INSTITUTE-INDUSTRY INTERACTION IN SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The Government of India has taken initiative to have National Manufacturing Policy, first of its kind, which addresses areas of regulation, infrastructure, skill development, technology, and other pertinent factors related to the growth of the sector. India faces the problem of low productivity of the manufacturing sector due to lack of skill training among the shop floor workers. The Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) affiliated to National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) are the backbone of the system for producing trained manpower to meet the skill needs of industry in India, in particular manufacturing industry. One of the policy initiatives under ̳Make in India‘ campaign is to create ̳multiple tier structure‘ for skill development viz. Skill-building among large numbers of less educated workforce, setting up ITIs in PPP mode for imparting relevant skill training, establishment of polytechnics for specialised skill development and establishing centres for training of instructors.