New Delhi, July 17 (KNN) Laying the foundation stone of India’s first National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) in Odisha, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the proposed institute will create a skill based ecosystem to meet the industry demands.

Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that the NSTI will supplement training activities and build on demographic advantages of Odisha to truly fuel her growth and development.

To realize the country’s growth potential, Pradhan added that the large skilled workforce is required in new and emerging technologies.

The Institute costing Rs 160 crore will come up over five acres of land and have state-of-the-art facilities.

The Minister said the new institute will also impart training to trainers at various Industrial Training Institutes and for other skill-based education.

“We aim to set up one NSTI in each state very soon,” he added.

For starting a temporary campus of NSTI Bhubaneswar at Mancheswar industrial area, a MoU was signed with National Small Industries Corporation.

Besides, the Ministry has also roped in market leaders like IBM, NASSCOM and SAP India Pvt Ltd through MoUs to develop courses on latest technologies, which will be imparted at this institute.

Market leader IBM has extended support with courses at the advanced diploma level in IT networking and cloud computing while NASSCOM will develop courses on Internet of Things.

SAP will assist in imparting skills on enterprise resource planning and data sciences and will also conduct a special training on data sciences for participants/faculty at NSTI.

Another MoU was signed between the Directorate of General Training and SAP wherein the latter will train a pool of trainers at NSTI Bhubaneswar on Business One enterprise software.

After the master training, NSTI trainers will run these programs autonomously for the youth.