Provides Training Facility for Footwear Industry. To Train Personnel in Footwear Technology As Per The Requirements of The Trade and Industry. To Train Footwear Designers. To Train Personnel in Maintenance of Footwear Machinery. To Design and Develop Moulds and Dies For The Footwear Industry. To Introduce Modern Technology in Footwear Design. To Assist and Promote Technology Upgradation in Footwear Industry. To Develop Products and Design With a View To Secure Advantages in Export Production. To Undertake Testing and Assessment of Footwear and its Materials. To Promote Acquisition of International Standards in the Industry. To Foster Appropriate Linkages Between Central Footwear Training Institute and Industry for Utilization of Existing Capacity and Their Upgradation and to Undertake Consultancy Services For Development of Footwear Industry. To Establish Linkages with Educational, Research and Development Institutions in India and Abroad, and to Collaborate With Them in Training, Research and Development. To Organize Data Bases and Information Dissemination on Footwear Technology, Export Marketing etc., and to Establish Suitable Library and Resource Centre for Trainees and Industry.