Message of Professor Ajeet Narain Mathur, Director, IAMR

The Year 2008 marks the silver jubilee of the National Technical Manpower Information System at the Institute of Applied Manpower Research, its Lead Centre. There are 20 nodal centres all over the country where primary data is regularly collected and collated from from industrial establishments, education and training institutions and technical professionals themselves. The information compiled is analysed and periodic reports released for all States and Union territories of India making this the most comprehensive coverage of professionals in the Country. 

This goldmine of a database enables India know where its technical and professional manpower work, how their careers progress, whether they secure decent terms and conditions, the extent to which job requirements of different profiles are served by the supply parameters of educational and training institutions, curricular shortcomings and mismatches that need interventions, how institutions rank within their respective specialisations, short-term and long-term anticipations of shortages and surpluses, adjustments needed in educational planning and labour markets, and a lot more.

Until 2001-02, NTMIS covered only engineering manpower but we have since expanded to cover management, hotel, catering, pharmacy professionals also. The next stage would be to expand into life sciences, biotechnology professionals, and a host of  other R&D professionals across institutions and establishments.

The NTMIS system is being restructured to enable its inquiry frame become more relevant and its timely outputs available to industrial establishments, education and training institutions, technical and professional graduates of the country, policy researchers, career-guidance counsellors, and planners in education and employment.

 Your suggestions are warmly welcome. Write to me at: iamrdir@iamrindia.com

Ajeet N. Mathur