Digambar Padulkar

COEP Technological University

College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), chartered in 1854, is the THIRD oldest Engineering College in Asia and a nationally respected leader in technical education, with a legacy of being "BIG on Heritage" and "BOLD on Technology". COEP was granted the total Autonomy (Academic, Administrative, Managerial and Financial), by the Government of Maharashtra in 2003-04 with the appointment of late Dr. F.C. Kohli as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute, in 2004. Since then, with time-bound action plan, based on pragmatic philosophy, disseminated by the Elite Board, the Institute has experienced renaissance in all its practices. The dramatic and illustrious transformation that COEP has undergone from a typical state college to a nationally recognized, vibrant, IIT-like institution continued under the able guidance and support of the visionary and enterprising Board of Governors, currently being headed by Shri. Pratap Pawar. The demonstrable outcomes of such transformation are visible in terms of NIRF ranking, NBA Accreditation, Excellent Students' performance in Placements, Higher Studies and Entrepreneurship, Remarkable translational research by faculty & students and sustained industry/corporate/alumni engagements. COEP was bestowed with the status of "Unitary Technological Public University" by the Govt. of Maharashtra vide its notification dated 21st June 2022. The institute is now operational as COEP Technological University of Government of Maharashtra, w.e.f. above-mentioned date. With an award of such a status, this flagship Institute of the State is expected to create its own yardsticks of excellence in delivering state-of-art multi-disciplinary education to the youth of the state and country, as envisaged in the National Education Policy-2020. We desire that COEP evolves its own inclusive model of education & research, with the noble motive of "Service to the Mankind through Technological Innovation