PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

About Institution

PCTE is an academic institution that is set up to develop professional enterpeneural and executive skills in India. The institute primarily aims at imparting relevant education to young men and women with a view to provide them with the expertise to become effective professionals in the filed of management and computer applications

The institute also aims to conduct research in management and IT as applied to the needs of the industry. Through such research, the intent is to create and share new knowledge in this fast growing and increasingly important field.

PCTE was founded in the year 1999. It was a response to certain fundamental changes taking place in the Indian education system then. Technical education took a new dimension in the India’s emerging fields. India’s banking system, insurance, telecom sector and capital markets had seen an overhauling change in the fabric, and it was evident that a predictable large gap existed between the requirement in the market and the available skilled professionals available in the country.

PCTE addressed this unprecedented demand for evolved professionals in the fast growing world of Management and still faster paced one of IT.