Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute: Difference between revisions

|director    = Mukesh Kumar Singh

'''Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute''' (earlier known as Government Central Textile Institute),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZDIwIHEyFLl1y3lVvqtQ5J/The-first-Indians-on-Everest.html|title=Institutions which helped|work=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/New-fee-structure-for-engineering-colleges-okayed/articleshow/32040.cms|title=Autonomous status to the State Central Textile Institute, Kanpur|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=20 June 2003}}</ref> is a state government funded textile engineering college in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the oldest and premier textile Institute of North India, established in 1914. It offers professional degrees of bachelor's of technology (4years) in 4 streams Textile Technology, Textile Chemistry, Man Made Fibre Technology and Textile Engineering; and Master's in technology (2 years) in textile technology and textile chemistryto students selected through a State Entrance Exam (UPSEE) conducted by Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/iitk/history/kanpur.html|title=Premier Institutes of Kanpur|work=IIT Kanpur,Infocell}}</ref> It made a modest start in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Centenary-celebrations-of-Textile-Institute-from-Nov-1/articleshow/44986872.cms|title=Centenary functions of Government Central Textile Institute|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=31 October 2014}}</ref>

In 1958/59 four-year degree programmes in Textile Technology and Textile Chemistry were started. Initially the institute was affiliated to Agra University. On establishment of the university in Kanpur in 1966 it was affiliated to Kanpur University. In 1976/77 the institute pioneered a four-year degree programme in man-made fibre technology. In 1985 the three-year diploma programmes were shifted to Government Polytechnic Kanpur and thereafter the institute has been running graduate and postgraduate programmes with Ph.D. research facilities. The fourth degree programme in Textile Engineering was added under a [[World Bank]]-aided Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme of the government of India and the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/autonomy-gcti-staff-caught-in-catch-22-situation/story-ScbGHqhxMEwVV5lWHDbHfO.html|title=Rs 5 crore from the World Bank|work=Hindustan Times|date =2006}}</ref> Shiv Govind Prasad is Honorary Deputy Registrar of the institute. Shiv Govind Prasad is equivalent to High Court advocate. He has ample experience to handle court cases, service matter and Scholarship matters.

*Textile Technology

*Textile Chemistry