<P> The first engineering college was established in present day Uttar Pradesh at Roorkee in the year 1847 for the training of Civil Engineers . Thomason College of Civil Engineering as it was called , made use of the large workshops and public buildings there that were erected for the Upper Ganges Canal . The college was converted to the University of Roorkee in 1948 and upgraded to the Indian Institute of Technology , Roorkee in 2001 . </P>
<P> The first engineering college was established in present day Uttar Pradesh at Roorkee in the year 1847 for the training of Civil Engineers . Thomason College of Civil Engineering as it was called , made use of the large workshops and public buildings there that were erected for the Upper Ganges Canal . The college was converted to the University of Roorkee in 1948 and upgraded to the Indian Institute of Technology , Roorkee in 2001 . </P>
which was the first engineering college in india
which was the first engineering college in india
Thomason College of Civil Engineering
Thomason College of Civil Engineering