The foundation stone of this institute was laid in the year 1962 by the then distinguished industrialist respected Late Shri Sudhir Kumar Sen(founder of Raleigh Cycle) in the outskirts of Asansol with the aim of imparting education among the children of this localities. Shri Sen established Kanyapur Education Society under the umbrella of which a technical education institute was established on 16th July,1965 named as Sudhir Sen Polytechnic. At that time three years diploma course of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering were stated. After few years this institute offered four years Licencing course in Mechanical Engineering (LME) and Electrical Engineering(LEE). After thirteen years of its inception this polytechnic was undertaken by Government of West Bengal on 17th May 1979. Since then this technical institute name is Kanyapur Polytechnic & Honourable Shri B.Bari was the first principle of this govt polytechnic. Diploma in Computer Science & Technology started in 2007.