The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Samsung India signed an agreement to open MSME-Samsung Digital Academy, to offer young students a skill development course based on the Tizen OS Platform.

As per the MoU signed by Amarendra Sinha, Development Commissioner, MSME and HW Bang, Senior Vice President Samsung India Electronics, the company will offer the Digital Academy course in collaboration with the Ministry and will seek to train youth on developing apps that run on the Tizen OS across a multitude of devices such as smart phones, televisions and tablets.

Speaking on the occasion the Union Minster for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Shri Kalraj Mishra said that in keeping with the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of Make in India and skilling India today's collaboration between the Ministry and Samsung India is an endeavour in this direction.

The Minister further added that MSME Sector employs maximum number of people in India next to agriculture. To meet skilled manpower requirement in the sector, the Ministry of MSME is committed to create industry responsive manpower by giving thrust on employable skills and vocational training in partnership with Industry.

Various field establishments under the Ministry are regularly conducting skill development training programmes through which more than 6 lakh youth have been trained.

Kalraj Mishra said, "Samsung India has been our partner since last year, when we signed an agreement for establishing MSME-Samsung Technical Schools at the MSME Technology Centres. That joint initiative is expected to help train approx 10,000 youth every year.

These trained youth will have the opportunity to find placement in various appliances manufacturing organizations including Samsung. I also believe that many of them can also establish their own enterprises and Service Centres for repairing & maintenance of electrical & electronics goods."

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