Ever since the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, progress and prosperity have been closely identified with economic development.Technical Education in the state began in 1972 when the first Polytechnic ie. Nagaland Polytechnic was established at Atoizu in Zunheboto now renamed as Khelhoshe Polytechnic. subsequently, Women's Polytechnic (now Government Polytechnic) and Institute for Communication and Information Technology (ICIT) were also established in 1994 and 2003 respectively. Thus the State now has three technical institutes offering three-year engineering diploma programs in civil, electrical and electronics, mechanical, automobile, computer science, electronics and communications, information technology, modern office practice and an advanced diploma program in apparel production and Under the GOI Skill development programs, 6 (six) new Polytechnics have been sanctioned and construction works have started since the last 3(three) years.