ). I ( First Reprint ed. ). Ministry of Education and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi ( Publication No. 606 ). 1962. ^ Jump up to : Report of the University Education Commission ( Dec 48 -- Aug 49 ) ( PDF ) ( Report ). I ( First Reprint ed. ). Ministry of Education and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi ( Publication No. 606 ). 1962. Jump up ^ `` Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University ''. Archived from the original on 2014 - 07 - 14. Jump up ^ `` About UVCE ''. Jump up ^ `` About CET ''. Jump up ^ `` BITS Facts ''. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Indian_engineering_colleges_before_Independence&oldid=826904115 '' Categories : Engineering education in India Lists of engineering colleges in India Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2017 All articles needing additional references Incomplete lists from July 2014 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2015 Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 February 2018, at 16 : 56. About Wikipedia

Question: which was the first engineering college in india
Answer: Thomason College of Civil Engineering