Lok Sabha Question No. 4024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Indo-German Technical Cooperation
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR S.R., JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, SANTOSH AHLAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4024 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## INDO-GERMAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION

## QUESTION

4024. SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL: SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

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

- (a) whether the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has partnered with the Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to this effect by CRISP and the NSDC and if so, the areas and scope of collaboration between the two;
- (c) whether this tie-up will provide access to NSDC to avail the facilities set up by the Madhya  Pradesh  Government  with  support  from  the  Federal  Republic  of  Germany under the Indo-German Technical Cooperation;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the said partnership is also  likely  to  help  those  aspiring  candidates  to upgrade their skills in various fields including tool room and shop floor practices and die making technology?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) to (e) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has entered into Memorandum of Understanding with Center for Research & Industrial Staff Performance   (CRISP)  on  27 th May,  2015.  Following  are  the  areas  and  scope  of collaboration:-
-  To finalize assignments and programs in the area of skills training, research and consultancy for upgrading skills development interventions of NSDC.
-  To  develop  demand  driven  interventions  of  technical  skills  development  for industries, partnering institutions and policy makers for systematizing the skills development approach in India.
-  To develop training interventions for capacity building of partnering institutions and state level bodies.
-  Develop  plan  and  activities  for  strengthening  National  Skills  Qualification Framework (NSQF).
-  Jointly plan and develop strategic interventions for capacity building of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).

Center  for  Research  &  Industrial  Staff  Performance (CRISP)  is  set  up  as  an autonomous institution established under Indo-German Technical Co-operation bilateral agreement with the support of Department of Technical Education & Training Government of Madhya Pradesh and GTZ Germany. Under the MoU, NSDC and CRISP have a functional understanding and can work towards accessing facilities/resources of CRISP. The  MoU  covers  the  way  to  jointly  work/share  facilities  for  developing  national level  support  system  for  effective  implementation  of  skills  development  initiatives  and develop  trainer's  training  program  in  skills  development  for  bridging  the  identified competence  gaps  of  trainers  at  NSDC  partner  institutions. CRISP  offers  Tool  Room Services,  which  includes  support  for  production  &  tooling  job  works  for  precision machining  works  as  Prototype  development,  Product  Design  &  analysis  which  can  be leveraged  to  help  those  aspiring  to  upgrade  their  skills  in  tool  room  and  shop  floor practices.

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