Milestones
- 1847 Lt.R. Maclagan appointed principal of the
proposed college (19 october;) Notification established Roorkee college
issued (25 November)
- 1854 Rorkee College named after Thomason
- 1863 Professional papers on Indian Engineering
started publication
- 1870 Annual publication of College Calendar atarted
- 1873 Practice of holding Annual Athletic Meet
started
- 1893 Course in Telegraph Engineering started
- 1897 Engineer class course raised from two to
three years with two branches, Civil and Electrical Telegraph class abolished
- 1899 Department of Applied science organized
- 1939 Jwala Prasad Committee finalises report
on reorganisation of the College
- 1946 Electrical and Mechanical Engineering classes
started
- 1949 The College celebrates its centenary, and
the University is inaugurated (25November) in the presence of Jawaharlal
Nehru
- 1953 Postgraduate courses introduced
- 1955 Refresher courses inaugurated; WRDTC inaugurated
by Nehru
- 1957 B.E.(Telecommunications) and B.Arch. courses
intistituted
- 1960 B.E. courses raised from three to four years;
Four science department constituted; SRTEE started
- 1963 B.E. in Chemical engineering and Metallurgical
Engineering started
- 1971 B.E. in industrial Engineering instituted
- 1972 Inter-disciplinary course in Hydrology started
- 1973 Humanities Section given the status of a
department
- 1978 University takes over institute of Paper
Technology
- 1979 Regional Computer Centre established
- 1980 International course on Water Use Management
started at WRDTC
- 1983 B.E. in Computer Science & Technology
started
- 1986 Department of Biotechnology started
- 1996 Information Superhighway Centre started
- 1998 Department of Management Studies started.
