BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that the Centre is planning to set up one National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) in every State to meet the rising demand for skilled manpower in the country.Laying the foundation stone of country’s first such skill training institute at Barang near Bhubaneswar, Pradhan said the Centre’s endeavour is yet another step to empower the youth of the State and make them job ready for industries. This will also help in addressing the issue of migration.
The Centre 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 which needs skilled workforce.“NSTI, Barang will play a pivotal role in churning out meritorious and skilled workforce. This will also help youth to be self reliant and live a life with dignity,” Pradhan said.
This modern state-of-the-art institute will also impart training to trainers who are teaching in various ITIs and other skill-based education institutes. “NSTIs are being envisioned as a one stop shop to supplement training activities in the country. We aim to have one NSTI in each State very soon,” he added.To ensure that the courses begin at the earliest, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed with National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) for starting a temporary campus of NSTI on its premises at Mancheswar.
New age courses to compliment the upcoming technologies to cater Industry 4.0, use of Internet of Things (IoT) in agriculture, smart cities and health care in addition to other courses in the area of mechatronics and mobile repair will be prime highlight of training in this facility, he said. The Ministry has also roped in industrial market leaders like IBM, NASSCOM and SAP through understandings to develop courses on latest technologies, which will be imparted in this institute.
Another MoU was signed between Directorate of General Training and SAP, where SAP will train a pool of trainers at NSTI Bhubaneshwar on Business One enterprise software. After the master training, NSTI Bhubaneswar trainers will run these programmes autonomously for youth. President and Managing Director, SAP India, Deb Deep Sengupta said, “This partnership will enhance SAP’s objective to boost technology-led employability in India through our ongoing initiatives such as Bharat ERP and Code Unnati.”