Puducherry Technological University
state public university in Puducherry, Puducherry, India
Puducherry Technological University (PTU) is a Government Funded Technical institute (GFTI) under central government and Ministry of Education of India, public technical and research university of the Union Territory of Puducherry.
It enrolls nearly 2,500 students.
History
The institute was established in 1984 by The Ministry of Education, Government of India under the Seventh Five Year Plan as Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC) with the approval of University Grants Commission and was affiliated to Pondicherry University.
Pondicherry Engineering College became Puducherry Technological University in 2021. The inauguration as a university was done by M. Venkaiah Naidu, the then vice president of India, on 13 September 2021.
Campus
The campus is situated at Pillaichavady, a locality of Pondicherry. It is 12 km from the Puducherry railway station. It is 11 km away from the Pondicherry Airport.
Buses from both Pondicherry and Chennai can be taken for going to the college.
The 180 acres (0.73 km2) of the campus has departmental buildings, an auditorium, library, hostels, students' amenities centre, open-air theatre, residential quarters for staff and laid out with roads, lawns and gardens.
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