With the laudable objective of imparting technical education to the pupils of the industrially backward nilgiris district, the government polytechnic was started in the year 1982 with an intake of 120 students. Pending construction of own building, the institution was initially housed in a sprawling European bungalow near hill bunk .In 1988 the institution was shifted to the present premises after own building were constructed in a sylvan surrounding on the out –skirts of Ooty. Began with only four branches with a moderate intake of 120 students at its inception, the college today offers six branches namely civil, mechanical, electronics & communication , electrical & electronics, Instrumentation and control engineering and modern office practice.