ITM Skills University is a state private university in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, established in 2023 as the newest university initiative of the ITM Group of Institutions. Its institutional roots extend to ITM Business School, founded in 1991, followed by decades of expansion into hotel management, health sciences, design and media, executive education and large-scale skills training. The group created ITM Skills Academy in 2012, developing an employer-linked training model before launching the university. The university is based in Kharghar and was designed around employment-focused, technology-enabled and skill-intensive higher education. Its academic model combines degree education with project work, industry engagement, practical training and specialized professional preparation. Programmes span business, technology, design, health-related fields and other career-oriented areas, while doctoral study and research are also part of the university's development. ITM Skills University represents the third university initiative associated with the ITM Group, following university projects in Raipur and Vadodara. The group describes a long history of training and placement activity, including large-scale workforce preparation through ITM Skills Academy in banking, finance, healthcare and retail. The institution's defining feature is therefore the conversion of a long-running professional-education and skills ecosystem into a university structure in 2023. Its Kharghar location places it within the Mumbai metropolitan region, close to major industry and employment markets. Its launch consolidates multiple decades of ITM education activity in Navi Mumbai into a university-level framework. The university builds on ITM's combination of higher education, vocational training and employer-linked skill development. Part of the ITM Group of Institutions, whose education history began in 1991. Doctoral study and research form part of the university's academic development. 2002 — ITM Institute of Hotel Management expanded the group's professional education in Navi Mumbai. 2023 — The university became the ITM Group's third university initiative after Raipur and Vadodara.