In the year 2011, the Hon’ble Chief Minister Sr. Parkash Singh Ji Badal came up with a view that in Punjab there are as many as 400 plus colleges in private sector imparting Engineering, Technical and Management courses, but there are very few colleges in Govt sector imparting Technical Education. The Hon’ble Chief Minister choose Punjab Technical University as the Nodal agency to implement the idea of Technical and Management colleges in Govt. Sector in each of the Districts of Punjab, specially in rural areas for the upliftment of backward area and economically weaker students who have the talent but otherwise deprived of quality education due to financial limitations. For this purpose 22.6 acres of land was transferred to establish PIT, Hoshiarpur.