Human resource development has always been one of the prime thrust areas of the India Meteorological Department for capacity building and to keep pace with latest trends in various activities of the Department.  The Central Training Institute (CTI) of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) rated Regional Meteorological Training Centre (RMTC), headed by Deputy Director General of Meteorology (Training), and is situated at a pleasant location at Pashan in Pune.  IMD is the national meteorological and hydrological service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to Meteorology, Seismology and allied subjects.  Facilities for meteorological training at Pune and New Delhi have been recognized by the WMO to function as RMTC in all the four main disciplines namely, General Meteorology, Radio-meteorology, Telecommunication and Agro-meteorology.
              The Central Training Institute of IMD has a distinguished history dating back to 1942 when it had a humble beginning as an outcome of World War II wherein the need for meteorological training to the personnel working in IMD was acutely felt and, consequently, a formal training course started in that year.  In 1943 a full-fledged training school started in Pune, India.  Since then this training institute (CTI) has undergone dramatic changes in its training capabilities, composition, objectives, contents, etc, in catering to personnel covering all levels from Class I to Class IV.  IMD also opened training centres at New Delhi for Upper Air Instrumentation and Meteorological Telecommunication in mid seventies.  Since its inception its mission has always been to achieve excellence in education researcher and service to meteorological community and thereby to the society.