Automotive Components Manufacturer Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd has signed a MoU with the Gujarat government for imparting vocational training to the youth of the state. Under the agreement, the Directorate of Employment and Training (DET) will work with Tata AutoComp to address the skilled manpower shortage witnessed by the automobile sector.
The partnership will facilitate upgradation of the State's Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), launching skill development programmes and introduction of modular employable skills (MES) courses.
Elaborating on the collaboration, Gajendra Chandel, president and head of human resources at Tata AutoComp said, “Tata AutoComp and DET will undertake various programmes to improve income generation capabilities for the rural youth and initiate ‘earn and learn scheme' for the 10th and 12th standard students through three-year technical education during which they would be paid stipend.”
Sonal Mishra, director of Employment and Training, said that through this MoU, Tata AutoComp will train nearly 1,500 youth in Gujarat annually. These students will be imparted on-the-job training for five days a week at one of Tata AutoComp's manufacturing facility in Halol and Sanand.
The technical training institute, through its affiliate university will conduct periodic examinations and on successful completion of the training, the students would be conferred a Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) or Bachelors in Manufacturing by a State or AICTE-approved University.
Tata AutoComp had launched the ‘earn and learn' scheme in Maharashtra and Karnataka in 2010.
The partnership will facilitate upgradation of the State's Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), launching skill development programmes and introduction of modular employable skills (MES) courses.
Elaborating on the collaboration, Gajendra Chandel, president and head of human resources at Tata AutoComp said, “Tata AutoComp and DET will undertake various programmes to improve income generation capabilities for the rural youth and initiate ‘earn and learn scheme' for the 10th and 12th standard students through three-year technical education during which they would be paid stipend.”
Sonal Mishra, director of Employment and Training, said that through this MoU, Tata AutoComp will train nearly 1,500 youth in Gujarat annually. These students will be imparted on-the-job training for five days a week at one of Tata AutoComp's manufacturing facility in Halol and Sanand.
The technical training institute, through its affiliate university will conduct periodic examinations and on successful completion of the training, the students would be conferred a Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) or Bachelors in Manufacturing by a State or AICTE-approved University.
Tata AutoComp had launched the ‘earn and learn' scheme in Maharashtra and Karnataka in 2010.
[Source: Hindu Business Line]
13 Oct 2011