Government Polytechnic Pune

Type	Government Autonomous Institute
Established	1957; 64 years ago
Principal	Dr. Vitthal Bandal
Location	Pune, Maharastra , India
Campus	Urban, 28 acres (11 ha)
Website	gppune.ac.in

Government Polytechnic, Pune is an autonomous institute in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It gained academic autonomy in May 1994.^[1]

Departments

• Department of CIVIL Engineering
• Department of electrical engineering
• Department of electronics and telecommunication
• Department of metallurgy
• Department of mechanical engineering
• Department of Computer Engineering
• Department of Information and Technology Engineering
• Department of DRESS DESIGNING AND GARMENT MANUFACTURING

History

This institute was created by Board of Technical Education, Maharashtra State, India. Government of Maharashtra granted initial funding and started 3 years Diploma in Engineering courses. Initial years the Institute did not have its own building and class rooms. They used College of Engineering, Pune premises to conduct classes. Later in the early 1960s they acquired land from Shirole (Patil) family and constructed current building.

The Institute also owns its own boat club next to College of Engineering, Pune. They have fleet of many boats for students to practice and participate in annual race called Regatta. Many past students have enjoyed this rare opportunity to go on boat rides in the junction of two rivers "Mula" and "Mutha".