A nation's greatest renewable resource is its human resource. The most  precious asset is not what gets reflected in our budget but the brain of our people. India may lack in its economic terms, but it is rich in intellect, and skill and the spirit of enterprise that's why Indians are now among the forerunners entrepreneurs in the world. The Indian professionals are the most wanted throughout the world and have an edge over other nationals. These capabilities have been developed by young Indians by deep self-study and profound devotion, which distinguishes them from rest of the world.

          Education has been one of State patronage and public policy from time immemorial. The State has neither been as indifferent spectator nor an autocrat. Within a broad framework society has been free to provide education for trade, commerce and industry and also arts.

          Education is manifestation of the perfection, which already exists, in every human being.  Swami Vivekananda once said "The very essence of education is concentration of mind not the collecting of facts".

         We must have life-building, man making character making and assimilation of knowledge. The deprivation of quality continues to be the worst aspect of backwardness and under development I believe education is the only panacea for all evils in our society. It is the only enduring means of empowerment , of instilling self-confidence, and pride in oneself. Education has been called the technique of transmitting civilization. While doing so it has to perform two main functions: it must enlighten the understanding and it must enrich the character.

        What we need today more than anything else is moral leadership founded on courage, intellectual integrity and a sense of values. In the present day scenario with materialism and commercialization dominating every aspect of daily life, intellectual integrity has become a rate commodity. What is needed is the resolute courage to stand up and be counted in support of public policy, which is popular and need based.

      A nation cannot live by the GDP alone. The human resource is the most important resource for any nation. Unfortunately our country has many good people but few good are thinkers. In our insatiable desire to succeed, we join the rat race and forget human values.

       Challenges are before us and we have to accept them and try to meet them by effective policy making and time-bound action plan, with a practical vision.

Our Vision:- To Develop a Sound system of Technical Education where excellence, relevance and participation are prime factors and that the system is dedicated to match our aims of globalization, for providing employment opportunities  and growth of National Economy.         

Our Mission:- Engineering Colleges, Polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes shall be developed into the Centres of Excellence and Shall produce world class engineers, competent technician and skilled manpower in order to meet the needs of the industries, community and other sector of employments including self-employment and will offer excellent, flexible, participative, relevant and cost effective programmes.

Mandate:-The department is responsible for implementation of the Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training in Himachal Pradesh as per AICTE norms.

Our Clients:- Students who wish to pursue technical/vocational educational programme, Societies/Organization who wish to (a) establish technical/vocational institutions (b) add new courses and/or increase the intake of existing staff. School dropouts/wards of socially and economically weaker section/women who wish to pursue non-formal short term vocational training programme. 

Grievances Redressal Mechanism:- Joint Director(TE) is the designated competent authority to provide desire information to the public as per the provisions contained in the Himachal Pradesh Right to Information Act. To look into the grievances with regard to the services provided