PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur is a residential Institute set up by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The Institute offers interdisciplinary teaching and research programmes that integrate engineering design and manufacturing with information technology. The Institute is being nurtured and developed with the cooperation of Japan. Japan Government has formed a consortium of six Japanese universities and six industries to give academic support to the Institute.

The agreement to make every effort to collaborate the development of IIITDM Jabalpur was assigned between the two sides by the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, the Honourable Minister of Japan in April 2005. The discussion to rope in the Japanease Automobile Conglomerate and other industries in the consortium is in progress.