Prior to the establishment of the The Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training, the Board was functioning as a wing under the Directorate, Technical Education and Industrial Training (Punjab) looking after both the examination and administrative aspects of different Polytechnics.
The Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training is an autonomous statutory authority created under
''The Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training 1992 Act'' for regulating and controlling academic standards in Institutes of Technical Education and for making admissions & conducting examinations in Polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes