National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) are premier vocational training institutions operated under the Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India. The primary objective of NSTIs is to impart instructor training for Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country, thereby strengthening the national vocational training ecosystem.
This institute was established in 1982 as the Model Industrial Training Institute (MITI) at Choudwar, Cuttack, within the campus of the Institute of Textile Technology, a Government of Odisha institution and renamed as National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Bhubaneswar in the year 2018-19.
The visual chronological journey of NSTI Bhubaneswar as follows,
At present NSTI Bhubaneswar, Odisha is functioning from two locations i.e. located at Choudwar and Mancheswar and the main campus of NSTI Plus Bhubaneswar is under construction at Padanpur, Jatni, besides NISER Bhubaneswar.
In recognition of its robust infrastructure, academic excellence, and industry-aligned training delivery, National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Bhubaneswar. has been selected as a National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) by the Government of India under the PM-SETU Scheme, reaffirming its role as a leading institution for advanced skill development, instructor training, and future-ready workforce creation.