K.L.N. College of Information Technology is the first engineering college on Information Technology in Madurai, started in 2001 by the munificence of philanthropists and well-wishers in Sourashtra Community which is a linguistic minority in Tamil Nadu. The college, a co-educational one, is sponsored by K.L.N. Sourashtra College of Engineering Council consisting of eminent industrialists and academicians lead by the pioneer Amarar Thiru K.L.N. Krishnan. It is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (A.I.C.T.E.), New Delhi and is affiliated to the Anna University, Chennai from the academic year 2001-02.

The college is situated in the south-eastern outskirts of Madurai, 12 km from city on the Madurai-Pottapalayam-Kusavapatti road and is juxtaposed to the K.L.N. College of Engineering. The sprawling campus has three massive three-storeyed main buildings consisting of large, airy classrooms provided with comfortable steel desks, spacious conference/seminar halls, staff rooms and students' rest rooms. The Principal's Room and Administrative Officeare located in the Main Block (Block-III). The infrastructure also consists of a single-storeyed building which houses the Workshop, Generator Room and a vast Canteen.