National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) was set up in the name of Central Instructional Media Institute (CIMI) in Chennai in December 1986 by the Government of India as a Subordinate Office under Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) with the assistance from Government of Germany through GTZ (German Agency for Technical Co-operation) as the executing agency.
After the approval of the Cabinet for the Grant of Autonomous status to CIMI, the Institute was registered as a society on 1st April 1999 under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975. Since then, it is functioning as an Autonomous Institute under the Govt. of India, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Directorate General of Training (DGT), New Delhi.
As per the recommendation of the Governing Council in its 5th Meeting held on 29.06.2003 under the Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Union Labour Minister, the institute was renamed as National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) to reflect its National Character.
Objective
Vision
Mission
Governing Council
- The affairs of the society shall be administered, directed and controlled by Governing Council in accordance with its Rules and Regulations.
- The members of the Governing Council shall become ipso facto members of the society on their admission.
- The Governing Council shall have three categories of members representing the following:
| 1 | Ex-Officio Members |
| 2 | Institutional Members |
| 3 | The Director of the Society |
General Body
| 1 | Hon'ble Minister for Skill Development & Entrepreneurships | President | |
| 2 | Hon'ble MOS-Ministry of Sill Development & Entrepreneurship | Vice President | |
| 3 | Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship | Member | |
| 4 | Addl. Secretary, MSDE looking after NIMI | Member | |
| 5 | DG, DGT, MSDE | Member | |
| 6 | Addl. Secretary & Financial Advisor | Member | |
| 7 | Jt.Secretary, MSDE looking after NSDC | Member | |
| 8 | DDG(T), DGT | Member | |
| 9 | MD, NSDC | Member | |
| 10 | Director, CSTARI | Member | |
| 11 | Director, NCERT | Member | |
| 12 | Director, NITTTR, Chennai | Member | |
| 13 | Director, CFTI, Chennai | Member | |
| 14 | State Director | Member | On Rotation Basis |
| 15 | State Director | Member | |
| 16 | CEO, SSC | Member | On Rotation Basis |
| 17 | CEO, SSC | Member | |
| 18 | CEO, SSC | Member | |
| 19 | Eastern Region Dr.Mukti Mishra, President, Centurian University of Technology and Management, Chairman, Gram Tarang, Bhubaneshwar | Nominated Member | |
| 20 | Western Region Ms. Anita Rajan Representative of Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai | Nominated Member | |
| 21 | Southern Region Shri R.Rajagopalan, Nettur Technical Training Foundation Bangalore | Nominated Member | |
| 22 | Northern Region Shri Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group, Gurugram | Nominated Member | |
| 23 | Director, NIMI | Member Secretary |
Governing Council
| 1 | Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship | Chairman | |
| 2 | Addl. Secretary, MSDC | Two Co-Vice Chairman Positions | |
| 3 | DG, DGT, MSDE | ||
| 4 | Addl. Secretary & Financial Advisor - MSDE | Member | |
| 5 | Joint Secretary, MSDE looking after NSDC | Member | |
| 6 | DDG(T), DGT | Member | |
| 7 | MD, NSDC | Member | |
| 8 | Director, NCERT | Member | |
| 9 | Director, CSTARI | Member | |
| 10 | Director, NITTTR, Chennai | Member | |
| 11 | Director, CFTI, Chennai | Member | |
| 12 | State Director | Member | |
| 13 | State Director | Member | |
| 14 | Director, NIMI | Member Secretary |
Executive Director
National Instructional Media Institute has etched an indelible mark as a nodal agency in designing books and instructional media packages for the skills sector. NIMI aspires to propel the nation toward imparting a structured standard of qualitative training to the skilled workforce in both the Government and private Industrial Training Institutes in the various trades keeping abreast of the growing needs and demands in the skills sector both at the national and international levels.
NIMI is a registered service-oriented society with state-of-the-art infrastructure, well-qualified staff with potential and competencies to design, develop, produce, print, and disseminate instructional materials for ITIs in the country. NIMI has been engaged in the following activities: training in developing content for instructional media, developing instructional materials for ITIs, translation of Instructional Media Packages into Hindi and other regional languages, development of question bank, designing and developing e-content, development of other supporting materials, expanding training facility through Space based Distance Learning Programme (SDLP).
NIMI also contributes toward the overall standard of training for Industries and establishments implementing Apprentice Training Scheme (ATS).
It is noteworthy that NIMI is a one-stop destination for instructional materials for the different trades in the skills sector.
NIMI endeavours to produce high-quality instructional materials at affordable costs.
NIMI Organization Chart
Staff Directory
| # | Name of the Staff (S/Shri.) | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri K.Srinivasa Rao | Executive Director |
| 2 | Shri. T.V.Rajasekar | Joint Director |
| 3 | Shri.Nirmalya Nath | Deputy General Manager |
| 4 | Smt. M.Rajeswari | Deputy Director |
| 5 | G.Michael Johny | Manager |
| 6 | V.Gopalakrishnan | Manager |
| 7 | N.Ashfaq Ahmed | Assistant Manager |
| 8 | N.Sundararajan | Assistant Manager |
| 9 | Subhankar Bhowmik | Assistant Manager |
| 10 | S. Gopalakrishnan | Assistant Manager |
| 11 | V.Veera Kumar | Assistant Manager |
| 12 | V.Nirmal Kumar | JTA (printing) |
| 13 | B.Revathi | JTA (DTP) |
| 14 | E.Deepak | JTA (DTP) |
| 15 | M.Natarajan | JTA (DTP) |
| 16 | A.Muthukumar | JTA (DTP) |
| 17 | S.Anitha | Personal Asst. Gr.I |
| 18 | R. Sangeetha | Personal Asst. Gr.I |
| 19 | K.Bhoopal | Assistant |
| 20 | P.Thanammai | Assistant |
| 21 | P.Anitha | Assistant |
| 22 | M.Gokulnath | Junior Assistant |
| 23 | R.Shankar | Semi Skilled Worker |
| 24 | S.Ramu | Gestetner Operator |
| 25 | M.Ramasamy | Multi Tasking Staff |
| 26 | P.Srinivasan | Multi Tasking Staff |
| 27 | K.Soundar Rajan | Multi Tasking Staff |
| 28 | K.Gopi | Multi Tasking Staff |
| 29 | V.Murugan | Multi Tasking Staff |
Major Programmes & Schemes
| Development of Instructional Media Packages (IMPs) for courses for ITIs, NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) and SSCs (Sector Skill Councils) |
| Translation of IMPs into Hindi and other Regional Languages |
| Development of Other Supporting Materials. |
| Printing, Publishing and Marketing the products developed by NIMI. |
| Development of Question Banks for assessing the trainees for all Instructional Materials designed by NIMI |
| Development of Terminal Competencies & Video Instructional Programme |
| Training in the use of products developed by NIMI |
| Digitizing of instructional materials prepared by NIMI |
| Development of e- learning content |
Ongoing Activities
| Development of 1st & 2nd semester Assignment & Instructor guide for 14 popular trades for ITIs |
| Development of 1st semester Practical & Theory for 7 NSQF trades |
| Translation of 1st, 2nd , 3rd & 4th semester books in Hindi Language |
| Translation of 1st & 2nd semester books in other Regional (Tamil/ Telugu/ Marathi/ Gujarati/ Punjabi/Odia/Malayalam/ Bengali) Languages |
| Development of 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th semester Question Banks for ITIs |
| Tender floated for Space Based Distance Learning Programme (SDLP) with Development & Educational Communication Unit (DECU) of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space (DOS), Govt. of India and Technical and Financial bid evaluation carried out. Tender document for setting up of studio at NIMI has been finalised. |
| Tender issued for developing new interactive e-learning content |