The Technical College is a premier technical institute of the country. Foundedas a Technical School in the year 1927 it was later upgraded into a College in 1930. It was founded by Sir Anand Sarup, H.H. Sahabji Maharaj, in pursuance of His vision ‘Education, more education, education made perfect is the panacea for all our country’s ills and evils’. The college has been contributing to the pool of technically trained manpower of our country since its inception and thereby steering India's march towards becoming a technologically advanced nation.
From the academic session 1986-87, it has been brought under the administrative and academic control of the Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra. This momentous event enhanced the efficacy of the college in grooming a student into a ‘complete man’, a total quality person. Apart from the major stream-wise courses a student studies inter-disciplinary courses and core courses such as Comparative Study of Religions, Cultural Education, Agricultural Operations, General Knowledge & Current Affairs and Co-curricular Activities like Sports and Games which help build the all-round personality of an individual.
The college provides low cost, comprehensive, value based, and quality education to its students in regular as well as in distance mode. Its outreach programme in remote areas of the country, including tribal areas, caters to the under privileged and economically backward class of society, especially women and school dropouts.
The college has modern state-of-the-art laboratories and workshops which cater to the practice component of the curriculum. The college has 12 regular Diploma, 2 Vocational Diploma and 15 Certificate programmes in the main campus and in its Distance Education Programme. A total of 1280 students, coming from all parts of the country, are enrolled in the various programmes of the college.
The college has a vibrant industry-institute partnership having signed MoUs with leading automobile companies like Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Gurgaon; TVS Motor Company Ltd, Hosur; India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd, Surajpur; Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd, Manesar; and, Radhasoami Satsang Sabha Agriculture Farm, Dayalbagh.
The college is a pioneer in implementing the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework of the AICTE and MHRD w.e.f. the session 2012-13. Under this programme, Diploma Vocational in Automobile Sector, specialization - Engine Testing and IT sector, specialization - Software Development have been started.
