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Goverment of India has set up the National Technical Manpower Information System (NTMIS) towards the end of 1983, with view to generating and maintaining a reliable data and information base needed for planning and administration of technical education on proper lines. NTMIS also marks the climax of a series of options the Government of India exercised in the planning and administration of technical education and training in the country.

The objectives assigned to the System include estimation of short-term and long term requirements of various categories of engineers and technical manpower and their supply, identification of anticipated gaps in demand and supply positions and also asses the adequacy of current enrolment rate in respect of each of the engineering and technical manpower categories. The System comprises a Lead Centre at the Institute of Applied Manpower Research ( I.A.M.R) Delhi, a Manpower Cell in the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi and 20 Nodal Centres spread all over the country of which four are located in the four Regional Boards of Apprenticeship Training.