pune:--Specializations and departments in pune enggenering

The years when various engineering specializations was introduced are as follows:

1866: Civil Engineering
1914: Mechanical Engineering
1932: Electrical Engineering
1948: Metallurgical Engineering
1956: Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
1965: Instrumentation & Control Engineering
1992: Computer Engineering
1995: Production (sandwich) Engineering
2001: Information Technology Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering of this college is the oldest department in the college. The Department of Mechanical Engineering has many alumni who are entrepreneurs and industry leaders around the city and over the country. The college is also well-known for its Metallurgy Department.

In 2004, the institute was granted complete autonomy by the state government. The institute now is an autonomous engineering school with permanent affiliation to the University of Pune.

The college's study model was referred to in the early 1950s as the 'Pune Model'. The institute contends that its autonomy now grants it greater flexibility in dynamically changing its syllabus to suit the changing needs of the industry.