AICTE Short Term Training Programme-SFURTI Scheme

What is the AICTE Short Term Training Programme (SFURTI)?

The AICTE Short Term Training Programme, designated SFURTI, is a faculty-development scheme of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under the Ministry of Education. AICTE is India's statutory regulator for technical education, established under the AICTE Act, 1987.

The scheme provides financial assistance to AICTE-approved technical institutions to conduct short-duration training programmes for their teachers. The focus is on emerging and specialised areas: topics where curricula and industry practice move quickly and where teaching staff need periodic updating. A Short Term Training Programme is a compact, intensive course, usually spanning one to a few weeks, aimed at a specific subject or skill.

This is a niche, institution-facing scheme with limited standalone public documentation. In keeping with a policy of never inventing figures for thin schemes, this guide sets out what can be relied on, the purpose, the audience and the institutional route, and points you to AICTE for the exact grant and current status.

Who is eligible for the AICTE Short Term Training Programme?

Who this scheme is for:

• AICTE-approved technical institutions, as the organisers who propose and run a Short Term Training Programme and receive the assistance.
• Teachers of AICTE-approved technical institutions, as the participants who attend and benefit from the training.

Who cannot apply:

• Members of the general public, this is not an individual scholarship or cash benefit, so ordinary citizens cannot apply.
• Institutions without AICTE approval, and teachers outside AICTE-approved technical education, are not covered.

Because the scheme funds an institutional activity, an individual teacher benefits by attending a programme rather than by applying for money directly.

What documents are required?

How to apply for the AICTE Short Term Training Programme

1. Check current status and norms in the Schemes section of the AICTE portal at aicte.gov.in, as AICTE reorganises its faculty-development schemes periodically.
2. Prepare a programme proposal at the institution level — the emerging or specialised topic, dates, resource persons, the teachers to be trained, and a budget.
3. Name a coordinator and set out the programme plan as AICTE requires for the current cycle.
4. Submit the proposal through the prescribed AICTE channel and obtain sanction before conducting the programme.
5. Run the programme and report: conduct the training for the targeted teachers and submit the completion and utilisation report.

How this scheme fits into AICTE's faculty development

A Short Term Training Programme is one option among several that AICTE uses to keep technical teachers current. Seeing them together helps an institution pick the right instrument:

• A Short Term Training Programme (SFURTI), the subject of this guide: is the quick, topic-focused option: a compact course in an emerging or specialised area that can be organised without a long lead time.
• Induction and refresher programmes, run with the Indian Society for Technical Education, address new recruits and periodic updating of serving teachers.
• The ATAL Academy runs Continuous Professional Development Programmes and is AICTE's main faculty-training channel in recent years.
• The Quality Improvement Programme (QIP), in place since 1970, supports teachers to earn higher qualifications such as M.Tech and PhD.

When a department needs to bring its teachers up to speed on a specific new technology or method quickly, a Short Term Training Programme is usually the right fit. For deeper or longer-term development, one of the other routes may suit better. Because AICTE reorganises these schemes periodically, confirm what is currently open on the AICTE portal before planning.

Where to verify and get help

• AICTE portal: aicte.gov.in, Schemes section
• Your institution's AICTE nodal officer. The first point of contact for routing a proposal.

AICTE now delivers much of its faculty development through the ATAL Academy and the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP). Because of this, and because published detail on this specific scheme is limited, confirm the current status, grant amount and application procedure directly with AICTE before planning a programme. A short accurate guide is deliberately preferred here over invented figures.