The Institution was started as civil Engineering school with an intake capacity of 60 students. In July 1963 Diploma courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering were introduced and the institution was made a Polytechnic with an intake capacity of 120 student; 30 in civil, 45 in Electrical and 45 in Mechanical. The Institute introduced a three year Diploma course in Agriculture Engineering with an intake of 30 student in 1973-74 making the total intake to 150.