Guru Kashi University has been founded by Balaji Education Trust, Talwandi Sabo which was established in 1997 that and became the foundation stone for education in this region. The university has always believed to be on the path of growth and has proved the same over the time. The school came into existence in 1998 when GGS Polytechnic and later Graduate and Post graduate courses were added. In 2001, GGS College of Engineering & Technology was established, followed in 2005 by GGS College of Education. In 2006, GGS Institute of IT and Research and the GGS College of Nursing & GGS Collegiate Public School were established in 2009. Finally all courses came under one umbrella “Guru Kashi University”, which came into existence in 2011. Guru Kashi University was established by Punjab Act No. 37 of 2011.