The Full Form of NITIE is‍ National Institute of Industrial Engineering.

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), formerly National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering, is a public management institute located in Powai near Vihar Lake in Mumbai, and is often ranked among the top 10 B-Schools of India

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) was established by the Government of India in 1963 with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the International Labour Organization (ILO) to create skilled professionals. It was funded by the Government of India and registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860

The institute was formerly known as the ‘National Institute of Training in Industrial Engineering’. Later, the word ‘Training’ was removed and was rechristened ‘National Institute of Industrial Engineering’.

Noted industrialist Anand Mahindra and HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh had suggested, in 2007, the change in name of NITIE to an IIM, Mumbai. The then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had promised to look into the issue. But no work has progressed in this direction till date