On May 19, Mumbai headquartered Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI) announced their training partnership with National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC), strengthening the position of KTI as the industry leader, and further strengthening their vocational skills leadership.
KTI is now authorised training partner with NSDC for all the diploma and certificate courses. This synergy between KTI and NSDC benefits the students in multiple ways:
– KTI provides the students a high level of quality training which is delivered by industry experts following industry guidelines, helping them widen their job prospects.
– Under the association with NSDC, KTI faculty members would also be provided training as per industry standards.
– The course certificate would be endorsed by NSDC, established by the Government of India.
– Enable better and easy placements for KTI students in private and public sector undertakings all over India.
All KTI courses including Electronics, Mobile Repairing, Electricals, Automobiles, Mechanical, A.C. & Refrigeration, Computer Software, Fashion Designing and Computer Hardware & Networking have been upgraded. KTI centre’s infrastructure has been upgraded with modern and state of the art lab equipments, as per the NSDC standard.
Commenting on the partnership with NSDC, Sameer Joshi, CEO and director, KTI, says, “We are extremely pleased to have the support and accreditation of NSDC, adding to the esteem and prestige of our institute. We are focussed on providing the best in class training to churn out world class students from KTI preparing them for employment or entrepreneurship”.
Dilip Chenoy, CEO and managing director of NSDC, said, “Our vision is to transform the skill landscape in India and we believe that Kohinoor Technical Institute has the ability to bring this vision to life. We were looking to partner with a training institute that understands the vocational training space and will help us tackle the issues related to skilling labour, and bridge the gap by doing so. We’re delighted to be partnering with them, and join hands in fulfilling the prime minister’s vision of creating a Skilled India.”
This association with NSDC takes the KTI promise of “Hunar Bhi Rozgaar Bhi” ahead. KTI with its focus on skills, employment and livelihood and the NSDC affiliation further empowers students to be “employment-ready”.
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a unique public-private-partnership under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, with 49 percent equity held by the Government of India, to help develop and upgrade the skills of the Indian workforce especially in the unorganised sector, through various skill training programs.
Established in 1967, Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI) is a pioneer in vocational training for technical courses. Founded by the honourable Dr. Manohar Joshi, KTI started with a single centre at Dadar in Mumbai, and has now grown into a national network of 79 centres across six Indian states.