Orissa Diary reported that an Advanced Welding Centre with state of the art training equipments was inaugurated by Mr Pyarimohan Mohapatra hon’ble Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha at Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management of Parlakhemundi on October 31st 2009. Mr Surya Narayan Patro revenue minister, Mr Narayan Rao, MLA and Dr Mukesh Kumar COO of Vedanta Aluminium Limited were present during the Inauguration.

The Advanced Welding Centre is equipped to provide basic to high precision welding training to students. People can seek employment in ship building industry after training from this sophisticated welding centre. They could pass non-destructive test after being trained here.

Vedanta Aluminium Limited supported INR 5.4 million for setting up the Advanced Welding Centre at JITM. Dr Mukesh said that the advanced training centre will help in developing skilled manpower, which is required for current as well as future industrial projects. He also expressed Vedanta’s commitment for improving education standard in the area.

According to Mr Mukti Mishra chairman of Centurion Group of Institutions and JITM, currently, 39 Project Affected Persons from Lanjigarh are being trained at JITM. This Engineering Institution will not only help the students to get employment but also will encourage them to become entrepreneurs by using this centre as common facility centre. The welding centre will help youth of the tribal area in getting gainful employment as well as opening welding shops. This will enhance their employability, so that they can seek suitable employment in industrial projects.

(Sourced from Orissadiary.com)