Department of Heavy Industry and Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship have signed a MoU for capital goods and automotive sector for large scale capacity building by providing infrastructure and facilities, improving training content, curriculum and methodology and use of latest technologies, during DHI-FICCI-HMFI WIN (World of Industry) India conference.

The MoU was signed by Dr Rajan Katoch, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry and Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in the presence of Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship at an event recently.

The key activities to be undertaken under the MoU, inter alia, are:

• Create jointly a National Ecosystem for Development of Skills for the Manufacturing Sector, in particular the Capital Goods sector and automotive sector and other sectors/subjects covered by DHI

• Develop a Multi-location ‚National Institute of Manufacturing Technology (NIMT)‘ for training, education and research in manufacturing technologies by leveraging the infrastructure and facilities of PSUs under DHI

• Creating Centres of Excellence in different categories by utilising/up-grading of exiting training facilities of the PSUs under DHI in collaboration with NSDC/Sector Skill Council and/or DGT

• Bring in the internationally known best practices in the field of skill development and entrepreneurship for manufacturing sector and for that purpose get the services of internationally renowned experts and to leverage global partnerships and technical

There would be top-level institutional arrangement for this initiative so that it is properly implemented and monitored on regular basis.

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