The institute (erstwhile Polytechnic Institute, Narsingarh) bred from its embryo in the year 1958 with three conventional branches of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, affiliated to West Bengal State Council of Technical Education. Later, one more branch namely Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering paved its way into the system in the year 1995.

The institute through its excellence and glorified journey over a period of more than 45 years could attract name, fame and reputation countrywide and as a result the Ministry of Human Resource was kind enough to extend its assistance through World Bank under Tech. Ed.-III Project for the growth of this institute in terms of capacity expansion and quality improvement during the period from 2001 to 2007. Implementation of this project assistance by the Government of Tripura commensurated sea changes in the institutional infrastructure resulting into the opening up of 5 (five) more new branches such as Computer Science & Technology, Food Processing Technology, Automobile Engineering, Interior Decoration Handicrafts & Furniture Designing and Modern Office Practice & Management. Huge procurement of equipment and machineries, books and LRs, introduction of new labs and other infrastructure development have multiplied the academic resources of the institute and opened the floodgate before the aspirants for nourishing their academic and technical excellence.

Placement

 Training and Placement Cell (T&P Cell) of Tripura Institute of Technology works in the following aspects to complement the efforts of the faculty members by organizing value-added programmes and providing placement opportunities to students.

1. The Cell is actively considering in the aspects like having Memorandum of Understanding with various Corporate Sector for the placement of students every year. 
   
2. It obtains feed back from organizations on a regular basis and conveys it to the respective departments, which in turn, train students accordingly, thereby increasing their placement opportunities. 
   
3. The Cell organizes certain orientation programmes, grooming sessions, mock interviews for students of each stream. Besides, the Cell organizes various summer internship programmes for students to provide them with hands-on experience and introducing them to match the professional environment. 
   
4. In view the requirements of industry, the Cell also takes initiative to arrange regular inter-active workshops, seminars and short-term courses with active participation of academia and industry.