Times News Network Kanpur: Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT-Kanpur signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Training and Employment, Uttar Pradesh to train principals of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the state on new-age innovation technologies.
The week-long workshop programme was launched on Monday in an event graced by Minister of State (independent charge), Skill Development and Vocational Education, Kapil Dev Aggarwal, IAS secretary to the chief minister, Uttar Pradesh Alok Kumar, director, IIT-Kanpur, Prof Abhay Karandikar, professor-in-charge, incubation and innovation, IIT-Kanpur Prof Amitabha Bandyopadhyay and CEO, SIIC IIT Kanpur Dr Nikhil Agarwal.
Through the workshop, SIIC, IIT-Kanpur will provide pragmatic inputs on addressing global challenges through new-age technology-led innovations.
The week-long workshops will target principals from ITIs and other senior officials of the Department of Training and Employment from Uttar Pradesh.
The participants will be exposed to the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world which now experiences amplified dynamism in the post-Covid era.
The workshop sessions will be conducted by subject experts, including IIT professors who would directly train the ITI principals.
Commenting on the initiative, the minister said, “The initiative comes at an opportune moment when the education systems are transforming rapidly.
We believe that this interdisciplinary program would lead to confidence building of ITI staff which will further strengthen the educational outcomes of students in these institutions.” Alok Kumar congratulated the team for the initiative and envisioned a stronger association with IIT-Kanpur for similar future endeavours.
He added, “We aim to bring novel opportunities to the esteemed principals of ITIs that can bring value-addition to their efforts.” Prof Abhay Karandikar said, “Education and training are strengths of educational institutes like IIT and we would feel honoured to assist in capability building of ITIs and envisioned to scale the process in the future.”