Kolhapur Institute of Technology's College of Engineering (an autonomous institute established in July 1983) popularly known as KIT (KIT College of Engineering), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, was granted autonomous status by UGC and AICTE New Delhi.
[citation needed] The campus houses the main building, hostels for boys and girls, workshops with a built-up area of around 23,500 sq. m.
and an innovative waste recycling system, windmills, gardens dotted with solar powered lamps and also popular for CSE placements.
[citation needed] The college has a campus of 30 acres (120,000 m2) 500 m away from National Highway 48.
The main building built in stone masonry has green technologies like a waste recycling system, windmills, gardens dotted with solar powered lamps and is an Energy Park.