Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-22
Subject: Skill Development though ITIs
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.336**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2015**

**SKILL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ITIs**

**Q. No. 336:   SHRIM.K.RAGHAVAN:**

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

(a) 	the sectors identified for industry partnership for skill development through ITIs;

(b) 	the sectors and industrial houses that have come forward for such partnership and the details of capacity development under such programme;

(c) 	whether there is any proposal for overhauling the structure of the courses in the ITIs to meet the industry standards;

(d)	 if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and

(e) 	if not, the reasons therefor?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP**

**(SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)**

(a) 	Government has decided to encourage and support high employment potential training programs to meet specific skill requirement of industry through a new mechanism of  flexiMoUs with industries / credible staffing companies. Also, Institute Management Committees (IMCs) have been constituted in 1,227 Government ITIs with its chairperson from the industries, to promote industry partnership.

(b) 	Twelve MoUs have been signed so far with different industries / organizations as follows:

|   S.No. | Organization                                      |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|
|      1. | Flipkart Internet Private Limited                 |
|      2. | Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited (GIPCL). |
|      3. | LabourNet Managed services (LabourNet)            |
|      4. | STIR (Skilled Tailoring Institute by Raymond)     |
|      5. | Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited                    |
|      6. | Maruti Suzuki India Limited                       |
|      7. | TATA Motors Limited                               |
|      8. | Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC)           |
|      9. | Indo-German Tool Room, Aurangabad                 |
|     10. | India Yamaha Motors Pvt. Ltd                      |
|     11. | Raymond Limited                                   |
|     12. | Yashaswi Academy of skills                        |

Courses covered under these MoUs are designed by the local industry in partnership with the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and other training partners and delivered by sharing of existing infrastructure augmented by the concerned industry in terms of modern training equipment and expert industry trainers based on flexi MoUs.

(c) to (e)	In order to keep the syllabi in tune with industry/ market needs, Government has set up Mentor Councils (MCs) for a term of three years having representatives from thought leaders among various stakeholders viz. one of the top ten industries in the sector (turnover-wise), innovative entrepreneurs who have proved to be game-changers, academic/professional institutions, champion ITIs for each of the sectors and experts. The technical support to the MCs is being provided by Core Groups (a technical group constituted for each sector), Central Staff Training and Research Institute (CSTARI), Kolkata and National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI), Chennai, both institutes of Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.  MCs are guiding the Ministry in responding proactively to link curricula to industry requirements.

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