Gogte Institute of Technology (GIT) is a college in

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, Karnataka, India. It is an Autonomous institution affiliated to

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History

The college was founded in 1979 to meet the growing demand for technically trained workers, being named after industrialist Raosaheb Gogte. It received the Excellent Technical Education Institute in Karnataka award at the 9 August 2014 National Karnataka Education Summit and Awards at Visvesvaraya Technological University in Bangalore.

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inaugurated the

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of Belgaum-based Karnataka Law Society and Raja Lakhmagouda Law College on 15 September 2018, and addressed a gathering at the institute. Karnataka Governor

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, Chief Justice Dipak Mishra,

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, Supreme Court Judges Abdul Nazeer, Vineet Saran, Mohan Shantan Goudar,

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K.K. Venugopal, MP Suresh Angadi, Karnataka Law Society president Anant Mandagi, and Chairman M. R. Kulkarni were also present.

Alumni

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Gogte Institute of Technology
{{Authority control 1979 establishments in Karnataka Educational institutions established in 1979 Engineering colleges in Belgaum