Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, a premier center of technical education, was established in the academic year 1980-81 by the Prabandhak Committee Gurudwara, Sri Nanak Jhira Saheb, Bidar. The college is approved by All India Council for Technical Education ( A.I.C.T.E. ). Initially Guru Nanak Dev Engineering college was affiliated to Karnataka University, Dharwad. However when Gulbarga University was created, it came under the jurisdiction of Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Now the college is Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, approved by All India Council for Technological university (AICTE), New Delhi and Accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi. The college started with an annual intake of 120 students, in three disciplines, and as of 2009 had an annual intake of 570 students in seven under-graduate disciplines, and one master's discipline.