About Institute

The Mohammed Haji Saboo Siddik Institute (a Minority Institute) owes its existence to the munificence of the late Mohammed, son of Haji Saboo Siddik, who bequeathed a large sum of money for establishing, conducting and managing the Institute for imparting Vocational, Technical and Industrial Training and Education. The value of the assets, so bequeathed, has grown phenomenally into assets worth crores of rupees. Subsequently, when the concept of technical high school took shape, a sum of Rupees One Lakh was also received from the assets of his mother, Jimba Bai, after whom one of the buildings has been named in the premises of the Institute. Originally, the Institute was founded in the year 1936 as a trade school with the object of turning out artisans in some industrial arts and crafts. A major reorganisation in its curriculum took place in the year 1945, as a result of which a few more trade and certificate courses were introduced and a technical high school was also opened. In 1958, a threeyear Diploma programme in Civil Engineering (Aided) was started and five years later, two more Diploma programmes in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Aided) were added. In the early and late seventies, new Certificate Courses in Television Servicing, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Interior Designing and Decoration, Diesel Mechanic and Mechanical Draughtsmanship were introduced in the Polytechnic. To cope with the increasing demand, from 1 9 8 1 the Polytechnic had increased the intake capacity from 120 to 180 students for the Diploma programmes in Engineering. Taking into consideration, the development in Industrial Electronics field in Maharashtra and Mumbai in particular, the Polytechnic started a three year Diploma in Industrial electronics from the academic year 1981-82. From the academic year 1987-88, the polytechnic had started three - year Diploma in Computer Engineering (Aided). A three-year Diploma courses in Information Technology, Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Un-Aided) were approved and sanctioned by AICTE, New Delhi from the year 2000-01 and 2010-11 respectively. Since 1983, the Polytechnic also conducts four year Part-Time Diploma Programmes in Engineering for working men and women. The Institute is managed and administered by the Anjuman-I-Islam (a corporate body), as a sole trustee through its Board for Vocational and Technical Education (BVTE). The Anjuman-I-Islam is registered both with the Charity Commissioner as well as Registrar of Companies.

The Diploma programmes conducted at this Polytechnic are approved by AICTE, New Delhi; Recognized by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Maharashtra and affiliated to Maharashtra State Board of technical Education (MSBTE).

M. H. Saboo Siddik Polytechnic was conferred with the “Best Polytechnic Award” in the state of Maharashtra along with cash reward Rs. One lakh in the year 1999-2000 by the Govt of Maharashtra.