Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
DRONE SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING INITIATIVES
Posted On:
25 MAR 2026 2:50PM by PIB Delhi
The Directorate General of Training (DGT), under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has taken the initiative to introduce various courses in the field of Drone technology to develop skilled workforce in this emerging field. With a view to further strengthen this initiative and promote wider adoption of drone applications, DGT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) for providing drone pilot training under the PM “Drone Sakhi Yojna” in co-ordination with Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Ministry of Rural Development. Also, the National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Ramanthapur, Hyderabad has been authorised as Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to impart remote pilot training.
In order to ensure the affordable access to drone training, the Directorate General of Training (DGT),has startedcourses in‘Drone Technician’ and ‘Drone Pilot (Junior)’ under Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for the youth across the country.
Detail of these programs is placed in Annexure-I.
Annexure- I
State wise list of courses offered in NSTIs:
|
Sl.No.
|
State
|
Name of Institute
|
Trade
|
Sanctioned Seats
|
|
1
|
Kerala
|
NSTI Calicut
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
2
|
Odisha
|
NSTI Bhubaneswar
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
3
|
Punjab
|
NSTI Ludhiana
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
4
|
Tamil Nadu
|
NSTI Chennai
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
5
|
Telangana
|
NSTI-Ramanthapur,Hyderabad
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
6
|
Telangana
|
NSTI-Ramanthapur,Hyderabad
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
48
|
|
7
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
NSTI(W) Noida
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
State wise/UT-wise list of courses offered in ITIs:
|
Sl.No.
|
State
|
Name of Institute
|
Trade
|
Sanctioned Seats
|
|
1
|
Chandigarh
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
2
|
Gujarat
|
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE,VAGHODIYA(Government)
|
Drone Pilot (Junior)
|
48
|
|
3
|
Jharkhand
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
4
|
Jharkhand
|
Govt ITI Deoghar
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
5
|
Jharkhand
|
Govt ITI Govindpur
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
Jharkhand
|
GOVT ITI,MADHUPUR(DEOGHAR)
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
8
|
Jharkhand
|
Women Govt ITI,Khunti
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
GOVT DIVISIONAL ITI, JABALPUR
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
10
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Govt.Divisional ITI Indore, MP
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
11
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Gyanodaya Private Industrial Training Institute
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
12
|
Odisha
|
Gopa Bandhu Govt.ITI
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
13
|
Odisha
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Berhampur
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
14
|
Odisha
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Bhubaneswar
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
15
|
Odisha
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Bolangir
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
16
|
Odisha
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Cuttack
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
17
|
Odisha
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Phulbani
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
18
|
Odisha
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Rourkela
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
19
|
Odisha
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Talcher
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
20
|
Odisha
|
Govt.Industrial Training Institute,Balasore
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
21
|
Odisha
|
Govt.Industrial TrainingInstitute,Dhenkanal
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
22
|
Odisha
|
Govt.Industrial Training Institute,Hinjlicut
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
23
|
Odisha
|
Govt.Industrial Training Institute,Rayagada
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
24
|
Odisha
|
Technical Training Institute,Takatpur
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
24
|
|
25
|
Puducherry
|
Government Industrial Training Institute for Men, Puducherry
|
Drone Technician
|
24
|
|
26
|
TamilNadu
|
Government Industrial Training Institute,North Chennai
|
Drone Pilot (Junior)
|
48
|
|
27
|
TamilNadu
|
Government Industrial Training Institute, Coimbatore
|
Drone Pilot (Junior)
|
48
|
|
28
|
Telangana
|
Govt.Industrial Training Institute for Girls
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
29
|
Telangana
|
Rajiv Gandhi Industrial Training Centre
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
30
|
Dadraand Nagar
Haveli and DamanandDiu
|
GOVT.INDUSTRIALTRAININGINSTITUTE, DAMAN
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
31
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute Durgapur Muchipara
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
32
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute Gariahat
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
33
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute Kalyani
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
48
|
|
34
|
West Bengal
|
Gov tIndustrial Training Institute Midnapore
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
35
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute Siliguri
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
48
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Hooghly(Sahaganj)
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
|
37
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Howrah Homes
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
48
|
|
38
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Malda
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
48
|
|
39
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Purulia
|
Drone Pilot(Junior)
|
48
|
|
40
|
West Bengal
|
Govt Industrial Training Institute,Tollyganj
|
Drone Technician
|
48
|
This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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