The Panchayati Raj Training Institute Mashobra was established as a Government Institute under the Panchayati Raj Department in the year 1978 by the Government of Himachal Pradesh. The Himachal Pradesh Government by the notification dated 31st July 1978 took over the Institute under its control and also shifted the campus to a place called Mashobra in District Shimla. Before 1978 it was run as an autonomous body at a place called Salogra in district Solan of Himachal Pradesh.