GIANI ZAIL SINGH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY,  Bathinda is the first institute in Punjab established with the full funding of state government in the year 1989 when the hon’ble Governor of Punjab Sh.S.S.Ray laid the foundation stone on 23rd October, 1989. Initially set up as Government Engineering College, it was converted in to an autonomous institute in the year 1992 and a “Board of Governors” (BOG) was constituted to manage the affairs of the College. The Chairman of the “Board of Governors” is the Chief Executive for technical education in the state i.e. Hon’ble Minister of Technical Education and the other members of   “Board of Governors” includes eminent Industrialists academicians and senior representatives of the state Government. The College is affiliated to Punjab Technical University Jalandhar and provides an excellent academic environment under the able guidance of well-qualified and highly dedicated faculty.