Skill devp council signs MoU with Himachal ITIs

NURPUR, AUGUST 18

The Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam (HPKVN), the implementing agency of the state Skills Development Project (SDP), has signed an MoU with 40 ITIs in the state.

According to Sudhir Bhatia, district coordinator of the HPKVN, in Kangra district, 10 ITIs at Shahpur, Nurpur, Nehranpukhar, Dadsiba, Palampur, Baijnath, Garjamula, Daultapur, Jawali and Dharamsala have been incorporated into the MoU.

Bhatia said the SDP was the flagship employment and livelihood scheme of the state government and the MoU had been planned to impart short-term skill development training programmes free of cost to ITI trainees or passouts so that they could upgrade their skills under the National Skills Qualification Framework. — OC