Notice:  Rescheduling of ToT-Pedagogy and ToT-Soft Skills Courses;-   ToT-Soft Skills Course(14.07.2025 to 25.07.2025) has been preponed to 7th July 2025(from 07.07.2025 to 18.07.2025);    ToT-Pedagogy Course(14.07.2025 to 18.07.2025) has been rescheduled to (from 07.07.2025 to 11.07.2025) Training Registrations are now Open;       Public Notice: Suggestions from Industries, ITIs, Trade experts are invited for ITI curriculum revision

Welcome
To
Central Staff Training
And
Research Institute

 

Shri Jayant Chaudhary
Hon'ble Minister of State(Independent Charge)

The Central Staff Training and Research Institute (CSTARI) was established in the year 1968 by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment, DGE&T in collaboration with the Govt. of the Federal Republic of Germany. CSTARI is  a premier institute with a sprawling campus of approximately 16 acres located in the biggest IT hub of eastern part of the country at Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata. From April 2015 CSTARI is under Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

The various operational activities are executed by two different wings – namely Research and Training, and spread across Crafts Man training, Craft Instructor training, Modular Employable Skills & CoE.

Activities of Research Wing are:

Develop curricula as per outcome based format and align the same with National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) for different flagship schemes of DGT viz., CTS, ATS & CITS and revise the same on continuous basis.

To build capacity of stake holders engaged in delivery of skill training.

Conduct Training on Pedagogy for Instructors of ITI and other vocational training institutes.

Conduct Training on NSQF for better implementation of outcome based curricula. The training wing of CSTARI is entrusted with the responsibility to conduct NSQF training for Master Trainers of NSTIs across the country and also “Induction Training Programme” for newly inducted ISDS cadre officials recruited through Indian Engineering Services.