The Government established the college in 1951 and since Maharaja Lukhdhirji of Morbi donated his palace to the college, the Institute was named after him. The college is situated on the bank of river Machhu, in Morbi, L. E. College campus boasts of a palatial building, workshops, a swimming pool, a badminton court and a vast expanse of a sports field and boys and girls hostels. With these, it occupies the position of pride of having one of BIGGEST TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS in Gujarat state

Apart from the three basic faculties of Civil, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, the era of Specialization courses had dawned in 1972 when the college started the faculty of Production Engineering. Also the following courses are there in the college at present :

Degree Courses

1. Civil Engg
2. Electrical Engg
3. Mechanical Engg
4. Industrial Engg
5. Power Electronics
6. Information Technology
7. Applied Mechanics
8. Power Electronics
9. Production Engg

Diploma Courses

1. Civil Engg
2. Electrical Engg
3. Mechanical Engg
4. Information Technology
5. Ceramic Technology
6. Electronics Engg
7. Metallurgy Engg

Till now, more than 10,000 students have passed out of the college from varous Degree, Diploma & Certificate Courses. This in the HIGHEST NUMER as Compared to any other technical institution of the state. Engineers Graduated from this institution, today, occupy places of pride in the industrial fields like the P.W.D., G.E.B., Public & Private sectors & the Armed Forces. In the educational field, the institution has produced Professors, Directors of Technical Education, Chairman of Technical Examination Board, Advisors in Dept. of science & Technology and vice chancellors of universities.