ICV Polytechnic

Erstwhile Jhargram Polytechnic was established in the year 1957 with the initiative of Raja of Jhargram Narasingha Malla Deb within the premises of Kumud Kumari Institute Jhargram. The foundation stone for the present Institute building at Sevayatan was laid on 12 th June 1957.
The first batch of student LCE and LME graduated in the year 1960and LEE in Aug 1962. The institute was renamed after the illustrious son of the soil Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar during 1969-70. In the year 1976 the Institute was taken over by Government of West Bengal.
The year 2005 was eventful considering the fact that a 4 Yr. Part Time Diploma Course in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering under West Bengal State Council of Technical Education was introduced in the institute with the financial assistance from Backward Class Welfare Department of Govt.of West Bengal.
In this year itself the institute was also given affilation by WBSCVET as a Vocational Training Center for the X+2 Level course in Engineering and Technology Discipline with Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning as a vocational paper.
In the year 2006 the institute was selected as a Vocational Training Center for imparting training to Tribal unemployed youth of the region in the following vocational trades i.e. Radio, Tape, Television Repairing , Diesel pump Set Repairing, Two wheeler and Power tiller Repairing, Sal plate Making, Fancy Products of Jute and Babui and Mat making.
In this programme each trainee is exposed to minimum of two trades within the training duration of one year. Entrepreneurship Development Programme is integral part of the scheme. Trainees are also provided with stipend for attending the cour