I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University - [IKG-PTU], Jalandhar

I.K.Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU) was established by an Act of State Legislature on 16th January 1997, to promote technical, management and pharmaceutical education in the state at degree level and above. It was established as Punjab Technical University and renamed as I.K.Gujral Punjab Technical University by State Government in the honor to Late Sh. Inder Kumar Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India, in 2015. IKGPTU has 186 institutes/colleges under its administration. It is a multi-faculty institution offering courses in Engineering, Applied Sciences, Management, Human Values and Professional Ethics. The university has been overall ranked 3rd in State, 33rd in research and 54th among top 100 Universities of India in NIRF ranking (National Institutional Ranking Framework) by All-India Ranking 2016 conducted by Ministry of HRD and awarded as the Best University Promoting High-Quality Research at Master’s and Doctoral Thesis Work category in the CCI Technology Education Excellence Awards 2013