Small Industry Extension Training Institute

The Principal Director was the academic and executive head of the institute, who worked under the guidance of the Executive Committee/Governing Council/Society (Refer Exhibit III for the organizational structure of SIETI). The academic activities were managed by the Academic Council, the Registrar and the Centers of excellence which focused on specific aspects of SMEs. There were smaller units attached to centers known as cells (Refer Exhibit IV for Centers of Excellence and Cells). The Academic Council was a coordinating body and its primary responsibility was to be an informed assessor and provide professional expertise for academic activities and programs...

However, SITI failed to sustain its leadership position for long. Being inducted into SITI as a faculty was considered prestigious in the 1960s and 1970s; but, in the 1980s, SIETI was no longer considered a preferred destination. While the University Grants Commission (UGC) had revised the scales of faculty members of universities and affiliated colleges, SIETI continued with its old pay scales. The low salaries made many good faculty members leave the organization. During the 1980s, SIETI also began to face competition from the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other State agencies which had started offering training programs for SMEs...