Two Skill Centre of Excellence (CoE)s to be set up in Uttar Pradesh

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New Delhi  : In a strategic meeting between Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Un ion Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister, and Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, at Lucknow, a decision was taken to set-up two Skill Centre of Excellence (CoEs) – one at Greater Noida for Plumbing and one at Varanasi for the Services Sector.

The two centres will be international state-of-the-art infrastructure which will be created under joint collaboration between the State and the Centre, where the State will provide the land for setting up the two buildings. The infrastructure and training delivery will be supported by the respective Sector Skill Councils and the industry partners to make it relevant to market demand and trends.

Furthering the push on creating world class infrastructure for skill development in the State, it was jointly decided that the India Institute of Skills (IIS), Kanpur, will soon become operational. The Centre was conceptualised by Prime Minister  Narendra Modi himself during his visit to Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education and its foundation was also laid by him. The institute will be opened in partnership with the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore, and will have around 10-12 labs and will not only focus on hard skills from manufacturing sector but also on skills related to service sector, according to a PIB release.

Reassuring support from the Centre to the State, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey said, “MSDE will work closely with Government of Uttar Pradesh to ensure world class infrastructure for skilling and will ensure the up-skilling and re-skilling of its youth under our programmes. ”

Commenting on the partnership, CM Yogi Adityanath said, “We have been focusing on our clusters in UP for skill development through our One District One Product scheme. Our focus is also towards our farmer community and we will work together with the Central government to up-skill them to today’s time and age enhancing their productivity leading to better livelihood.”