| To set up 2 Centers of Invention, Innovation, Incubation ,Training | | J&K Govt signs historic MoU with Tata Technologies | |  Earlay Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 29: The Government of Jammu & Kashmir and Tata Technologies Ltd today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up two Centres for Invention, Innovation, Incubation and Training (CIIITs) in Jammu and Kashmir; one each at Government Polytechnic Colleges at Jammu and Baramulla.
The MOU was signed through video conferencing in the presence of Lieutenant Governor, Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu, by Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to the Government, Technical Education Department on behalf of Government of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Anand Bhade, President Tata Technologies Ltd.
Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor was also present on the occasion, besides Sushil Kumar of Tata Technologies attended through video conferencing.
The Lt Governor termed it as a historic opportunity to convert these two Polytechnic Colleges at Baramulla and Jammu as premier skill development institutions with an aim of 100% placement after training in various courses. He further directed that the project be completed in time so that first batch starts training in the institute by July end.
He said that a fine example of industry-academia partnership, it would serve as a model, to be replicated elsewhere. “The industry linkage aspect of the outcome based project will offer immense employment potential to the trained technocrats coming out of these centres of excellence”, he maintained.
The Lt Governor also emphasized the need to utilize this opportunity to build the capacity of faculty members and staff of Polytechnic Colleges, as Tata Technologies will train the students at CIIIT for 3 years through ‘Train the Trainers program’.
The capacity building will also help converting other Polytechnic Colleges into premier skilled development institutions in next few years, he added.
The centers shall be established at a cost of approximately Rs 360 crores, out of which Rs 300 crores will be contributed by Tata Technologies.
Elaborating further, Principal Secretary to Government Technical Education Department, Navin K Choudhary explained that this is a serious attempt by the Department to reorient its focus on promoting skill development to make our youth employable rather than merely acquiring degrees and diplomas.
He further informed that in coming days, a series of reforms in the department will be carried out to completely revamp its focus and functioning.
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