ITI Diesel Mechanic is a skill-based vocational training program which focuses specifically on the repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting of diesel engines and associated machinery. This is a relatively short course which lasts 1-2 years and is tailored to prepare the student for the hands-on technical roles in automotive, transportation, and heavy machinery industries. Practical skills are placed at the core of the curriculum, making graduates job-ready in roles such as diesel mechanics or technicians.
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering is an undergraduate 4-year course, which encompasses mechanical systems, design, manufacturing, and principles of engineering. The course ranges from thermodynamics to fluid mechanics, robotics, and material science with theoretical as well as practical knowledge. It is a program that equips students for engineering, research, design, and management roles in the industry and is more broad-ranging than that of ITI Diesel Mechanic. Whereas ITI emphasizes the technical skills in a specific field, B.Tech gives an academic depth with flexibility in the field of mechanical engineering.