The Ministry of Textiles (MoT) has approved the pilot project on skilling of Design/Commissioning technical personnel associated with application of geo-textiles in infrastructure projects (roads, highways, railways, water resources).
It will be conducted concurrently by prestigious institutes such as Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
As per a statement issued by the Ministry, the coordinating faculty of the respective fields of engineering will look after the implementation of the special courses in consultation with the other concerned centres/offices of the respective Institute.
The MoT will coordinate all matters related to conducting these courses with Prof. G.I Sivakumar Babu, IISC, Bangalore; Prof. Rajagopal Karpurapu, IIT, Madras; and Prof. Satyendra Mittal, IIT Roorkee from the respective institutes.
A batch will consist of minimum 75 to maximum 100 candidates. During the pilot phase, two batches are scheduled per each three Institutes. Further, continuation of the special skill development course will be subjected to a review by the Mission Directorate of National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) or the MoT.
The Institutes will conduct these courses on no-profit/no-loss basis and will charge Rs. 1,000 per candidates as a token fee.
Once batch(es) having minimum number of 75 candidates is formed, Ministry of Textiles will provide full amount or Rs. 4.50 lakh per batch as an advance to the respective institute. On completion of the batch/course, the Institute will furnish a Statement of Expenditure/UC to the Ministry and surplus grant, if any, will be returned to the Government.
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