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Tata Group to Upgrade ITIs and Polytechnics in Assam

The Tata Group will upgrade the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and Polytechnics in the northeastern state of Assam to ‘Centres of Excellence.’

This decision was made during a meeting between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and P.J. Nath, a senior executive of the TATA group, on Thursday.

During the meeting, Sarma thanked the Tata Group for their vision of transforming technical institutes into technology hubs as part of their innovative project ‘Transforming Engineering Academia to Industry 4.0.’

Meanwhile, the Assam Chief Minister promised that the state government would provide the necessary space and support to introduce state-of-the-art curriculum in the state’s 75 technical institutes, where more than 9,000 students would be trained at the same time.

Sarma also urged the TATA group to take steps to provide scholarships to trainees, hire experienced teachers and instructors from the TATA group for a five-year period in the institutions, and train local instructors.

Taking to Twitter, the Assam CM wrote, “Held a meeting with Sr Executives of @TataCompanies on upgradation of State’s ITIs & polytechnics to Centre of Excellence. Thanked TATA group for coming forward to transform Assam’s technical institutes to tech hubs with project-Transforming Engineering Academia to Industry 4.0.”

“Also asked Education Dept to draft an MoU & arrange for its signing ceremony. GoA will provide required area & all other support to introduce state-of-art curriculum in 75 technical institutes where > 9000 students can get trained simultaneously with latest engineering skills.” – he further added.

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