RC Technical Institute (Ahmedabad)

Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute (R C Technical Institute) was established in the memory of Shri Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, Rai Bahadur CIE by his grandson Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, in the year 1910 at Saraspur, Ahmedabad Gujarat India.

Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal was the first Hindu Indian to be made baronet by the British regime. He was a kind person and a great philanthropist and he donated huge amount of money for educational purposes, which led to many educational institutions foundations.

Today, Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute (R C Technical Institute or RCTI), is a government diploma engineering institute functioning under Directorate of Technical Education, Gujarat.

History

The institute is named after the Rai Bahadoor Ranchhodlal Chhotalal (The First Nagarpati and pioneer of textile industry in India). Ranchhodlal was one who bought textile revolution in India. He set up many textile mills in Ahmedabad which gave the city its moniker “Manchester of the East”. He has his great contribution in the field of education as he established many educational institutions in the city.

The R C Technical Institute was established by Sir Chinubhai in memoir of his grandfather, Ranchhodlal in the year 1910 at Saraspur, Ahmedabad, which provided certificate programs at that time in various disciplines including textile spinning, electrical, mechanical, etc. Later in the year 1930, this institute was handed over to the then State Government of Bombay. Initially, the institute was running certificate programs in Mechanical, Electrical, Textile Spinning, Textile Weaving and Textile Processing. In the year 1947, these certificate programs were replaced by new Diploma programs in Textile Manufacturing and Textile Processing.

Looking to the need of industries, the programs like Printing technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, IT Engineering & Civil Engineering etc. were added gradually. To accommodate this expansion in environmentally clean and larger area, the institute is shifted to the new campus at Sola, Ahmedabad in June 1997.

Programs

The institute offers diploma in eight different programs such as:

• Civil engineering
• Computer engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Information technology
• Mechanical engineering
• Printing technology
• Textile manufacturing technology
• Textile processing technology

(Source:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranchhodlal_Chhotalal_Technical_Institute)