Inspired by the noble cause of education and philanthropic zeal, a group of twenty-two like minded industrialists in Kolkata established in 1990 the Kalyan Bharti Trust (KBT), a public charitable foundation, to promote and provide higher education in the country and in State of West Bengal, in particular. To achieve KBT's objective, The Heritage School (THS) and Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT-K) were set up in 2001, while The Heritage Academy (THA) came up in 2007. Management Education Centre of HIT-K, which is accredited by NBA, has been accorded an independent status by AICTE as Heritage Business School (HBS) in 2013.

HIT-K was set up with a view to creating a Centre of Excellence in technical education in Eastern India. The aim is to be a leader in technical education in the country and to be at par with the best in the world. Since inception, HIT-K has been fortunate to attract the best possible faculty and has created one of the finest infrastructures available in West Bengal. All its eligible B.Tech Programmes are accredited by NBA and it has been granted autonomous status by UGC w.e.f. AY 2014-15. There are further expansion plans which are intended to be implemented in phases to elevate the status of this Institute to that of a Private University. A harmonious integration of valued traditions with modern outlook is the guiding pronciple behind the development of academic environment that constitutes the basic philosophy of the Institute.