Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute
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| Motto | तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय |
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Motto in English | From Darkness, Lead us into Light |
| Type | Government of Gujarat Institute |
| Established | 1910 |
| Principal | P. A. Raval(Since 2022) |
| Location | , , India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Gujarat Technological University |
| Website | www |
Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute (R C Technical Institute) was established in the memory of Shri Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, Rai Bahadur CIE by his grandson Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, in the year 1910 at Saraspur, Ahmedabad Gujarat India.[1][2][3]
Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal was the first Hindu Indian to be made baronet by the British regime. 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.
Today, Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute (R C Technical Institute or RCTI), is a government diploma engineering institute functioning under Directorate of Technical Education, Gujarat.
Former principals
The institute is named after the Rai Bahadoor Ranchhodlal Chhotalal (The First Nagarpati and pioneer of textile industry in India). Ranchhodlal was one who bought textile revolution in India. He set up many textile mills in Ahmedabad which gave the city its moniker "Manchester of the East". He has his great contribution in the field of education as he established many educational institutions in the city.
The R C Technical Institute was established by Sir Chinubhai in memoir of his grandfather, Ranchhodlal in the year 1910 at Saraspur, Ahmedabad, which provided certificate programs at that time in various disciplines including textile spinning, electrical, mechanical, etc. Later in the year 1930, this institute was handed over to the then State Government of Bombay. Initially, the institute was running certificate programs in Mechanical, Electrical, Textile Spinning, Textile Weaving and Textile Processing. In the year 1947, these certificate programs were replaced by new Diploma programs in Textile Manufacturing and Textile Processing.
Looking to the need of industries, the programs like Printing technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, IT Engineering & Civil Engineering etc. were added gradually. To accommodate this expansion in environmentally clean and larger area, the institute is shifted to the new campus at Sola, Ahmedabad in June 1997.
- B Tayabali (1930 to 1946)
- T A Desai (1946 to 1954)
- J A Rathod (1954 to 1959)
- A U Shenoy (1959 to 1965)
- C L Parmar ( 1965 to 1966)
- N G Sahatrabuddhe (1966 to 1967)
- J A Rathod (1967 to 1977)
- K S S Naik ( 1977 to 1981)
- S S Patel (1981 to 1983)
- M M Patel (1983 to 1984)
- K D Vyas ( 1984 to 1986)
- S P Thakkar ( 1986 to 1990)
- K S Patel (1990 to 1992)
- V J Raiyani (1992 to 1997)
- K S Patel (1997 to 1999)
- C A Patel (1999 to 2001)
- L F Rajput (2001 to 2003)
- B K Ray (2003 to 2004)
- A G Modi (2004 to 2005)
- V A Patel (2005 to 2009)
- V N Soni ( 2009 to 2011)
- P A Raval (2011 to 2015)
- B B Soneji (2015 to 2022)
Academics
Programs
The institute offers diploma in eight different programs such as:
- Civil engineering (NBA Accredited Program)
- Computer engineering (NBA Accredited Program)
- Electrical engineering (NBA Accredited Program)
- Information technology
- Mechanical engineering (NBA Accredited Program)
- Printing technology
- Textile manufacturing technology
- Textile processing technology
Admissions
Students are admitted to diploma courses through merit based system on the basis of result of 10th board and there is also provision of admission for ITI certificate holders to diploma programs (C To D) in Civil, Computer, Electrical, IT and Mechanical engineering. The admission procedure is central for all the diploma courses in the state and is conducted by Admission Committee for Professional Diploma Courses (ACPDC).
Campus
Lush green and pollution free campus of R C Technical institute is spread in 19 acres (7.7 ha) with 15,224 m2 (163,870 sq ft) built-up area for well-developed classrooms, laboratories, library, workshops, learning resource users center, amenity hall, boys’ hostel with mess, girls’ hostel, staff quarters, etc.
