The board was established in 1963 to cater the increasing needs of affiliated institutions and their students.
[1] The establishment of a separate board responsible for higher education dates back to 1963.
Before the country's independence for British Raj, diploma courses in Engineering and Technology were provided institutions like the College of Engineering, Pune, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune and Government Polytechnic, Nagpur.
As industrial development increased, the demand for diploma courses also did, and the government established a separate Board of Technical Examinations in August 1963.
It was later renamed to Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education and given an autonomous status in 1999.