IITians for ITIs
A PanIIT program
for driving excellence in technical training in India
To Improve standard of living of the people of India
what if
IITians around the world could partner
with Training Institutions and Industry
to transform the landscape of technical training in India…?
ITIs -- Industrial Training Institutes
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http://paniit.team-for-iti.org

Shortage of skilled technicians is an obstacle
for India’s growth.
Manufacturing
Infrastructure
Services
Industrial Training Institutes
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Pan IIT - IITians for ITI Program

IITians have embarked upon driving
excellence in technical training in India.
Over 180 IITian members
Pilot Projects at ITIs
Blue Book
Since
PanIIT
2006
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Pan IIT - IITians for ITI Program

ITIs have the mandate to train the technicians …..
but most are considered lackluster institutes.
Weak
Outdated
Institutional
Curricula
Framework
Uneven quality
Inadequate
Infrastructure
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Pan IIT - IITians for ITI Program

With IITians’ drive for excellence, ITIs will improve their
quality and train a stream of highly skilled technicians
Relevant Curricula
Quality Infrastructure
Institutionalized Excellence
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Pan IIT - IITians for ITI Program

IITians around the world will partner to transform
the landscape of technical training in India.
Global brand
 Volunteer driven
Relevant Skills
 Nation wide
 Long term Broad Impact
Industry
ITI s
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Pan IIT - IITians for ITI Program

IITians around the world have the ideas, expertise,
contacts, reach and resources.
Pilot project to introduce
a new course
IITians for
Get
ITI at xxx Advisory requirements f or a
group new course f rom the
industry
Joint development of
. Institute Management Committee (IMC)
Community colleges
curriculum by the advisory
IITians for ITIs
. board and the ITI principal
.
and instructors
Curriculum development
. Project Components Instructor’s training in
. New course
E-mail: akmathur@yahoo.com Requirement
.
conducting the course
.  ITI to of f er the course
URL: http://paniit.team-for-iti.org
. ITI Sponsor and the instructors train the
.
students
Local
Principal  Local industry to
. Industry
Training provide apprenticeship to
IIT Alumni to support the Principal of the ITI
 Instructors the qualif ying students
Quality

Help align the syllabus Apprenticeship
 with the industry requirements
 Government Pilot project: introduce a
improvement new course at an ITI based
Raise funds for equipment and teaching aids
 State/Central on the needs of the local
Students industry
Directorate of Training
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IIT Alumni to personally and remotely mentor the ITI

instructors
Mentoring
Scholarships/sponsorships for ITI instructors

Krishan Khanna
IIT Alumni to sponsor ITI students to participate in the

national/international competitions for skill standards and
Excellence
iWatch
performance benchmarks e.g. WorldSkills Competitions
promotion
Support for acquiring certificates with international

recognition
IITians for ITIs Alok Verma
Professor, ODU
–
Business Plan
2007-9
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Both the industry and government are
supportive of our program.
Support from the relevant
central government ministry
Central government funding to
upgrade 300 ITIs this year
$0.5m per ITI
Sharda Prasad,
Director General
Directorate of Employment and Training
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Both the industry and government are
supportive of our program.
Close cooperation from CII
(Confederation of Indian Industry)
Joint projects: Blue Book & Skills India 2020
Industry participation in the
management of the ITIs
under PPP scheme
Gen. S.S.Mehta,
Director General, CII
CII is a non-government premier business association with a direct membership
of over 6300 organizations
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PPP – Public-Private Partnership

IITians around the world are excited
about improving the quality of ITIs.
Over 180 IITian Industry – CxOs & middle-level
members IAS officers
IT & Quality professionals
Recently retired
Recent graduates
All campuses
Business consultants
Diverse batches
Professors
Diverse background
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IITians around the world are excited
about improving the quality of ITIs.
Program Industry – CxOs & middle-level
leadership IAS officers
IT & Quality professionals
Recently retired
Rear Admiral R.M.Bhatia
Program President – India
Ex- Chairman, Mazagaon Docks
Recent graduates
Business consultants
Professors
Ray Mehra
Program President – USA
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President, PanIIT Midwest chapter

IITians will partner with the ITIs and the
industry to help solve problems holistically
Excellence Sustainability
Pragmatism
Fairness?
Autonomy?
Risk?
Apathy ?
Conflict of interest ?
Demotivated?
Arrogance?
Ignorance?
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Industry
ITI s

IITians will uphold the creed of quality
towards good educational governance.
Problems Some possible solutions
• Advocacy
Autonomy? • Reach to higher echelons of government
• IITians as honest arbiter
Fairness? • Platinum/Gold/Silver industry partners
• Engaged & networked
Apathy? • Incentives to perform
Demotivated? • Incentives to learn and perform

IITians will help solve immediate
problems at the ITIs pragmatically.
Quality improvement
Support the Principal and Align the syllabus with the Raise funds for equipment
management of the ITI industry requirements and teaching aids
Mentoring
Personally and remotely mentor the ITI Provide Scholarships/sponsorships for ITI
instructors instructors
Excellence promotion
Sponsor ITI students for acquiring certificates
Sponsor ITI students for skill competitions
with international recognition

IITians will uphold a long term
commitment to quality and excellence.
Sustainable Resources/ Accreditation and
benchmarking
Infrastructure
ecosystem
• Demand • Identify the • Global
mapping Equipment and standards
trainer needed
• Curriculum
updated timely • Source it
through the
reach of IITians

IITians will prime the pump to develop a
sustainable ecosystem
Students Industry
Curricula
ITIs
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IITians will measure and monitor the impact on
partner ITIs in quantitative terms.
Earning
potential of Average salary
graduating
students
Relevant Curricula
% of students
Overall
Quality Infrastructure
getting
placement
rate relevant jobs
% of students
Quality of
ITIs with job offers
placement.
Institutionalized Excellence from the best
employers
Recognition % of applicants
as a
admitted as
premier
students
institute
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Can the ITIs train a stream of technicians who
can compete with the best in the world?
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Transforming ITIs will require IITians’ pursuit of
excellence and relentless drive for success.
Industry
ITI s
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Join hands with IITians in transforming the quality
of technical training at ITIs
Mentor the
• Select an ITI of your choice
management of • Drive the implementation and change program
an ITI
• Provide specialist input directly
Help update the • Leverage your industry network
training • Funnel the industry requirements about the
relevant skill set to the ITIs
program
Provide training • Share technical training material
• Provide expert trainers or facilities on loan to
resources drive up-skilling of ITI faculty
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Infrastructure to train
streams of
highly skilled
technicians for a
globally competitive
manufacturing sector.
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IITians for ITIs
A PanIIT program
for driving excellence in
technical training in India
Industry
ITI s
Driving excellence to transform the landscape of technical training in India
To join now, visit http://paniit.team-for-iti.org
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