Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Bidar, a premier center of Technical Education, was established in August, 1980 by the Prabandhak Committee, Gurudwara Sri Nanak Jhira Saheb, Bidar as per the Govt. of Karnataka Order No.ED 150 TEC 79, dated 8th August, 1980. At present College is being managed by Sri Nanak Jhira Saheb Foundation (Trust).The College has been affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi.

This College is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and was Accredited twice by National Board of Accreditation (N.B.A.), New Delhi during the year 2005 and 2009. GNDEC started in the year 1980 with an annual intake of 120 in three traditional branches.

The campus has optical Fiber Network and is wi-fi enabled. The excellent facilities and infrastructure are in the form of Administrative Building, Auditorium, Central Library, Separate Digital Library.