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 6 Jharkhand Govt ITI Lokai, Koderma 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. *** SH (Release ID: 2244981) Visitor Counter : 569 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship DRONE SKILL DEV