Bengaluru, Nov 6: The Karnataka government on Friday has entered into an agreement with Tata Technologies Limited to upgrade and modernize 150 Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and thereby increase employment opportunities for the youth in the State.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Asia Pacific President, Tata Technologies, Anand Bhade and Secretary to the government, Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and livelihood, S Selva Kumar among others.
Speaking on the occasion, Yediyurappa said that the agreement would enable the youth to have excellent skill training based on industry demand and on the other hand industry would have a skilled workforce. The state and the industrial sector would mutually benefit from this agreement.
Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwathnarayan, who was also present, said that through this programme it is expected that more than one lakh youth would get better employment opportunities every year. Apart from this ten new courses are being initiated based on the demands of the industries.
There are in all 1713 ITIs in the State, out of which 270 are government and remaining run by Private. There are about 1.8 lakh students.
Along with Tata Technologies, about 20 companies are contributing Rs 4.080 crore from the CSR fund. The remaining amount would be provided by the state government. These ITIs would be upgraded at a cost of Rs 30 crore each.
As many as 300 trainers from Tata Technologies and Associate industries would impart training.
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