The project was approved by the AICTE on 17 December 1981. The institute was registered under the Society's Act of 1960, and was fully funded by the Government of Maharashtra.

The Sant Shri Baba Harnamji trust donated a 46 acres land for the institute. Hence the institute was named after the 10th Sikh Guru, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji. The Governing Board, with the Director of Technical Education at its helm, overlooked the completion of the project. In 1983 Prof. B.M. Naik was appointed as the first full-time director.

In 2004, a committee headed by Dr. F. C. Kholi conducted a survey which identified three engineering colleges with potential for excellence. SGGSIE&T was one of the three selected institutes. The Government of Maharashtra took the initiative of granting autonomous status to these engineering colleges under its TEQIP program.

Sunil Raithatha, an eminent industrialist, was nominated by the Government of Maharashtra as Chairman of the Governing Board. The Government has also appointed renowned personalities form business and industry, academics and its senior administrative cadre on the Governing Board.

The Institute has autonomy in academic, financial and administrative matters. Prof. Dr. Manesh B. Kokare became the director of the institute in 2023.^[3][4]

In the Eligibility Criterion of NPIU, Institute secured 59 Marks out of 63 and is selected under TEQIP for assistance.^{[citation needed]}

• Dr. Uddhav V. Bhosle (Vice-Chancellor of SRTMUN), Dr. S. G. Bhirud, I/C Director VJTI, Prof. Y. V. Joshi, Ex Director, SGGSIE&T Nanded (2018-23) and Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli (2009-2013), Prof. L. M. WAghmare, Ex Director (2012-2018)
• Mr. Amol Mahamuni (Programme Director, IBM)
• Mr. Eknath Dawale (IAS), Mr. Ashutosh Dumbre(IPS), Mr. Khushal Pardeshi (IAS), Mr. Madhav Sulphule (IFS), Mr. SAnjay Lathkar (IPS) and Many others
• Dr Prashant Zade (Chairman of A S Agri and Aqua LLP)
• Dr. Rajendra Deshpande (CIO of Intelenet Global Services)
• Mr. Samir Karande (Chief Cloud Architect at Teradata, Global leader at AWS)
• Mr. Abhay Deshpande, Recykal, Hyderabad
• Mr. Ajinkya Dharia, PADCARE and many more

Accreditation edit

The institute is an autonomous institute and is accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education.^[2] In 2011 it had a first year intake capacity of 610 + 31(TFWS)+61(EWS) for its under-graduate courses which included seats under AICTE's tuition fee waiver scheme.^[5]

Academic programmes edit

The institute offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The undergraduate coursework is offered in 10 disciplines with an intake capacity of 610. Master's degree programs are offered in 10 speciality fields with an intake capacity of ~200.

Institute is recognized as a research center by the Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded for doctoral programs. QIP centre for research (Ph.D.) since 2011-12: The seats sanctioned under QIP are 10. Two seats for each disciplines namely Civil Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Instrumentation and Control, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering.

A Center of Excellence in signal and image processing was established in September 2013 and formally inaugurated on 19 September 2015.^{[citation needed]}

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