This institute
was established in August 1983 by the Government of Gujarat under Directorate
of Technical Education of Gujarat state to promote Technical Education. Initially
two programmes were launched, namely Diploma in Civil Engineering and Diploma
in Mechanical Engineering with an intake capacity of 30 seats in each
programme. Later on in 1989, Diploma programme in Electrical Engineering was
launched.
In 1993, the
L.R.U.C. building , residence quarters and principal bungalow were constructed
and possession was taken by the institute. Boys hostel with 132 students
capacity was constructed and handed over to the institute in December 1994.
Subsequently from April 1995, it started functioning . Girl's hostel building
with 48 students' capacity was constructed in 1998 and made to function
from 26.01.2001.
In June 2007,
Two new Diploma Programmes namely Electronics & Communication (EC) and
Computer Engineering have been started.
Government Polytechnic,
Jamnagar is located at Valsura Road, Jamnagar 6 kms away from S.T. Bus stand, 2
kms away from Railway station and 15 kms away from Air Port. Jamangar is one of
the fastest developing city of Gujarat. Big industries like Reliance Industries
Ltd., Essar Industries Ltd. and
nos. of Brass works factories are located at Jamnagar and its surrounding
areas.
This institute is running 5
courses in Regular mode.
Details of
courses running by institute
|
Sr.No. |
Programme |
Intake |
|
|
1st
Shift |
2nd
Shift |
||
|
1 |
Diploma in Civil Engineering |
60 |
60 |
|
2 |
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering |
120 |
60 |
|
3 |
Diploma in Electrical Engineering |
120 |
60 |
|
4 |
Diploma in Electronics &
Communication Engineering |
60 |
30 |
|
5 |
Diploma in Computer Engineering |
60 |
30 |