Chennai, June 24 (KNN) Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) signed an agreement with Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL), an Industry 4.0 global solutions provider to help students prepare for Industry 4.0.

The MoU was facilitated by Guidance Tamil Nadu in the presence of higher education secretary D Karthikeyan. 

Under the agreement, Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL), DoTE will develop a diploma course on “Digital Manufacturing Technologies - Earn while Learn model”, an industry-ready curriculum, with the required approval from AICTE and offer the same to students through polytechnics in the state. 

The programme outline will be based on three months of classroom sessions and nine months on the job at the TEPL plant. TEPL will provide support for faculty training to upgrade their knowledge of digital and smart manufacturing.

DoTE will also develop or modify the existing diploma courses considering the skill development course at TEPL for the 3rd year of the diploma programme.

The modalities for modification of the curriculum incorporating one-year training at TEPL will jointly be discussed and finalised by DoTE and TEPL for implementation with effect from the academic year 2024-25.

As per reports, Guidance Tamil Nadu also facilitated an MoU between DoTE and Maxbyte.

Maxbyte will set up four centres of excellence for Industry 4.0 which could also be used by the students and faculty of Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, Government College of Engineering, Salem, Government College of Engineering, Tiruchy, and Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology, Vellore.

It will provide technical inputs and guidance to DoTE on improving the curricula of polytechnic and engineering subjects in production.

The MoUs were signed by T G Vinay, director, of the Directorate of Technical Education, Vishnu V, managing director and CEO of Guidance Tamil Nadu and Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, chief human resources officer, of Tata Electronics Private Limited, and Surendran D, chief autonomous officer.  (KNN Bureau)