Bhubaneswar, Aug 31 (KNN) Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated first-ever National Skill Training Institute (NSTI)’s Mancheswar Campus in Bhubaneswar. Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Jual Oram, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs were also present.

Pending construction of permanent campus, NSTI Bhubaneswar has hired 20000 sq. ft. space in Dharmapada Building of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) at Mancheswar Bhubaneswar.

MSDE in a press release said that the institute shall be equipped with state-of-the-art facility 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, designed keeping in mind the youth of the institutes’ catchment areas.

NSTI will function under Directorate General of Training (DGT) and will include training activities like: Trainers Training (Long term/Short term); Refresher Training (Long term/Short term); Re-skilling/ Up skilling courses; and Certificate courses and Common Facility Centre (CFS).

The inauguration was followed by the commencement of Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) Master Trainers Programme in which instructors from other NSTIs of India participated. The aim is to create future ready workforce through providing access to the knowledge of innovative enterprise IT solutions, the Ministry release said.

SAP India and DGT under MSDE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Skill Development on Enterprise Software and Data Sciences on July16.

Under the MoU, SAP will train a pool of trainers at NSTI Bhubaneswar on Business One enterprise software. After the master training, NSTI Bhubaneswar trainers will run these programs autonomously for youth. This will provide exposure on Enterprise software to youth and help in enhancing their employability. SAP Business One is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that allows small and medium sized enterprises to manage their entire business – from accounting and financials, purchasing, inventory, sales and customer relationships, and project management, to operations and human resources.

Under the MoU, SAP will conduct a special training on Data Sciences for the participants/faculty at NSTI.

The courses proposed to be introduced from October 2018 are - SAP software training; IOT Technician (Smart City); IOT Technician (Smart Healthcare); and IOT Technician (Smart Agriculture).

Pradhan also inaugurated the Bhubaneswar office of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) which will support the recently introduced nation-wide counselling campaign of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

The campaign will be implemented by the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKK) at the field level. Each PMKK will have counsellors who will introduce the youth to the skill ecosystem and counsel them on their path to growth basis their education, interest and aptitude.

Inaugurating the campus, Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Setting up of this NSTI in Bhubaneswar, is yet another step to empower the youth of the State and make them job ready. This would also help us address the issue of migration,”

Pradhan also addressed the National Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe(SC- ST) Hub Regional Conclave in Bhubaneswar in another event.

In his address, he talked about the importance of MSMEs in the economy and spelled out various efforts taken by this Government to ensure growth of MSMEs in the country.

He stressed on the need to create local employment opportunities in Odisha.