MEHR CHAND POLYTECHNIC, JALANDHAR

Mehr Chand Polytechnic College, located in Jalandhar, Punjab, traces its origins to 1950 when Shri Chanchal Dass, then Principal of Dayanand Polytechnic Institute at Amritsar, took over the institution from Shri Hans Raj Kundra under the D.A.V. College Managing Committee, establishing technical education in Jalandhar. In 1952, the college moved to a work centre on the G.T. Road, later purchasing and renovating a building from the Industries Department, Punjab, to form its current campus. The college has been recognized multiple times as the best polytechnic college in the northern region, including in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, and won the 'Best Quality Polytechnic College' award in 2023. Its principal received the Rashtriya Vidya Saraswati Puraskar in 2010, and the college was ISO 9002 certified in 1994. In 2016, it ranked second in student placements after Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala. The college offers diploma engineering courses admitted via the Joint Entrance Test (JET) conducted by the State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training, Punjab, Chandigarh, as well as a Pharmacy program admitted on merit through 10+2 qualifying exams. Fifteen percent of seats are reserved under the minority quota and for lateral entry students.