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Motto | कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते[citation needed] |
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Motto in English | We have a right to work only |
Founder | HMaharaja Thakore Shri Sir Lukhdhirji Waghji Sahib Bahadur of Morvi GBE KCSI |
Type | Government Engineering College |
Established | 1951 |
Principal | Prof (Dr) M.B.Dholakia[citation needed] |
Undergraduates | Annual Intake in 1st year: 510 |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Founding Principal | Professor Sunder Singh Bhatia |
Website | http://www.lecm.cteguj.in/ |
Lukhdhirji Engineering College, popularly known as L.E. College or LEC Morbi is located in the Morbi district. It was established as a polytechnic in 1931, then known as Morvi Technical Institute (MTI) and was upgraded to a full-fledged degree engineering college in 1951 when the Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Lukhdhirji Waghji Sahib Bahadur of Morvi state donated his palace with 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land on the bank of river Machhu and the institute was named after him.[1] The institute is operated by the government of Gujarat and is affiliated with Gujarat Technological University.