November 22, 2008
JSW Steel sets up vocational training institute at Toranagal
BS reported that JSW Steel Limited, which is currently expanding its steel mill at Toranagal in Bellary district of Karnataka, has set up OP Jindal Centre for Vocational Training at Toranagal to offer job oriented courses to the children of land losers and villagers adjoining the steel mill. It has so far invested INR 13 crore to construct a building for the vocational training centre adjacent to its steel mill at Toranagal.
OPJCVT has entered into a tie up with Nettur Technical Training Foundation to offer three programs in electrical maintenance, mechanical maintenance and certificate program in computer applications.
The centre is presently offering one year certificate program in 3 disciplines to 50 students in the first batch, which has just started. After every 3 months, it intends to commence the fresh batch of 60 students. The course is open for the children of the land losers at Toranagal and at a later stage, it will be open for students from across India. The centre will offer 100% placement in the manufacturing units of Jindal group such as steel mills at Toranagal in Karnataka, Jharkhand and West Bengal, power plant at Jaisalmer and Ratnagiri, aluminum plant at Vizag.
Mr SS Gupta director of OPJCVT said that "Our main objective is to impart technical training to the children of the displaced families in our project, so that they can not only become employable in our factories, but also turn entrepreneurs. They will be given a proper technical training for one year and after the completion of the course as per NTTF program, they can take up any job of their choice."
Mr Gupta said that the training will be free for the children of the displaced families, while the students under general quota will be charged INR 36,000. They will be offered a scholarship of INR 18,000. In addition to this, OPJCVT will also offer 20% of the course fee as scholarship to students under scheduled caste and scheduled tribe category and disabled. Sports persons will be given 5% scholarship.
