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Gogte Institute of Technology (GIT; Kannada: ಗೋಗಟೆ ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಿಟ್ಯೂಟ್ ಆಫ್ ಟೆಕ್ನಾಲಜಿ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ Hindi: गोगटे प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान बेलगाम) is an Indian engineering college in Belgaum, Karnataka, which is affiliated autonomous under Visvesvaraya Technological University. The college was founded in 1979 to meet the growing demand for technically-trained workers. It received the Excellent Technical Education Institute in Karnataka award at the August 9, 2014 National Karnataka Education Summit and Awards at Visvesvaraya Technological University in Bangalore.^[1] The award was presented for the institute's good profile, academics, and student performance. Industrialist Balkrishna "Raosaheb" Gogte donated ₹1 million to the Karnataka Law Society to finance a new engineering college,^[2] which was named in his honor.^[3]

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the platinum jubilee of Belgaum-based Karnataka Law Society and Raja Lakhmagouda Law College on September 15, 2018, and addressed a gathering at the institute. Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala, Chief Justice Dipak Mishra, Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy, Supreme Court Judges Abdul Nazeer, Vineet Saran and Mohan Shantan Goudar, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, MP Suresh Angadi, Karnataka Law Society president Anant Mandagi, and Chairman M. R. Kulkarni were also present