About HBTI

It is a matter of great pride for us that Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (H.B.T.I), Kanpur is our alma mater. This Institute has a glorious history and has always been in the forefront for technological developments and growth of industries in the country since its inception. The Institute had its decent beginning in 1920 as Government Research Institute, Kanpur with Dr. E. R. Watson as its first Principal. In 1921, the Institute was renamed as Government Technological Institute, Uttar Pradesh. It was inaugurated by Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, the then Governor of U. P. Province on November 25, 1921. The Institute got its present name in 1926.