Lok Sabha Question No. 2132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Training of the Trainers Programme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2132

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.03.2017

## TRAINING OF THE TRAINERS PROGRAMME

## 2132:      SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  'Training  of  the  Trainers  Programme'  in  the  IT  Sector  is  aimed  to  train trainers,  line  managers  and  trainees,  to  enable  them  to  network  with  local  resources supplemented by the Training Division's initiative to develop a cadre of quality trainers and if so, the number of such trainers who have been trained till date;
- (b) whether the Government has collaborated with private agencies to provide training and if so, the details of such agencies including criteria followed to select those agencies;
- (c) the amount being paid to these agencies;
- (d) whether the Government has involved Government institutions in the execution of this programme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  done  any  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  to  improve training mechanism and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)

(a) to  (e):      In  order  to  develop  quality  trainers  /  faculty  members  in  IT  and  Electronics Sectors, the following key initiatives have been taken up by the Ministry of Electronics and IT:

-  Scheme of Financial Assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies : Under the Scheme, Seven (07) Electronics and ICT academies have been set up at NIT  Warangal,  IIITD&M  Jabalpur,  IIT  Guwahati,  NIT  Patna,  IIT  Kanpur  (all Category  A  with  a  target  of  16,000  faculty  each);  and  IIT  Roorkee,  MNIT  Jaipur (both Category B with a target of 6,400 faculty each) at a outlay of Rs. 147.48 crore over a duration of 5 years. Objective of these Academies  is faculty/mentor development and up-gradation to improve the employability of the graduates, diploma holders in various streams, through collaboration of States/Union Territories. So far, 5,504  beneficiaries  have  been  covered  by  these  Academies  under  138  Faculty Development Programmes.
-  Earlier,  the  Ministry  has  funded  setting  up  of  two  ICT  Academies  in  collaboration with  State  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  and  Kerala  and  Industry  under  the  PublicPrivate-  Partnership  (PPP)  model.  ICT  Academies  at  Kerala  and  Tamil  Nadu  were provided  the  Grants  in  Aid  to  the  tune  of  Rs.  2.50  crore  and    Rs.  5.87  crore respectively.
- a. The ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, during the last 6 years has trained 19,632 faculty/ teachers.
- b. The ICT Academy of Kerala has so far trained 5,640 faculty/trainers
-  In addition, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), an  autonomous  body  under  this  Ministry  has  signed  a  MoU  with  Amazon  Internet Services Ltd., under which about 50 faculty members have been trained.

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