Question : Skill Development Universities

(a) the details of the Skill Development Universities in the country;

(b) the details of other institutes apart from Universities situated in the country;

(c) the details of the States/UTs where these Universities and Institutes are located; and

(d) whether the Government proposes to open Skill Development Universities across the country, if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Punjab along with the status of budget sanctioned and approvals granted, if any?

Answer given by the minister

(a) to (c) As per the National Policy on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, National Skills Universities and institutes will be promoted in partnership with States as Centres of Excellence for Skill Development and training of trainers, either as de-novo institutions or as a part of existing university landscape. The details of Skill Development Universities in the country are placed at Annexure I.

Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2016-20, providing short term training to the youth through affiliated training centres and also promotes establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK). The State/UT wise list of training centres and PMKK established in the country is placed at Annexure II. Further, under the Long Term Training, there are 14494 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country with a seating capacity of 33.98 lakh. The details of the ITIs working in the country are placed at Annexure II. In addition, Craft instructors are trained in 34 Trades and the training is conducted in 33 National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs), 6 State Government Institute of Training of Trainers (IToT) and 12 Private Institute of Training of Trainers. The details of NSTI, State Government IToT and Private IToT are placed at Annexure III.

(d) No Sir, Government has no proposal at present to open Skill Development Universities across the country. However, in the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) meeting held on 29th July, 2016, it was decided that a model framework/guidelines be developed by MSDE as a guideline for the State Governments to adopt for setting up Skill Universities in their respective States. Subsequently, MSDE has formulated guidelines in consultation with stakeholders and existing Skills Universities to lay down minimum standards and bring uniformity in their functioning. The guidelines have been sent to University Grant commission (UGC) for implementation.



Annexure I

Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ No. 3443 to be answered on 15.07.2019 asked by SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL regarding ‘SKILL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITIES’.

List of Skill University across the country.

S. No. Name of University/Institute State
1. Institute of Leadership Development (RISU) Jaipur, Rajasthan
2. Team Lease University Gujarat
3. Haryana Vishwakarma Skills University Haryana
4. Bhartiya Skills Development University Rajasthan
5. Symbiosis Skills & Open University Pune & Indore
6. Seacom Skills University West Bengal

Annexure II

Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ No. 3443 to be answered on 15.07.2019 asked by SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL regarding ‘SKILL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITIES’.

Details of PMKVY Centres, PMKK and ITIs established across the country.

S. No. States/UTs PMKVY Centres PMKK ITIs
1. Andaman and Nicobar Island 6 1 3
2. Andhra Pradesh 351 21 505
3. Arunachal Pradesh 45 0 5
4. Assam 280 20 34
5. Bihar 424 43 1210
6. Chandigarh 37 1 2
7. Chhattisgarh 162 26 220
8. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 6 1 1
9. Daman and Diu 11 1 2
10. Delhi 344 6 52
11. Goa 18 1 13
12. Gujarat 358 32 484
13. Haryana 1003 23 390
14. Himachal Pradesh 224 10 249
15. Jammu and Kashmir 343 12 38
16. Jharkhand 145 22 268
17. Karnataka 205 34 1497
18. Kerala 241 9 442
19. Lakshadweep 0 0 1
20. Madhya Pradesh 899 45 1012
21. Maharashtra 469 34 931
22. Manipur 73 4 1
23. Meghalaya 37 3 6
24. Mizoram 61 0 3
25. Nagaland 35 2 2
26. Odisha 339 25 598
27. Puducherry 37 1 14
28. Punjab 637 24 354
29. Rajasthan 1324 33 1806
30. Sikkim 28 0 3
31. Tamil Nadu 888 28 475
32. Telangana 369 16 284
33. Tripura 126 2 19
34. Uttar Pradesh 1988 76 3132
35. Uttarakhand 238 13 184
36. West Bengal 376 41 254
Grand Total 12127 610 14494


Annexure III

Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ No. 3443 to be answered on 15.07.2019 asked by SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL regarding ‘SKILL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITIES’.

The details of National Skill Training Institute, State Government Institutes of Training of Trainers (IToT) and Private Institute of Training of Trainers(ITOT)
S.No. Name of the Institute State
1 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) Mumbai Maharashtra
2 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
3 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Kolkata West Bangal
4 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-V) Vidyanagar campus Hyderabad Telangana
5 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Chennai Tamil Nadu
6 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Ludhiana Punjab
7 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Jodhpur Gujarat
8 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Haldwani Uttarakhand
9 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), (erstwhile MITI) Calicut Kerala
10 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI),Bhubaneswar Odisha
11 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-R), Ramanthapur campus Hyderabad Telangana
12 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Dehradun Uttarakhand
13 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), campus –I Bengaluru Karnataka
14 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) Jamshedpur Jharkhand
15 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Noida Uttar Pradesh
16 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Indore Madhya Pradesh
17 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Mumbai Maharashtra
18 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Bangalore Karnataka
19 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Thiruvanthapuram Kerala
20 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Panipat Haryana
21 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
22 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Vadodara Gujarat
23 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Jaipur Rajasthan
24 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Tura Meghalaya
25 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Kolkata West Bengal
26 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W), Rajpura Punjab
27 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W) Shimla Himachal Pradesh
28 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W) Trichy Tamil Nadu
29 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W) Patna Bihar
30 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W) Agartala Tripura
31 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) AHI Bengaluru (Campus-II) Karnataka
32 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W) Goa Goa
33 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-W) Mumbai Maharashtra
State Government Institutes of Training of Trainers (IToT)
1 Govt. Institute of Training of Trainers(ITOT) affiliated under NCVT (Under administrative control of State Government), Govt. of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh
2 State Staff Training and Research Centre, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh
3 BijuPattnaik ITOT, Talcher
4 ITOT Davangare Govt. of Karnataka Karnataka
5 Govt. ITOT Haryana, Govt. of Haryana Haryana
6 Govt IToT Malavalli (Karnataka) Karnataka
Private Institute of Training of Trainers(ITOT) affiliated under NCVT:
1 SDM IToT, Haryana
2 Modern Pvt. IToT Himachal Pradesh
3 SBS IToT Haryana
4 S. Gita Ram IToT Haryana
5 Syadwad IToT Uttar Pradesh
6 Jain IToT Punjab
7 Saraswati IToT Punjab
8 Shivalik IToT Punjab
9 SR IToT Haryana
10 Khattuji IToT Punjab
11 BagarIToT Rajasthan
12 Centurion ITOT Odisha

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