In an attempt to impart employable skills to the local youth, Cummins decided to adopt the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Phaltan and upgrade it to a Center of Excellence. This ensures better facilities for students and faculty as well as assures the availability of high quality technicians to the industries being set up in and around Phaltan.

The program aims to:

• Provide design assistance in upgrading the infrastructure
• Provide training on soft skills to students and faculty
• Increase institute and industry interaction
• Improve gender participation, etc.
• Discussions are also on with the DVET (Director of Vocational Education and Training) to identify ways to impart vocational training to ITI candidates. This project will be implemented over a period of four years. This is the only Govt. run Trade School present in Phaltan, situated about 10 kms from the Cummins Megasite. About 210 students study in this school.

Approach and Efforts

As part of its efforts to improve communities in and around Phaltan, Cummins decided to step in to upgrade the infrastructure and develop students and faculty.

The project was broadly implemented in two phases:

Phase I

• Reactivate 'Institute Management Committee' (IMC)
• Add workshop equipment and create layout design
• Create power backup facility
• Create landscape for the institute
• Design and develop two new courses
• Increase diversity
• Devise a four-year development plan and master layout

Phase II

• Students' development
• Faculty development
• Introduce