ITI admission in India: how the process works, what trades to consider, and where to apply

Industrial Training Institutes admit roughly fourteen lakh trainees per year across more than 130 trades. Admission is state-managed, usually through a counselling process held annually between June and August. Eligibility is typically Class 8 or Class 10 pass, depending on the trade. The Electrician, Fitter, and Computer Operator and Programming Assistant trades are the largest by admission volume nationally.

YouthPower tracks 33 schemes in this category, of which 2 are central government programmes and 31 are state government programmes.

What to look for when applying

Choose between government and private ITIs — government ITIs charge nominal fees, private ITIs charge ten to fifty thousand per year. Check whether the ITI is NCVT-affiliated; only NCVT-affiliated trades issue the National Trade Certificate that employers recognise.

Named examples

• Craftsmen Training Scheme (Central · training · Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship)
  The scheme aims to ensure steady flow of skilled workers in different trades for domestic industry and reduce unemployment among educated youth. It provides systematic vocational training through Industrial Training Institutes and National Skill Training Institutes across India.
• Skill Loan Scheme (Central · loan · Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship)
  A Skill loan scheme by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to provide loan upto Rs. 1,50,000 to student who has secured admission in a course run by Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), Polytechnics or in a school recognized by Central or State education Boards or in a college affil
• "Advance / High Skill Training" Component of the "Development of Industries" Scheme (State · training)
  The scheme aims to enhance the skill of those who have completed the basic training and are interested in advanced training in their trade or the candidates having technical qualifications willing to undergo some special high skilled training to start their ventures or to get suitable employment.
• Award Of Stipend To VJNT And SBC Students Studying In ITI (State · scholarship)
  The Government of Maharashtra launched a scheme that provides to encourage Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes (V.J.N.T.) & Special Backward Class (S.B.C.) students and promote the interest in Technical education.
• Awas Sahayta Yojana for 100% Hearing and Visually Impaired Disabled Students in Special Trades of Industrial Training Institutes (State · subsidy)
  The scheme aims to ensure qualitative admission and enable 100% hearing and visually impaired students to obtain high-quality technical education free from economic constraints. It provides housing assistance and expenses for food and accommodation, up to ₹4,000/- to PwD Students.
• Development of Industrie-Training Scheme (State · training)
  The Government of Puducherry introduced the Scheme Development Of Industries-Training Scheme for the candidates to develop their skills to enable them to start their own ventures or to get suitable employment opportunity by sponsoring to selected short term trades.
• Financial Assistance for Education- Haryana Silicosis Board (State · scholarship)
  Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹5,000/- to ₹12,000/- per year is given to the children of workers who are suffering from silicosis as confirmed by the Silicosis Diagnosis Board, Haryana.
• Financial Assistance for Studies (BBOCWWB) (State · scholarship)
  The scheme is implemented by the Bihar Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Labour Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar. Under this scheme, educational financial support is provided to the children of registered workers who have been members of the Board for at least one year.
• Fitter Training to Hearing Impaired Persons (State · training)
  The scheme "Fitter Training to Hearing Impaired Persons" was launched by the Department for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Government of Tamil Nadu. The scheme aims to give fitter training to the hearing-impaired candidates at the ITI, Guindy for two years and a stipend of ₹300 per month.
• KALIA Scholarship (State · scholarship)
  The objective of the scheme is to extend financial assistance to the children of the beneficiaries under KALIA for pursuing Professional/Technical courses in the State of Odisha.
• Maintenance Allowance To Backward Class Students Under Training In Sainik Schools (State · other)
  The scheme “Maintenance Allowance to Backward Class Students Under Training in Sainik School” is a Scholarship Scheme by the Social Justice and Special Assistance Department, Government of Maharashtra.
• Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme (State · scholarship)
  The scheme “Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme” was launched by the Department of Social Welfare & Women Empowerment, Government of Tamil Nadu.

The most active ministries in this category are Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship.

States with the highest number of dedicated state-government schemes in this category are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Puducherry, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, All, Haryana, Tamil Nadu.

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