D. Y. Patil College of Engineering &Technology - DYPCET - Kolhapur (Maharashtra)

D. Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology (DYP), offers the courses in the field of Engineering. This college is a second institution, among the huge D. Y. Patil group of institutions, started in the academic year 1984-85 on 6th August 1984, The late, Hon. Vasantrao Dada Patil, the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a good friend of Hon. D. Y. Dada, was instrumental in starting this Engineering College, Hon. Dada, an Ex. M.L.A. of Gaganbavada Tashil, was a politician till 1983. The transformation of a politician into an educationalist took place in that year, when the 1st engineering college was started, under D. Y. Patil group in Washi, Mumbai. Today under the banner of D. Y. Patil group, there are about 150 educational institutions in Pune, Mumbai and Kolhapur. All these institutions providing diversified education in almost all branches of Engineering, Medicine, Sciences, Management, Schools of National & International standards etc. The number of students, taking their best education in all these institution, is about one lakh, the faculty needed to educate them is more than 15 thousand. Thus the management of D. Y. Patil Group have provided employment to thousands of families in Maharashtra. The students coming out of these institutions are absorbed in several industries, educational institutes, multi-national companies in India & abroad. In 25 years, the contribution of D. Y. Patil Group in the building of our nation is huge and unchallenged.

• First Prize winner in Paper Presentation at ICPCDECT 2016 Lavasa, Pune held on 10-11 March 2016
• Shubham Nakate a student of Mechanical Engg. Dept. achieved GOLD MEDAL in 7th National Vovinam championship held at ASSAM between 22nd to 25th of February 2016.