Government Polytechnic College

With the laudable objective of imparting technical education to the pupils of the industrially backward Nilgiris district, the Government Polytechnic was started in the year 1982 with an intake of 120 students Pending construction of own building, the institution was initially housed in a sprawling European bungalow near Hill Bunk. In 1988 the institution was shifted to the present premises after own building were constructed in a sylvan surroundings on the out-skirts of Ooty. Began with only four branches with a moderate intake of 120 students at its inception, the college today offers six branches namely Civil, Mechanical, Electronics & Communications, Electrical & Electronics,Instrumentation and Control Engineering and modern office Practice. To usher Socio-Economic Transformation in the lives of poor village people, especially inaccessible tribal hamlets, Community Polytechnic Scheme was introduced in the Polytechnic in 1994*95 In recognition of exemplary dedication and strenuous hardwork put forth by the staff members, braving all adversities inherent in hill areas, this Polytechnic was bestowed with Canada India Institutional Cooperation Project in 2002.