Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute

Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute (The R.C. Technical Institute) was established in the memory of Shri Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, Rai Bahadur CIE by his grandson Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, in year 1910 at Saraspur, Gujarat India.[1][2][3]

Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal was the first Hindu Indian to be made baronet by the British regime.[4] 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.

The R.C. Technical Institute

The college was taken over by the Government later in 1930. Since its beginning, The R.C. Technical Institute was providing various certificate courses in Mechanical, Electrical, Spinning, Weaving, and Textile processing[1] In 1930 State Government took over the administration controls, and in 1947, the certificate courses were replaced with diploma courses.

In June 1997, the institute was shifted to the new campus at Sola, Ahmedabad.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Annual Report on the Department of Industries Bombay Presidency for the Year 1936-37. The Government Central Press (Bombay). 1938. p. 65.
  2. Government of Bombay (1934). Government of Bombay Prelimanary Issue Civil Budget Estimate Provincial for the Year 1936-37. The Government Central Press (Bombay). pp. 238, 297.
  3. Sudarshan, Singh & (2010). Technical Education. Discovery Publishing House. p. 119. ISBN 978-81-7141-355-3.
  4. "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  5. Deb, Dipankar; Balas, Valentina E.; Dey, Rajeeb (2018-09-28). Innovations in Infrastructure: Proceedings of ICIIF 2018. Springer. p. 355. ISBN 978-981-13-1966-2.
  6. Publication. Manager of Publications. 1957. p. 104.


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