Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)

Choosing the right route

• Engineering students: the Design and Innovation Clinic is a student competition. Check its page for the registration date.
• Industries and individual innovators: DRISHTI is a login-based platform where you browse challenges by topic.

How to apply

• The Design and Innovation Clinic is open for registration on its 2026 page. The page does not show a closing date.
• DRISHTI has a login and a challenges list on its own site.

Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) is an autonomous research and development institute under the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India. It is a registered Government of India society, based at Tumkur Road, Yeshwanthpur Industrial Area in Bengaluru.

How its programmes work

CMTI runs DRISHTI, an online platform that brings industries and young innovators together to solve complex challenges. It also runs the Design and Innovation Clinic, a national-level competition for engineering students. Its final stage is a 36-hour innovation sprint at CMTI in Bengaluru.

Who can apply

DRISHTI is open to industries and innovators in the country. The Design and Innovation Clinic is for engineering students in their B.E pre-final and final years, B.E / B.Tech, MTech, MCA and PhD students who pass out in 2026.

Who runs it

CMTI is governed by a Governing Council with representatives from machine tool manufacturing and user industries, the Union Government and the Government of Karnataka. A Research Advisory Board, which includes representatives from industries and academia, advises the institute on technology.

Other listed programmes

The site also lists Technology Incubation and a Design Clinic for MSME. Their pages do not yet give any details.