It is the first engineering institute established in India's North Eastern Region.

[1][2] The Institute was established in 1927 with a financial aid from Assamese timber merchant Bholanath Boruah, that was given to British Government in 1922 for establishing a technical school in the name of the 'Prince of Wales' at Jorhat.

A four-year certificate course in civil engineering was introduced in 1948.

Electronic & telecommunications engineering and instrumentation technology programs were later introduced in 1986.

The Institution was known as the 'War Technical School' during the time of the Second World War.