Victoria Technical Institute

The Victoria Technical Institute was opened in Pantheon Road, Egmore, Madras in the year 1889 in commemoration of the golden jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria.^[1] The foundation stone of the building was laid by the then Prince of Wales in 1905.^[2] The pink sandstone Indo-Saracenic construction resembled the Mughal Emperor Akbar's palace in Fatehpur Sikri.^[2]

The Victoria Technical Institute was moved to Mount Road in 1956 and presently occupies a building next to the head office of the Indian Overseas Bank.^[1]

• "Official website of VTI".