thomason college of civil engineering was the first engineering college in india.
thomason college of civil engineering was the first engineering college in india.
which was the first engineering college in india?
thomason college of civil engineering
to look after the maintenance of canal, the canal workshop and iron foundry were established in 1843 on the civil lines on the canal bank which is known as irrigation workshop nowadays. this was followed by the establishment of civil engineering school; classes started in 1845 to train local youth to assist in the civil-engineering work of the upper ganges canal. this was to become the first engineering college established in india. on 25 november 1847, the college was formally constituted through a proposal by the sir james thomason, lt. governor of north western province (1843–53). after his death in 1853, the college was rechristened as thomason college of civil engineering. the college later upgraded to university of roorkee in 1949; on 21 september 2001, through an act of parliament, it was made one of the indian institutes of technology, iit roorkee. in 1853 bengal sappers and miners were stationed here which provided a controlling influence during the 1857 uprising. other important events in the history of roorkee include that under the post office act of 1866, it was among the first few towns to have a post office and first telegraph office in the district. now roorkee has a general post office (gpo) and a number of post offices located in roorkee city and cantt. in 1886, roorkee was placed on the railway map of india. in 1907, first provincial trunk road meerut-roorkee-dehradun was constructed. in 1920, roorkee became the first town in uttar pradesh to have hydroelectricity.
roorkee
similarly, veermata jijabai technological institute was the first engineering institute in the university of mumbai (1887) and thadomal shahani engineering college was the first engineering college in the university of mumbai to start courses in computer engineering, information technology, electronics engineering and biomedical engineering. sardar patel college of engineering is another engineering college affiliated to the university .. further, k.j. somaiya college of engineering is additional engineering college affiliated to the university. along with these, d.y.patil's ramrao adik institute of technology & sies graduate school of technology are also affiliated to the university of mumbai.
university of mumbai