During the year 1955 Technical Training Centre & Training cum Production Centre under the Department of Cottage and Small  Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal was started at Ghoradhara, P.O- Jhargram, Dist- Paschim Medinipur with the aim to make local youth self employed by imparting training in the trades Bakery, Book Binding, Tailoring, Weaving, Carpentry, Foundry & Sheet metal.

The Technical Training Centre & Training cum Production Centre was upgraded to Industrial Training Institute, Jhargram during the year 1958 under Technical Education and Training Department with the trades Electrician, Draughtsman Civil, Wireman, Fitter, Welder, Moulder, Sheet Metal Worker, Blacksmith and Carpenter. Since then numerous number of trainees comes mainly from the districts Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Purulia and some other districts of West Bengal are trained in different trades at this Institute. Passed out trainees of this institute gets their employment almost in all the Engineering departments and Public Sector undertaking companies of different State governments and Central Government of India and different Multinational and Private Limited Companies. Also some of them were self employed in different fields.