Government Polytechnic College

About Institution

Government Polytechnic College, Nagercoil is one of the two polytechnics founded in 1959 under the second five year plan. It was initially functioning in the S.T. Hindu College Premises with 120 students. At that time, we had three branches civil Engineering mechanical engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Then, it was shifted to the present campus spreading over 20 hectares in September 1963. The technical High school was then part of our institution till the year 1986. At present, the curriculam has blossomed into five diploma courses namely Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics and Electronics and Communication and computer Engineering, with an intake of 60 students in each branch together with 20 per cent of students through lateral entry. Besides, we have been offering part time diploma courses since the academic year 1978-79. The students in full time education have accured into 858 while those in part-time education have accumulated into 227.