ATDC has a vast pool of over 500 qualified & experienced faculty members with a whole range of domain expertise in covering most of critical skill intensive areas of textile-apparel value chain.The ATDCs render yeomen service to the downstream Apparel export and domestic industries having trained over 2, 00,000 candidates in entry-level trade courses under ISDS of MOT, GOI since 2010 as a Component I implementing agency and also about 1 lakh candidates in longer-duration Vocational courses since 1996 thus rendering benefits to nearly 1 million family members of the candidates who have received wage employment in apparel units post ATDC-training. The National Placement Cell of ATDC through State/ Regional& National Level Rozgar Melas and Meets have been able to place 60%-70% of candidates in wage employment with about 10%-15% of candidates taking up self-employment.