ABOUT ITI JORHAT
	Introduction :
	Industrial Training Institute, Jorhat is the oldest and the biggest institute of its kind in the entire North Eastern Region of India. Situated at a convenient location within Jorhat Town, the institute is built over a plot of land measuring 27 bighas 1 katha and 17 lechas by the side of Mariani Road near Jorhat Town Railway Station. The institute also has an additional plot of land of about 11 bighas towards south of the main campus, where a playground and a boys’ hostel are located.
	History
	The institute was originally established as a War Technical Institute in the year 1939 by the British Govt. in India. In the year 1947, a Technical Institute was shifted from Shillong and was amalgamated with the existing institute through the initiatives of Ali Akbar Haidari, the then Governor of Assam and Ananda Chandra Baruah (popularly known as Bokul Bonor Kobi), a literary genius who hailed from Jorhat. The amalgamated institute came to be known as Industrial Training Centre with H. Mclean Smith as its first Principal. Later on, it was renamed as Industrial Training Institute under the administrative control of the Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Assam
	Infrastructure
	In the recent time, the institute has seen some newly constructed buildings, classrooms, workshops and labs etc. The existing workshops are under the process renovation. High end machineries and equipment are being procured to cope up with the changing training environment
	State Directorate
	Our institute is under the administrative control of the Directorate of Employment and Craftsmen Training, Assam, A.K. Azad Road, Rehabari, Guwahati-8 under the Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Govt. of Assam