IIT Roorkee is India's oldest engineering college
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, which was established in 1847 as Thomason College of Civil Engineering, is the oldest engineering college in the country. The college was converted from Thomason College of Civil Engineering to University of Roorkee in 1948. It later became an IIT through an ordinance issued by Government of India, 15 years ago on September 21, 2001.