Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic (previously known as Arunachal Pradesh Polytechnic) is a multi-speciality, technology-oriented college located at Itanagar,

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

. It is also the first polytechnic college in

under the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Technical Education (APSCTE), Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic has also earned the credit of being the first Institution in the state to achieve ISO 9001:2000 certification in June 2006.

Students' union

The welfare of the college is handled by the student union body or wing, also known as Students' Union of Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic (SURGGP), at Itanagar. Every year, the cabinet member of the union is interchanged for the portfolio holding in a grand manner.

History

Arunachal Pradesh Polytechnic, now Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic, is the first of its kind in the state. It was established in 2002 with the financial assistance from the

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under Technician Education III Project of the

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, Government of India. The institute was functioning initially in a rented building. In January 2005, it was shifted to its permanent campus near Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar.

Location

Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic is located at Itanagar in the Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh in the foothills of the

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. It is 30 km from

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, the border between

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and

, and about 410 km from

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