Industrial Training Institutes & "Industrial Training Centers" are training institute which provide training in technical field and constituted under Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGET), Ministry of Labour & Employment, Union Government of India.

Industrial Training Institutes (ITIsd) are government-run training organisations. Industrial Training Centres (ITCs) are privately-run equivalents.

They provide post-school technical training. In 2002 there were 1800 ITIs, providing 373 000 training places, and 2850 ITCs providing 305 000 places.

400 ITIs in India, covered under the scheme - Upgradation into Centers of Excellence Its a Vocational Training Improvement Project with World Bank Assistance.

Source: http://maiti.edu.in/about_us.php