Overview

• The programme adopts a hub-and-spoke model with ITIs Pusa, Shahdara and Mangolpuri guiding up to four spoke campuses each on upgrades, faculty development and industry linkages.
• DTTE is named the nodal agency for implementation, and officials said the plan follows the Union government’s ITI upgradation framework.
• New modules will cover AI, robotics, EV maintenance and green energy, with smart classrooms, simulation labs, blended learning and mandatory internships.
• Centres of Excellence are planned at ITIs Dheerpur, Mayur Vihar and Pusa to train students in industrial automation, robotics and advanced welding.
• Officials outlined apprenticeship-linked degree pathways at DSEU and DTU, quarterly fairs with a ₹1,000 stipend top-up for women and persons with disabilities, mobile skilling vans with VR welding and solar rigs, and proposed governance via industry SPVs with possible ADB and World Bank co-financing.