Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology (HIET) is a

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located at St. Thomas Mount,

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, with the main campus at Serapanachery,

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.It has two colleges, HIET Polytechnic College and HIET Aviation College.

History

Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology was established in 1966 Hindustan Engineering Training Centre (HETC). The Aircraft Maintenance Engineering course was started in 1970. The HIET Polytechnic College was started in the year 1979. The campus at Serapanachery was Inaugurated in 2012.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.hiet.in Engineering colleges in Chennai