Lok Sabha Question No. 5096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Teaching in ITIs
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 5096

ANSWERED ON - 03/04/2023

## TEACHING IN ITIs

5096.  SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  details  of  Industrial  Training  Institutes,  imparting  teaching  and  practical training of Artificial Intelligence for skill development in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has constituted any commission/expert panel to study to tap its potential by equipping the young tech savvy population;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to promote and enhance the methods of  education  and  skill  development  in  the  field  of  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI)  as employment of AI in diverse fields is increasing day by day?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)  15  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  under  Directorate  General  of  Training (DGT),  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  are  imparting the  module  of Artificial  Intelligence  covered  under  a  course  of  Internet  of  Things  Smart  Healthcare  (IoT-Smart  Healthcare)  of  1  year  duration  and  NSQF  level  3. State-wise number of ITIs imparting IoT-Smart Healthcare course are given below:

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   No. of ITIs |
|----------|-------------------|---------------|
| 1        | Bihar             |             5 |
| 2        | Gujarat           |             2 |
| 3        | Jammu and Kashmir |             1 |
| 4        | Kerala            |             1 |
| 5        | Maharashtra       |             1 |
| 6        | Odisha            |             1 |
| 7        | Tamil Nadu        |             1 |
| 8        | Telangana         |             1 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh     |             1 |
| 10       | Uttarakhand       |             1 |
| Total    | Total             |            15 |

(b) and (c) MSDE has not constituted any commission/expert panel to study potential of AI.

(d)  In  order  to  re-skill  and  up-skill  IT-professionals  to  be  adept  with  the  emerging technologies  including  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI),  IT-ITeS  Sector  Skill  Council  in partnership  with  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has launched FutureSkills Prime (FSP) platform. A learner can seamlessly access free and paid content on all the skills of the future, virtual labs, undergo assessments and get  certified  on  FutureSkills  Prime  platform.  Currently,  around  13  lakh  candidates /learners have signed up on FSP and 5.2 lakh candidates have enrolled for various courses.

Also, Directorate  General of  Training  (DGT)  under  MSDE  has  signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM, CISCO, Quest Alliance, Microsoft, Adobe  India  and  Systems,  Applications  &  Products  in  Data  Processing  (SAP)  for imparting  short  term  training  courses  in  new  age  technologies  including  Artificial Intelligence (AI) through Bharat Skills - a Central Repository for Skills, to make the trainees  industry  ready.  In  the  last  two  years,  16.99  lakh  candidates  have  been trained under this initiative.

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