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NSIC to train 17,000 this year to provide skilled workforce in industrial sectors

Updated: Jul 08, 2015 02:07:56pm
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New Delhi, Jul 8 (KNN) The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) will train as much as 17,000 people this year to ensure that the industry gets workforce under the Central Government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.

This was informed by NSIC General Manager, Suresh Kalmadi at the corporation’s technical service centre, Kolkata on Tuesday.

Kalmadi said the target for this year is to have 4,000 passouts under the government’s skill development programmes which are for at least a month.

“We will train another 13,000 unqualified people for jobs like tailoring etc,” he said.

In the first quarter of this financial year they have already helped around 730 people to become entrepreneurs in various fields.

As part of the Centre's 'Make in India' and 'Skill India' programmes, NSIC was focusing more on skill development as professionals were needed in various sectors.

NSIC also signed a memorandum of understanding with private engineering college Gargi Memorial Institute of Technology (GMIT). It has which has tie-ups with 51 engineering colleges across India.

Kalmadi added that NSIC will give the students hands-on training in the fields of mechanical, electronics and electrical engineering. (KNN Bureau)

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