CSIO to assist Ethiopia in metal technology

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 21

An eight-member delegation of industrialists and academicians from Ethiopia visited Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) here today. This visit is a part of twinning agreement between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Ethiopia’s Metal Industries Development Institute (MIDI) to enhance the competitiveness of the metals and engineering industries with the help of training and know-how imparted by scientists.

The delegation, led by Ethiopian minister of education Teshome Lemma, visited various sections of the CSIO which were of relevance to the African industry. They were given presentation and demonstrations about the CSIO’s core competence and technical facilities.

The CSIO will impart modular training on statistical tool usage, precision bench work, conventional machining, electrical discharge machining, wire cutting, jig boring and grinding, maintenance management, electronics workshop techniques, electrical and electronics measurement, and process control and automation.

In addition, the CSIO will assist the MIDI in creating technical facilities in some of the aforementioned areas and provide guidance for higher degree courses to be conducted in Ethiopia like master’s programme on mechatronics.