Jagannath Institute of Technology and Management - An Engineering College was established in year 1997. JITM came into being out of the vision of Shri Alluri Murthy Raju and was established under the JITM trust. The Istitute was set up with the aim to bring technical education to the rural areas and produce highly skilled personnel with exceptional calibre for various sectors in the industry.

JITM is a self financing institute and it's affiliated to Berhampur University.JITM got affiliated to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), rourkela from the academic year 2003-2004. The institute has also been granted recognition under the AICTE.

The Institute JITM has grown from its small beginings since 1997. Today JITM boasts of sophisticated laboratories and support infrstructure across all departments. Thses include more than 200 personal,computers with LAN controlled by high end servers loaded with advanced softwares in the department of computer science and engineering,PLC based trainers in the instrumentation lab, computerized process controlled communication Lab, sophisticated equipments in Mass Transfer, Chemical reaction engineering and process control, Universal testing Machine, Milling Machine,drilling machine and a well equiped Fluid Mechanics Lab.