Telangana : In the quest to revamp and reinvigorate India’s ITI ecosystem, Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) has recently given a new entity to the ITIs, which is in line with his plans of modernisation and up-gradation of these institutes. This was announced at the recently held India Skills Competition 2016 in New Delhi, which was the nation’s biggest skill based competition.

This is the next big step of the Ministry of Skill Development after it received a funding of 1612.5 crore ($268.5 million) from the World Bank to revamp government-run vocational education schools and industrial institutes (ITIs) and address quality concerns by implementing ISO 29990 certification, audits and ratings. The total outlay of the project amounts to 3225 crore ($ 537 million).

“India will see a paradigm shift in the way ITIs have been functioning in the country till now. For the first time in 67 years, we have designed and unveiled a logo for the ITIs. There was no logo so far. We are ensuring that our industrial institutes turn into world class centre of excellence for skill training with global best practices,” he further added.

“We are adding new ITIs, up-grading the existing ones, standardising them; and at the same we are empowering them with the best of technology solutions so that they become state of the art institutes for skill training, for our youth. Over the next one year, the capacity of ITIs will further enhanced from 18.5 lakhs to 25 lakhs and over 5000 new ITIs will be opened.” he said. Industrial Training Institutes play a vital role in in upscaling the economy of the country especially in terms of providing skilled manpower and have been in service to the nation in terms of providing training since 1956.

An MoU has been signed between MSDE and Indian Space Research Organisation on a national-wide space-based distance-learning program. This partnership is will cover 2300 ITIs and 31 Advance Training Institutes across the country in the first phase of implementation and will help scale up skill training initiatives at a rapid rate.

MSDE also signed an MoU with National Institute of Open Schooling under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development. This partnership will create vertical and horizontal mobility pathways between the formal and vocational education streams, giving ITI graduates the opportunity to pursue formal education, if they choose to do so.

The anniversary of Skill India also witnessed “Respect for Skills” in the true sense of the word when for the first time in the history of India, a felicitation ceremony was held recognising the best ITI and also underscoring the contribution of the best principal and the best Instructor from different States.

Industrial Training Institutes of 19 States were awarded on basis of best placements given to their students.

“This is to bring in a healthy competitive spirit across the ITIs in the country so that they compete to become the best. This would be an annual ceremony and we hope both government and private ITIs participate in it to showcase their best practices and the quality education they impart. We will soon be doing a convocation ceremony of the ITI students once this batch gets completed and finished exams,” Shri Rudy added.

In Telangana, Government ITI Women, Shivaji Nagar, Nizamabad won the award for the best institute in the State and Shri K. Ram Mohan Rao, Principal, of ITI Women, Shivaji Nagar, Nizamabad, won the award for the best principal

State wise List of nominated Principal instructor and ITI for felicitation on the occasion of the “World Youth Skills Day” 15th– 17^th July 2016

S.    No.	Name of State/UT	Best
		Industrial Training Institute	Name  of Principal Shri/M.s	Name of Instructor/Senior instructor Shri/M.s / and his trade
1	Kerala	Government  ITI Kalpetta	Vasudevan. P   Government ITI Kalpetta	Jeevan Johns. Government ITI Kalpetta   Mechanical Diesel
2	Uttar Pradesh	Government  ITI, Sultanpur	Rajkumar Yadav, Government  ITI, Sultanpur	Jai  Prakash Upadhyay,   Government ITI, Hardoi   Gas and Electric
3	Punjab	Government ITI Patiala	Varinder Kumar Bansal, Government ITI, Patiala	–   –
4	Gujarat	Government ITI, Maninagar, Ahmedabad	N. R. Oza Principal, Govt. ITI Maninagar, Ahmedabad	D. P. Gurjar, ITI, Tarsali   Fitter
5	Himachal Pradesh	Davinder Singh, Principal Government  ITI, Mandi (H.P)	S.K Lakhanpal, Principal Government ITI,Shahpur,	Shashikant , Government ITI Shamshi, Distt Kullu   Motor Mechanic Vehicle
6	Goa	Government  ITI . Borda, Margao Goa	Edwin Fernandes Principal, Margao Govt ITI, Borda, Margao Goa	Dipchand Sancoalkar, Sesa Private ITI, Sankhali – Goa Instrument Mechanic
7	Lakshadweep	Government ITI Kavaratti	Ar.D.A.Sadiqu Ali, Principal, Government ITI Kavaratti	C.M.Pookunhikoya) Government ITI Kavaratti        Stenographer & Secretarial Assistant
8	Mizoram	Government  ITI , Aizawl	Lalmuanawma Principal, Govt. ITI, Aizawl	Lalduhawma, Govt. ITI, Aizawl     Electrician
9	Haryana	Government  ITI , Hisar	Sushil Kumar,  Govt. Industrial Training Institute Hisar	Rajpal, Hisar   Fitter
10	Bihar	Government  ITI , Dighaghat, Patna	Rajkumar Thakur, Principal, Govt ITI, Dighaghat, Patna	Mangla Charan, Govt. ITI, Dighaghat, Patna   Machinist
11.	Delhi	Government  ITI , Pusa, Delhi	Lok Pal, Govt. ITI, Pusa	Gursharan Singh Govt. ITI , Pusa   Fitter
12.	Uttrakhand	Government  ITI boys Kashipur ( Udham singh Nagar)	J.S.Jalal,, Government  ITI boys Kashipur ( Udham singh Nagar)	G.D.Sharma, Government  ITI boys Kashipur)   Electrician
13.	Assam	–	–	Jagadish Doley Govt. ITI Gargaon   Mechanic Diesel
14	Rajasthan	Government  ITI, Jodhpur	Shri Dilip Singh Rathore, principal Government  ITI, Jodhpur	Sanjeev Kumar Government  ITI, Jodhpur   Fitter
15	Jharkhand	ITI Dhanbad	Shri Dalbir Singh Bhaouria, Principal, ITI Dhanbad	Shri Amit Anand Kachhap, ITI Dhanbad   Engineering Drawing
16	Karnataka	Government ITI Peenya, Bangalore	Shri Chidanand Bake, Principal, Govt. ITI Belgaum(W)	Smt. Suhasini, Government ITI Hosur Rd, Bangalore – 560029 Electronic Mechanic
17	Telangana	Government ITI Women, Shivaji Nagar, Nizamabad .	Shri K. RamMohan Rao, Principal, Government ITI Women, Shivaji Nagar, Nizamabad	Shri A. Venkat Reddy, Government ITI Kothagudem   Electrician
18	Orissa	Government ITI, Berhampur	Dr Rajat Kumar Panigrahi Government ITI, Berhampur	Shri S.K. Pradhan, ATO Mechanic Motor Vehicle   Shri SSN Acharya,   Painter
19	West Bengal	Government ITI,Howrah,WB	Shri Siddhart Bose	Subrata Polley,Howrah Home,West Bengal   Machinist

 

A few other highlights for the ITI ecosystem are:

1. Long Term skill development courses (ITIs) being provided with academic equivalence with formal education, through bridge courses – Two-year ITI course could soon be equivalent to Class 12

 

1. AICTE has permitted to run ITI courses in 500 polytechnics across the country

 

1. ITI up-gradation in North East

 

1. 1409 Women ITIs existing

 

1. Flexi MoUs will be allowed to industries to take advantage of various schemes under DGT, for conducting training programmes in high potential areas along with assurance of minimum

 

1. As many as 1500 new ITIs have been established, evenly spread across the length and the breadth of the country, specializing in imparting industry-oriented skills. Model Skill Development Centres (MSDCs) in 27 sectors are also being set up. These will be entrusted with research and development activities in specific sectors, and to deal with all elements of skill development and employability.

 

1. Quality Control of India (QCI) has been introduced in the accreditation mechanism of ITIs and SDCs. QCI ensures that adequate training infrastructure, as per set standards, is available before recommending the Government’s affiliation to an ITI.

 

1. Efforts have been initiated to provide online learning material to both trainees and trainers. Special emphasis has been given on the training of trainers and assessors. Central field institutes of the MSDE have been entrusted with the job of expanding and delivering as per demand.

 

1. As of 31 March, 2016, over 1661 qualifications from both the NSDC and ITI ecosystems have been already been aligned to NSQF. By December 2016, all government skill training programmes will be NSQF aligned.