February 11, 2022: The Tata Group has expressed its desire to bring in their expertise and upgrade 75 ITIs, polytechnics and technical institutes to Centres of Excellence in different parts of Assam.
The Group made a presentation before Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday.
The Chief Minister thanked Tata Group for coming forward to transform technical institutes of Assam to technology hubs with their innovative project ‘Transforming Engineering Academia to Industry 4.0’.
CM Sarma assured them that Government of Assam will provide required space and all other support to introduce State of the Art curriculum in all 75 technical institutes of the State where more than 9000 students will get trained simultaneously while equipping themselves with latest engineering skills.
He also called on Tata group to take steps for providing scholarships to trainees, employing experienced teachers and instructors from Tata group in the institutions for 5 years, training the local instructors etc.
The Chief Minister assured of providing all logistical support to Tata group for successful implementation of the project. He asked Education Department to draft the MoU and arrange for its signing ceremony at an early date.
Education Minister Ranoj Pegu, Advisor to the Education Department Prof. Noni Gopal Mahanta, Principal Secretary of Education Department B Kalyan Chakraborty, Principal Secretary of Industry and Commerce Department K K Dwivedi, senior executive of Tata Group P J Nath were present in the meeting.
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The Tata Group has expressed its desire to bring in their expertise and upgrade 75 ITIs, polytechnics and technical institutes to Centres of Excellence in different parts of Assam
February 11, 2022: The Tata Group has expressed its desire to bring in their expertise and upgrade 75 ITIs, polytechnics and technical institutes to Centres of Excellence in different parts of Assam.
The Group made a presentation before Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday.
The Chief Minister thanked Tata Group for coming forward to transform technical institutes of Assam to technology hubs with their innovative project ‘Transforming Engineering Academia to Industry 4.0’.
CM Sarma assured them that Government of Assam will provide required space and all other support to introduce State of the Art curriculum in all 75 technical institutes of the State where more than 9000 students will get trained simultaneously while equipping themselves with latest engineering skills.
He also called on Tata group to take steps for providing scholarships to trainees, employing experienced teachers and instructors from Tata group in the institutions for 5 years, training the local instructors etc.
The Chief Minister assured of providing all logistical support to Tata group for successful implementation of the project. He asked Education Department to draft the MoU and arrange for its signing ceremony at an early date.
Education Minister Ranoj Pegu, Advisor to the Education Department Prof. Noni Gopal Mahanta, Principal Secretary of Education Department B Kalyan Chakraborty, Principal Secretary of Industry and Commerce Department K K Dwivedi, senior executive of Tata Group P J Nath were present in the meeting.