The Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC)

The Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC), formerly known as Royal Bhutan Polytechnic (RBP), is one of the constituent colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB). It is situated at 800m above the mean sea level and is located at the west end of Dewathang town, 18 kilometers away from Samdrup Jongkhar town, second gateway to Bhutan from Assam in India. The College started with the infrastructure development since 1972, coinciding with the 3rd five year development plan of the country and the enrolment of students for the Diploma level programmes in engineering was started from 22nd February 1974. At the initial stage of its development, it offered Diploma level Programmes in Civil and Electrical Engineering. The Diploma Programme in Mechanical Engineering was introduced from 1988. The college also trained three batches of surveyors (certificate level) from 1974 to 1978 and three batches each of surveyors and draft persons from 1986 to 1990. The enrolment in certificate level programme was discontinued from 1988. JNEC was the only tertiary level institute providing education in engineering till 2001 with the mandate to meet the engineering manpower requirement of the country.