[[File:Chitkara University Punjab.jpg|thumb|Chitkara Campus]]
'''Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology''' is an [[engineering college]] in [[Rajpura]], India. It was founded by [[Dr. Ashok Chitkara]]'s Chitkara Educational Trust in 2002. It is approved by the [[All India Council for Technical Education|All-India Council of Technical Education]] and was affiliated to [[I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University|Punjab Technical University]] until 2010 later on to [[Chitkara University, Punjab|Chitkara University]].<ref>https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/3332/1/THE%20CHITKARA%20UNIVERSITY%20%28ESTABLISHMENT%20AND%20REGULATION%29%20ACT%2C%202008.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CUIET: A Multicultural Hub Of Research And Learning|url=http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/CUIET-A-Multicultural-Hub-Of-Research-And-Learning/02-03-2021-382660|access-date=2021-03-27|website=BW Education|language=en}}</ref> It has a strong emphasis on networking and collaborating with regional technical corporations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=krishna.mishra|title=Chitkara University Becomes the India Chapter Member with the International Association of University Libraries {{!}} QS WOWNEWS|url=https://qswownews.com/chitkara-university-becomes-the-india-chapter-member-with-the-international-association-of-university-libraries/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Network|first=digitalLEARNING|title=Chitkara University- Re-Inventing Education 4.0|url=https://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2019/09/chitkara-university-re-inventing-education-4-0/|access-date=2021-03-24|language=en}}</ref>
Chitkara initiated its higher education programs in the year 2002 on the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] campus which is around {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} from [[Chandigarh]].
