I.T.I Akot is a Government organization established in 1981 by G.R. No. Aug. 1981 TSA /1080/1761 / 28 (4585)T.E. dt.07/08/1981. with intake capacity of 112 seats in seven trades. At Present the institute have intake capacity of above 531 seats / year in 14 different trades of which Six Engineering trades & one Non-Engineering of one year durations , Seven trades of two year durations and 5 Courses of two months to four months duration under MES for Informal sector imparting vocational training in Akot. Institute is also declared as Centre of Excellence, Fabrication (fitting & welding) sector in the year 2008.

Effective industry institute linkage is essential to improve the relevance of training in the ITIs with the labour market needs. Institute Management Committee (IMC) is constituted with this objective also helps in minimizing the gap between expectation of industry and out put of the institute. Institute Management Committee provides the platform for closer interaction with the industry which is very vital for successful implementation of Vocational Training Programme.

Institute Management Committee consists of 05 members from industry including Chairman from industry and a member of industry association. 05 members are from government side which represents other important stake holder namely student representative, faculty representative, member from Employment Exchange and the Principal of the Institute.

Institute Management Committee is empowered for addition of new trade, deletion of obsolete trades, modification/revamping of syllabus, assessing requirement of the faculty training, student selection, staff selection, deciding on the machinery requirement and preparing specification for it, arranging workshop seminars and industrial visits, sanctioning the scholarship to the deserving eligible trainees, under taking revenue generation activities and donation of machinery equipments.

Source: http://www.dvet.gov.in/Download/WorldBank/WorldBankCOE/akota.html