Criteria of selection of ITI as Centre of Excellence

The identification of ITIs within a State/UT is to be done by the State/UT Government, keeping in view the following guidelines:

• A cluster of specific category of industry like automobile, electronics, chemical, Information Technology etc should preferably be available in the surrounding areas of the selected ITIs.

• Academic, administrative, financial and management autonomy will have to be provided to the selected ITIs for upgradation as Centres of Excellence.

• The selected ITI should have constituted/ constitute Institute Management Committees in order to create a public-private partnership model for implementing the scheme.

• The selected ITI should have proper surroundings, sufficient area for landscaping, well constructed buildings with adequate space for additions/alterations and other infrastructural facilities. The institute should be well connected by road / railway station.