Rajasthan has a talented pool of trained manpower with skills and experience required for modern industrial enterprise. The State has engineering colleges at Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Pilani and Jaipur. The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) at Pilani, a deemed University, is regarded as a premier engineering institute, nationally and internationally.

BITS  Pilani, as well as the other universities in the State offer graduate courses in management. The R.A. Poddar Institute of Management at Jaipur is well regarded by the industries in the region.

Most of the district centres have polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) which offer various vocational courses. In addition, the state has various institutes offering specialised training in certain disciplines, including hotel management, wool and sheep breeding, textile designing, blue pottery, gem cutting and polishing.

In addition to the above, Rajasthan is famous for various traditional skills. Skills with potential for exploitation for commercial purposes include :

Gems and Jewellery
Processing of precious and semi-precious stones enamelled jewellery.

Metalware
Handicrafts and embossing work in brass and aluminium-zinc alloys.

Textiles & Embroidery
Block printing, Embroidery, tie and die.

Leather
Processing and conversion into garments and articles of daily use.

Marble
Statues, decorative building materials, ornaments and decorative items.

Dimension Stones
Cutting and Polishing.

Handicrafts
Wide variety, different areas are famous for different skills.