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Tata Technologies inks pact with Gujral Varisty to establish 5 centers for innovation, invention and incubation in Punjab

Updated: Sep 21, 2018 07:39:27am
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Tata Technologies inks pact with Gujral Varisty to establish 5 centers for innovation, invention and incubation in Punjab

New Delhi, Sept 21 (KNN) To facilitate innovation and skill development in Punjab, Tata Technologies in conjunction with I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU) is setting up 5 centers for Innovation, Invention and Incubation (CIIITs) in Punjab.

In this regard, MoU was signed between Tata Technologies and IKGPTU, Chandigarh in the presence of S Charanjit Singh Channi, Minister of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab.

The objective of setting up these CIIITs is to promote technical education and innovation in state.

It broadly aims to work to toward skill development of students and industry professionals who can eventually be absorbed as skilled resources in the industry. 

Expressing his heart content over this collaboration, Channi said “Tata Technologies support to the varsity will facilitate the development of CIIITs to impart and increase the skill sets required to bridge the skill gap and enhance employability prospects of students in the manufacturing sector.”

This collaboration is oriented towards bringing about qualitative improvements in technical education and this will be done by strengthening industry-academia partnerships, training students with industrial experiential learning to improve employability and enhancing the reputation of technical institutions with modern equipment and state-of-the-art technologies.

The long-term goal is to create a skilled manpower pool and increase the employability quotient for Punjab’s manufacturing sector.

The initiative is said to be undertaken across two phases starting from January 2019 and March 2019 and a hub, which will have four centers namely ‘Product Design and Development’, ‘Domain Exploration’, ‘Mechatronics and IoT’ and ‘Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Centre’.

The phase 1 will include CIIITs at IKGPTU main campus in Kapurthala and Sultanpur Lodhi and in Phase 2 the CIIITs will be established in Chamkaur Sahib and Jalandhar.

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