His Excellency Sri Moolam Rama Varma Thirunal, the King of Trivancore has donated this land with an ancient building with 78 cent lands (Kottaram - which was once known as rest house of the King’s of Trivancore) for the Upliftment of Women in this locality through formal education in Weaving Trades
Vision
Once Nagercoil was the part of Trivancore province and it was very prominent in weaving industries and cater the needs of not only this district but also other states. Due to the weaning of this industry informally skilled laborers were migrated to Balaramapuram for their lively hoods Kerala Government formed a Society called HANTEX for the sustenance of this laborers to avert annihilation of this traditional trade
Mission
Now this trade is not available in this Govt ITI due to its unpopularity and this Unit was transferred to Govt ITI Coimbatore which is popular in that locality. This institute was handed over to Govt of TamilNadu after the integration of this district with Tamil Nadu and it was upgraded as full fledged SMRV Govt. I.T.I (W), Nagercoil with effect from 1/8/1982 vide G.O.Ms.No.1029 Labour and Employment Department dated 22-5-1982.
Contact
Pwd Road, Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari 629001
Tamil Nadu