West Bengal is the gate way for the East and North East India and very much well known for heavy Industries along with Jute, tea coal & pharmaceutical industries. All the Integrated steel plants are either located in West Bengal or in its hinterland
Government Industrial Training Institute, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal under the Directorate of Industrial Training, Department of Technical Education and Training, Govt. of West Bengal was established in the year 1958 as works cum Orientation Centre with large capacity of trainees. The Institute has covered huge land including Administrative Building, Workshops, Store, Hostel Building, Staff Quarters and Playground etc.
The Institute has been running for last 60 years. Potential gravity of the problem for unemployment manifested itself in the early years of the previous century. World war accelerated the industrial process. Education levels were rising leading to higher expectations. These factors combined to create a situation wherein unemployment continued to rise because the mass of youth did not have access to job oriented education & were thus not fit for employment in the fledgling Indian Industry. Government Industrial Training Institute play an important role of providing industrial skill development training to meet the needs of various Industries.