Central Footwear Training Institute CFTI, Agra

Campus Location: Agra

Located in Agra has been renowned at the national and international levels as a centre for educational excellence, and industrial developments apart from tourist attraction. The city not only attracts foreign visitors for site-seeing but the industries like Leather, Foundry and Handicrafts also made it very popular across the globe. Although the Footwear manufacturing in this area had started centuries before Indian independence, but the sector was not fully developed, as the basic infrastructure was not available at that time. It was actually beginning of sixties when the leather producers and other entrepreneurs thought of value addition to leather by converting it into footwear and other leather goods as the basic raw material i.e. leather was available in abundance. Although, the skilled workforce was available in plenty in some parts of the country, but there was acute shortage of managerial and the supervisory staff with technical qualifications., This was a severe problem and was acting as a major hindrance in the development of the footwear industry in the country. To overcome this problem, Government of India established "Central Footwear Training Centre , Agra" in July 1963, under Small Industries Development Organization, Ministry of Industry with financial assistance from Ford Foundation. The erstwhile Centre was well equipped with latest imported machines. The prime objective of the Centre was to provide young and technically sound personnel to the footwear industry and to upgrade the knowledge and skill of the existing staff.It was the 1st January, 1996, when the Central Footwear Training Centre, Agra, was converted into an autonomous body and called Central Footwear Training Institute, A Govt. of India society under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary/Development Commissioner (Small Scale Industry), Small Industries Development Organization, Ministry of Industry, Government of India, with an objective of quicker implementation of managerial decisions., OUR VISION, We have only one vision in mind and that is to deliver such education which can change life of others leaving the community and world a better place to live. As the right kind of education only decides the future of the child., OUR MISSION, To promote the growth and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises through technological and skilled manpower support. It also aims at promoting an inclusive growth supporting increased employment, skill development & training, and effective consultancy. It is also to establish the world class technology development centre in order to extend hand holding support to both prospective as well as existing entrepreneurs in the area of skill development, technology up-gradation, designing, innovation, consultancy and common facilities services., CFTI has only one aim that is to provide industrial education to the students so that they can have bright future with professional developed skills in footwear industry. We want to provide the society with a class of trained professionals in footwear technology and to help Indian footwear industry attain a platform on international level.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.