Nankana Sahib Trust was founded in memory of the most sacred temple of Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. NSET was registered in 1953 with a commitment to uplift the vast weaker section of Indian polity comprising Rural India by admitting 70% of students every year from rural areas. The trust emphasizes providing quality education, fostering moral values, and nurturing a sense of social responsibility among students. It has established various educational institutions to empower underprivileged communities with knowledge and skills. Through its initiatives, NSET continues to bridge the gap between rural and urban education, ensuring holistic development and brighter futures for students.
The Nankana Sahib Education Trust runs a total of 18 educational institutions, including 11 schools, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic, a Training College at Kot Gangu Rai, a Community Development & Training Centre, and a Science & Technology Center.

The main purposes for which this Trust is founded are:-
 ⇒To provide facilities for Civil Mechanical, Electrical, Technical, Agricultural, Industrial and all other types of Engineering and scientific education and training to the weaker or back- ward and poor section of people in general and to such people of rural areas in particular; and with this end in view, to establish, maintain, and manage an Engineering College, at Ludhiana, or in its suburbs and other Civil Mechanical, Technical, Electrical, Agricultural, Industrial and Scientific Schools and Institutions at suitable places in the State of Punjab, and with the same end in view to set up plants, workshops and other machinery for the production and manufacture of Mechanical, Electrical, Agricultural and Industrial tools, Plants, machinery and goods.
 ⇒To provide facilities and make special arrangements for poor, backward and other deserving students for preparation for competitive examinations and tests for recruitment to the Civil and Military Services and all other services of every description and for admission to the Professional Colleges, Schools and Institutions in India.
 ⇒To supply necessary information for the said purposes to people through Books, Magazines, Papers and otherwise.