Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science (KITS), Warangal was established in 1980 at Warangal.

Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science is affiliated to the Kakatiya University, Warangal. In the 1986, the Kakatiya University accorded permanent affiliation to the Institue.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, realized in the late 1970s, the popular demand for enhancement of facilities for technical education. It decided to adopt progressive policy of encouraging philanthropic organizations to establish and manage technical institutions.

Consequent to such a policy decision, the elite philanthropists of Warangal City, with the sole aim of imparting quality technical education, established Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal popularly known as KITSW in the year 1980 under the aegis of Ekasila Education Society (EES). The former Prime Minister of India late P.V. Narasimha Rao garu laid foundation stone for the institute. The members of the EES are encompassing all sections of the society i.e. educationists, agriculturists, industrialists, doctors, social workers etc,. They are highly respectable personalities of the city, and known for their generosity in social activities. The main objective of the EES is to develop KITS Warangal into a major technical institution imparting a quality education to the students of this backward Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.

The institution was started functioning in 1980 with two B.Tech programs  (viz., Civil Engineering & Mechanical Engineering) in sprawling lush green campus of 65 acres, in the area well connected by rail (Kazipet & Warangal) and road.  It is a self-financing co-education institution affiliated to the Kakatiya University (KU), Warangal and is the first private engineering college in the Telangana region. The institute also has the distinction of being the first institute in the country to offer a B.Tech program in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering since 1981.

Started as an Undergraduate institution, KITSW has recorded an impressive progress and today it is a full fledge Post graduation institution with 7 B.Tech., programs, 7 PG programs.

Four academic departments(CE, ME, EIE & CSE) are recognized as the research centres by the Kakatiya University, Warangal to offer doctoral programs. The campus is now Wi-Fi enabled and OFC connected with 100 Mbps internet bandwidth. KITSW became an Autonomous Institution w.e.f the academic year 2014-15. The Under Graduate Programs (with an intake of 1020 per year) leading to B.Tech are Civil Engineering (120), Computer Science & Engineering (180), Electrical & Electronics Engineering (120), Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (60), Electronics & Communication Engineering (180), Information Technology (60), Mechanical Engineering (180), Computer Science & Engineering(Networks) (60) and Electronics Communication & Instrumentation Engineering(60). The Post Graduate Programs (with an intake of 205 per year) leading to M.Tech are Structural & Construction Engineering (24), Design Engineering (24), Digital Communication (25), Software Engineering (36), VLSI & Embedded System Design (18), Power Electronics(18) and MBA (60). The total number of research scholars working in the research centres of this institute is 78.

The institute, over the years has substantially grown in academic programmes, infrastructural facilities and attracted academicians of proven competence onto its faculty. It gained amongst academic circles as one of the premier technical institutes in this region and all the academic departments are accreditated by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi out of which CE, ME, EEE nad IT are accredited under Tier-I format and EIE, CSE & ECE are accredited under Tier-II format. The Institute is accredited by NAAC(A Grade with CGPA 3.21 out of 4.0) for 5 years w.e.f 2.11.2018. NIRF (MHRD, Govt. of India) ranked KITSW among 180 rank top engineering institutions in India. Ranked as GOLD CATEGORY Institution for consecutive 4th year (2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019) by AICTE-CII Survey of Industry Linked Technical Institute.

VISION

To make our students technologically superior and ethically strong by providing quality education with the help of our dedicated faculty and staff and thus improve the quality of human life.

MISSION

To provide latest technical knowledge, an analytical & practicals skills, managerial competence and interactive abilities to students, so that their employability is enchanced.

To provide a strong human resource base for catering to the changing needs of the industry and commerce.

To inculcate a sense of brotherhood & national integrity.