Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (UPTTI) , kanpur

Overview A Leading Autonomous Engineering College Catering to : Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (Earlier known as Government Central Textile Institute), Kanpur is a premier textile institute of North India. It made a modest start in 1914. In the year 1958 four-year degree Programs in Textile Technology & Textile Chemistry were started. Initially and the Institute was affiliated to Agra University but on establishment of the University in Kanpur in the year 1966, it got affiliated to Kanpur University. In the year 1976 the institute pioneered in starting a four-year degree programme in Manmade Fibre Technology. Later on, three-year diploma Programmes were shifted to Government Polytechnic Kanpur in the year1985 and thereafter the institute has been running graduate and postgraduate Programmers with Ph.D. research facilities. The 4th degree programme in Textile Engineering was added under World Bank aided Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme of Government of India and Government of State of Uttar Pradesh in 2005. VISION • To grow as a global centre of excellence in textile education and research for the upliftment of the industry and society. MISSION • To produce quality graduates who would be able to cater to the present day industry having cutting edge technology and to enable them to cope up with the highly demanding knowledge centric society. • To nurture and sustain an academic ambience for the learning and training of textile technocrats for sustainable development of the nation and to accomplish its integration into the global economy.