Introduction

Department of Training & Technical Education, Government of India, in its endeavor to provide technical and skilled manpower suited to various needs of industry , is implementing Craftsman Training Scheme to impart training in technological and industrial skills through Industrial Training Institutes spread all over India. The Craftsman training scheme was introduced by Government of India in 1950 to ensure a steady flow of skilled workers in different trades for the domestic industry, to raise quantitatively and qualitatively the industrial production through systematic training, to reduce unemployment among the educated youth by providing them employable training, to cultivate and nurture a technical and industrial attitude in the minds of younger generation. The scheme is vital in the field of vocational training, as it has been shaping Craftsman to meet the existing as well as future manpower needs through the vast network of ITIs in the Country.