Department of Jute and Fibre Technology - Institute of Jute Technology

Jointly established by University of Calcutta and Indian Jute Mills Association on a piece of demarcated land of Tarak Nath Palit Trust Prangan, Ballygunge Campus of University of Calcutta and managed by a Governing Council headed by the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, as the ex-officio President of the Governing Council. However, as per West Bengal Govt. Order No. 267/1(1)/EH/1U(C)-11-10 dated 25th May-2011 and subsequent Calcutta University syndicate Notification no. CSR/32/11 dt 27-06-2011, Institute of Jute Technology was converted as a Post Graduate Technology Department of University of Calcutta w.e.f 1st July 2011).
History of the department :University of Calcutta along with IJMA took a joint effort through the Syndicate of Calcutta University to establish an Institution on Education, Training and Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology , on a piece of land of Calcutta University taking an initial endowment from IJMA and constituting a Governing Council as Per University Syndicate resolution to govern this Institute as Institute of Jute Technology , while the foundation stone of this erstwhile Institute of Jute Technology (IJT) was laid by Mr. I.J. Kennedy, C.B.E., Chairman, IJMA on 20th February, 1947 and this Institute was inaugurated by Dr. B. C. Roy, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Govt. of West Bengal, on 10th March, 1951 to start the journey of sustainable Human Resource Development by conducting all level of Education, Training , Research and Technical services on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology and Management mainly to produce Supervisors, Managers, and R & D Personnel for Jute and allied industry. From 1951, IJT started a student's Apprentice Course on Jute Technology, which was later converted as Post BSc PG Level Diploma in Jute Technology under University of Calcutta since 1975 with affiliation of Calcutta university and later since 1982-83 it was raised to Degree Level College introducing B.Tech in Fibre Technology (Jute), later renamed as B.Tech in Jute and Fibre Technology with AICTEs approval. M.TechCourse in Textile Technology (Technical Textiles) was introduced from 2005 to promote technical textiles education and research in India. Separate PhD programme in Textile Technology under Calcutta University was introduced in 2007-08 onwards.