Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan Monday laid the foundation stone for a National Skill Training Institute at Barang here.
The institute will strive to meet the rising demand for skilled manpower. The institute will be set up at a cost of Rs 160 crore on five acres of land and equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to impart skill development courses to the trainers and assessors along with training of candidates in new age courses catering to the needs of the industry.
The National Skill Training Institutes (NSTI), which will function under the Directorate General of Training (DGT), will offer courses on Trainers Training (long term/short term), Refresher Training (long term/short term), Re-skilling/Up skilling and certificate courses and Common Facility Centre (CFS).
There will be separate hostels for boys and girls. Pradhan, in his address, said: “Government of India has introduced an array of national and state level projects like Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities, Clean India, Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline Project and Sagarmala Port Project for which we would need skilled workforce. Skill India is a demand-driven programme which trains people in job roles which are market relevant and of current industry needs and standards. Setting up of the NSTI in Bhubaneswar is yet another step to empower the youth of the state and make them job ready for industries functioning here. This would also help us address the issue of migration.”
He added, “NSTI Barang will play a pivotal role in making of meritorious and skilled workforce. This institute will also impart training to the trainers who are teaching students of various ITIs and other skill-based education. NSTIs are being envisioned as a one stop shop to supplement the training activities in the country. We aim to have one NSTI in each state very soon.” To ensure that the courses begin at the earliest, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) for starting a temporary campus of NSTI on its premises at Mancheswar industrial area here.
The ministry has roped in industrial market leaders like IBM, NASSCOM and SAP through understandings to develop courses on latest technologies, which will be imparted at the institute. For instance, IBM has extended support with courses in IT Networking & Cloud Computing, NASSCOM on Internet of Things and SAP will help impart skills on Enterprise Resource Planning and Data Sciences.
Base laid for skill training institute in city
