In consonance with the overall pointers of United Nations agency (1962) concerning the institution of specialized institutes, National Institute of manufacturing plant and Forge Technology (NIFFT) was created in 1966 beneath the UNDP program to cater to the necessity of an outsized variety of technicians. the actual stress was on manufacturing plant and Forge technology to satisfy the demand of trained workforce within the primary metal producing sectors like automobile, serious engineering, machine, and part producing, etc. 2 fastidiously designed advanced certificate courses, particularly manufacturing plant and Forge technology were offered.  In view to bucket along the information boundary, four M technical school programs were introduced within the core areas of manufacturing plant and Forge technology. later on, 2 B technical school programs, one in scientific discipline and Materials Engineering and different in producing Engineering, were introduced to strengthen the core framework of manufacturing plant. 

Location:

The Institute is settled on the southern boundary of Ranchi on the Ranchi - Chaibasa road regarding ten Kms. from Ranchi train depot and regarding half dozen kms. from Ranchi aerodrome. Ranchi is found at very little over 600-meter height higher than suggests that water level, and contains a terribly moderate and pleasant climate throughout the year