Government Polytechnic Kanpur was established in the year 1958 as the Government Technical Institute. In the year 1964, AICTE renamed the college as a Government Polytechnic, Kanpur. Government Polytechnic Kanpur provides an excellent standard of quality technical education with rapidly changing technology and creates technical manpower.
Government Polytechnic Kanpur is an affiliated college of Uttar Pradesh Board of Technical Education, Lucknow. Courses of Government Polytechnic Kanpur are offered at the diploma level in several specialisations such as Information Technology , Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering , Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Electronics Engineering .
Diploma admissions at Government Polytechnic Kanpur will be done on the basis of the marks scored in the entrance examination ( JEECUP ). Students of Government Polytechnic Kanpur can also avail of the AICTE scholarships.
Government Polytechnic Kanpur has a Training and Placement cell that handles placement-related activities by offering pay packages ranging from Rs 1,99,000 to Rs 3,04,000 with a 100% placement percentage in 2024 according to the official website. Government Polytechnic Kanpur also facilitates a library, laboratory, hostels, sports facilities, cafeteria, guest room and medical facilities.
Government Polytechnic Location The college is located at GT Road, Vikas Nagar, Khyora, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The nearest railway station to the Government Polytechnic Kanpur is Rawatpura Railway Station. It is just 3 3km away from the college. Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport is 82. 8 km away from the Government Polytechnic Kanpur campus. The nearest bus depot is Vikasnagar Bus Depot which is just 1.
6 km away from the Government Polytechnic Kanpur.