Western Provincial Information Technology Resource Development Institution was established on 2000.02.03 under the Statute, No. 06 of 2000 of the Information Technology Resource Development to use the information and data efficiently and effectively, to carry out the functions and tasks of the subjects assigned to the Western Provincial Council, to regulate and expand the development of analysis of systems and methods, the IT education and the activities related to that, to provide the benefits of the IT development for the people and to arrange the provisions for the matters relevant to that. The Institution was brought under purview of the Western Provincial Ministry of Education, Cultural & Arts, Sports & Youth Affairs & Information Technology with effect from 2015.09.18 and under the provisions of the Statute, No. 01 of 2017 of the Information Technology Resource Development in the Western Province, the Institution had been established with more powers under the name of Western Provincial Information Technology Resource Development Authority with effect from 2017.09.12.