Skilling Programmes on Drone Manufacturing

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has started five (5) short-term skilling programmes on drone manufacturing, repairing and maintenance.

The Government has started these short-term courses in 126 Industrial Training Institutes(ITIs) across 19 states in the country, out of which twelve (12) ITIs are in Maharashtra.

Short-term skilling programmes on drone manufacturing, repairing and maintenance

S.No.	Course Name	NSQF Level	Duration
1	Drone Service Technician	4	800 hours
2	Drone Manufacturing and Assembly Technician	4	800 hours
3	Drone Operator (Multi- Rotor)	4	800 hours
4	Kisan Drone	4	800 hours
5	Pesticide and Fertilizer Applicator	4	800 hours

Number of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) approved to run skilling programmes on drone manufacturing, repairing and maintenance

S.No	State Name	No. of Approved ITIs in Short-term Drone Courses
1	Andhra Pradesh	11
2	Arunachal Pradesh	5
3	Assam	14
4	Bihar	10
5	Chandigarh	1
6	Gujarat	20
7	Haryana	10
8	Jharkhand	10
9	Karnataka	0
10	Madhya Pradesh	0
11	Maharashtra	12
12	Manipur	1
13	Meghalaya	2
14	Mizoram	3
15	Odisha	0
16	Punjab	6
17	Telangana	0
18	Uttar Pradesh	15
19	Uttarakhand	6
	Total	126

This information stated above has been taken from PIB from a written reply given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the Lok Sabha recently