Government Polytechnic for Women, established in 1986 in Srinagar emerged as the first Technical Institute in Jammu and Kashmir state catering exclusively to women, thereby ushering them into an era of technology and creativity at the brink of the new millennium.
Despite facing upheavals and turbulent times, during which the whole infrastructure was gutted in an unfortunate incident, the Govt. Polytechnic for Women has bounced back with renewed vigour and vitality and has been showing the way as the leading Polytechnic. A devastating flood inundated the Polytechnic on 3rd September 2006 damaging infrastructure & other facilities worth Rs 2.05 crores. The management, faculty, staff & students restored the services, made the equipments functional & reduced the damages to 30 lakhs within a period of one month without external help. The team Polytechnic reinvented itself and came out triumphant. With the intervention of Tech. Edu. III, World Bank assisted project, the institution has achieved major break through in areas like quality improvement, augmentation of infra-structure, curriculum development, staff. readmore...