Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Govt. Polytechnic, Port Blair was established in the year 1984, and the Second Govt. Polytechnic was established in the year 1989. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Govt. Polytechnic is a premier technical education and training institute in the islands. This institute is the first Govt. Diploma level institution in the country to get ISO 9001 Quality System Certification. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Govt. Polytechnic is engaged in carrying out original research of significance and technology development at the cutting edge. It imparts training to students so that they become competent and motivated engineers and scientists. The Institute celebrates freedom of thought, cultivates vision and encourages growth, but also includes human values and concern for the environment and the society.

  The Institute awards Diploma, Trade Diploma and Post Diploma in various branches of technology , science and others diversified areas. It has been making special efforts to recruit talented faculty on a world-wide basis and to admit bright students from all over the Andaman Nicobar Islands. Presently the Institute has about 667 Diploma ,99 BE and 1418 students under TVET , 34 regular faculties, and more than 100 supporting staffs. It has one of the finest scientific & technological library with an online information retrieval system over the campus LAN.