Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology is one among twenty eight institutions spread over Haryana,Uttar Pradesh and owe their existence to the munificent and philanthropic spirit of Seth Mukand Lal, a close adherent of Gandhi Ji. He came under the Gandhian influence in earlier twenties. Gandhi ji had fondly nick-named him “Pagla Bhagat”. Seth Mukand Lal reportedly bore the entire expenditure incurred in the holding of All India Congress Sessions on the banks of river Ravi, Lahore in 1929 where resolution for complete independence of India was adopted. Illiterate himself, he vowed to dispel the darkness of ignorance by opening educational institutions in the part of the country. Hence, he established Mukand Lal National High School at Abdullapur (now Yamuna Nagar) as the first institution of the Mukand chain.