Shri Aillak Pannalal Digambar Jain Pathashala Trust, established in 1885, started this college in July 1983 which is appropriately named after Seth Walchand Hirachand, one of our country's pioneer's of industrial development. It is the sincere desire of the trust and the Governing Body of the Institute to maintain high academic and technological standards.
The institute began with Production Engg., Environmental Engg., Electronics Engg. branches. The Institute is affiliated to the Shivaji University, Kolhapur and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi (A.I.C.T.E., New Delhi.).