NIT to train technical students all over India:MHRD

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 15:12 [IST]

Durgapur, Mar 12 (UNI) The Ministry of Human Resource Development has chosen National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur to train the students of 1600 government and private engineering colleges all over India.

To get the jobs in government sector and MNC's, the ministry had taken the decision to start the eight-week-long course, known as finishing schools, where about 100 students would be trained for Rs 5000.

Director of NIT, Durgapur and member of the experts committee of finishing school Swapa Bhattacharya said such training programme is needed to ensure jobs to the suitable talent in the IT and BPO sectors.

The first batch would start their training programme from May 2007.

UNI

Topics: EDUCATION-NIT-DURGAPUR-HRD

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