I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University

I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU), formerly Punjab Technical University (PTU), is a public state university in Kapurthala, Punjab, India established by an Act of State Legislature on 16 January 1997.

I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar, Kapurthala

Logo of the I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar
Former name	Punjab Technical University
Motto	Propelling Punjab to a Prosperous Knowledge Society [1]
Type	State university
Established	16th January, 1997; 28 years ago (16th January, 1997)
Accreditation	NAAC B[2]
Academic affiliation	UGC,[3] AIU,[4] AICTE,[5] NAAC,[2] COA,[6] PCI[7]
Budget	₹464.72 crore (US$55 million)[8]
Chairman	Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab[9]
Chancellor	Governor of Punjab[10]
Vice-Chancellor	Susheel Mittal
Academic staff	67 [11]
Undergraduates	1226 (Main Campus)[11]
Postgraduates	23 (Main Campus)[11]
Doctoral students	74 (Main Campus)[11]
Location	IKGPTU Main Campus, Jalandhar-Kapurthala Highway, Kapurthala 144603 , Punjab , India
Campus	List of Campuses Main Campus Main Campus, Kapurthala (Established 1997,[12] 78.1 acres (31.6 hectares)) Satellite Campuses Hoshiarpur Campus (Established 2013, 22.6 acres (9.1 hectares) Amritsar Campus (Established 2012, 22.5 acres (9.1 hectares)) Mohali Campus - I (Estab. 2004, 2.5 acres (1.0 hectare)) Mohali Campus - II (Established 2013, 11.7 acres (4.7 hectares)) [13]
Colours	Blue  –  Red
Website	www.ptu.ac.in

Renaming

In recognition of contribution made by the former Indian Prime Minister late I. K. Gujral towards the overall development and prosperity of state of Punjab, the state government, by 'The Punjab Technical University (Amendment) Act 2014' renamed the Punjab Technical University as 'I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University.'^[14]

Rankings

University rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2021)[15]	120

In 2021 NIRF Rankings, the institute was ranked 120 among the top engineering colleges of India.^[15] In 2016 university was ranked 3rd in State, 33rd in research and 54th among top 100 Universities of India in NIRF 2016 ranking.^[16]

Notable alumni

• Charanjit Singh Channi^[17]
• Hargovind Bhargava^[18]
• Sidhu Moosewala
• Deepika Singh
• Amrit Mann
• Ap dhillon