NCVT NEW ITI Affiliation Norms 2025

How to Start New ITI

Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) are training institutes which offer range of vocational/skill training courses covering a large number of economic sectors with an objective to provide skilled workforce to the industry as well as selfemployment of youth. They provide post-school technical as well as vocational training courses leading to lifelong career in one or two year skill courses. These institutes are set up under Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India.

Government Industrial Training Institutes are government-run training organizations and Private Industrial Training Centers are privately run equivalents. These institutes are affiliated to National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and run training programme under Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS). National Trade Certificate (NTC) is awarded to successful trainees of NCVT affiliated trades of ITIs. NTC enjoys National/ international recognition for purpose of employment/ self employment.

How to Open New ITI

An online mechanism has been established to enable the applicant Institutions. This detail out the various requirements for affiliation and accreditation as applicant proceeds for filling up the application form. It will also help in doing self-assessment by an Institute. The various requirements like infrastructure, tools and equipment, staff strength, power requirement etc. are detailed in application form.

The applications will be processed on a first come first serve basis. Audit trail shall be available for verifying date and time of application submitted by applicants. Applicant shall pay the requisite fee for processing of application and physical inspection visits to State Directorate.

An ITI can be started with a minimum of four trades, offering at least one unit in both the first and second shifts. Applicants have the flexibility to choose any combination of long-term NCVET-approved CTS trades.

As per NCVT latest iti affiliation norms 2025, Accreditation/Affiliation will be completed in 2 stages

Stage-I: Stage-I application of the affiliation process pertains to the submission of basic details by the applicant for establishing a new ITI. This stage involves providing essential information about the applicant entity, proposed institute details, land particulars, and the trades / units for which affiliation is sought.

Stage-II: The applicant shall fill and submit the Stage-II application form, providing essential information on the availability and readiness of civil infrastructure, electrical power supply, and trade-specific machinery and equipment.

Accreditation and Affiliation Process under Norms 2025

The affiliation process for setting up a new ITI/MSTI or adding Trades/Units in existing ITIs is outlined below.

Flow Chart of Accreditation and Affiliation Process For New ITI

The various stages of the accreditation and affiliation process are illustrated through a flowchart given below to facilitate better clarity and understanding of the procedural steps involved.

The guidelines of videography by the ITI applicant are as under:
• Duration of videography must be at least 30 minutes. Videography shall be carried out in proper
lighting condition.
• The video should not be in parts. One single video clip of site visit should be sent to State Directorate.
• The video shall be geo-tagged and time stamped.
• Videography must be in CD or DVD and should be of very good quality. It must cover the assessors
carrying out assessment of infrastructure of institute

• Besides this, it must cover walk through video of all infrastructural facilities
• It must show sequence along with signage in following manner:
• Approach road leading to ITI gate and access road from ITI gate to ITI building
• Plot’s signboard
• Institute’s signboard
• Front view, around the building, elevation and back view of institute
• Full view of classrooms, workshops and IT lab
• View of roof of the workshops
• View of the floor of the workshops, classrooms, drawing hall
• View of Administrative areas
• View of Amenities areas
• Views of circulation area details highlighting entrance lobby, passages, escalators, staircases and
other common areas

• All the machineries, equipment and tools in working conditions
• Meter connection
• The video should focus on grouting of machineries, installation, wiring, safety measures,running
condition and the engraving on all the tools costing more than Rs 10,000/-
• In the case of existing ITIs, videography must cover the workshops of new trade/unit sought for
affiliation as well as for the existing one for that particular affiliated trade/unit

• Entities eligible to apply for opening an ITI must belong to one of the following categories::

  i. A Society, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; or A Trust, registered under
  the Indian Trust Act, 1882 as amended from time to time or any other relevant Acts
  ii. Private/Public Limited Companies
  iii. Sole Proprietary Companies
  iv. Private Institution/Individuals
  v. Public Sector Undertakings
  vi. Central or State Government / UT Administrations
  

• Land Documents
• Organization PAN Card
• BCC
• Fire & Safety Certificate
• Tools Bill & Other Bills
• Electricity Documents
• Resolutions
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