GKD Institute for Technological Resources (GKDITR) was established in the year 1997 by the Late Dr.D.Jayavarthanavelu, Former Chairman of Lakshmi Machine Works Limited (LMW), as a unit of the GKD Charity Trust, Coimbatore.

LMW is a diverse business group based in South India having interests in Textile Machinery, Machine Tools, Foundry Castings etc.,