To make diploma students industry-ready, the State government has initiated talks with Microsoft India to provide training in computer science and soft skills to final year diploma students of government polytechnics.
H.U. Talawar, Director, Department of Technical Education, told The Hindu that the department had held initial talks with Microsoft India in this regard. The initiative would also help enhance the communication skills of the final year students.
There are 81 government polytechnics in the State and in each institute, on an average, there are 40 final year computer science students. This apart, there are 44 aided and 167 private polytechnics in the State. “We are looking forward to getting a positive response from the software major,” the official said.
The department had tied-up with Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. and Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Chennai, to train final year students of all diploma courses in job skills, Mr. Talawar said.
With ToyotaOn Wednesday, the department signed an agreement with Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. to provide training for students of Government Polytechnic at Joida, Uttar Kannada. Under the pact, an instructor would train final year students of mechanical engineering in job skills. After training, the students would be hired as supervisors in Toyota factory or at its service centres.
Toyota-Technical Education Programme was being successfully implemented in Government CPC Polytechnic, Mysore, since July 2013, Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande said.
Toyota Kirloskar Motors vice-president Mahesh Salkar and manager Neeraj Sharma were present.
