Dumkal Polytechnic was established in 2002 by Basantapur Education Society (a non-profiting social welfare organization) founded by Dr. Nazrul Islam IPS & a well-known litterateur of Bengali prose fiction and short story today. Besides Dumkal Polytechnic, the society has established a Degree Engineering College (Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology), a General Degree College, a Model School & a Primary Teachers' Training Institute. The society is proceeding towards establishing a Degree Medical College for which it has prayed for NOC from the Govt. of West Bengal. Dumkal Polytechnic has been approved by AICTE and affiliated to the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education.