Govt tool room training centre to come up in Udupi soon: official

Ramananda Nayak, Joint Director of Commerce and Industries, said on Thursday that a government tool room training centre would also be set up in Udupi shortly.

He was speaking at the inaugural function of an entrepreneurship awareness programme for final year degree women students to encourage them to take entrepreneurship as a career, organised by the Platform of Women Entrepreneurship (POWER) at the School of Management (SOM), here.

Mr. Nayak said that this centre will give training in manufacturing tools and other components needed for the industry. It would also help manufacturers deal with issues of quality training, accreditations, and certification. Such tool rooms had been set up in other districts.

The State Industrial Policy 2014-19 provided for an extra 5 per cent incentive to women entrepreneurs for starting their enterprises and they would also be provided with other benefits available for small and medium sector industries.

The department was developing an industrial area on 70 acres of land at Nandikur village and on 60 acres of land at Belapu village in the district. It had spent Rs. 10 crore for providing basic facilities such as roads, drainage system, power lines and water at Belapu.

Land

Small scale industries could be developed in both these industrial areas. Land could be allotted for such small industries ranging from 25 cents to two acres. Under the Suvarna Kayaka Kaushalya Abhivridi Yojane, the department was supporting educational institutions to set up vocational training centres. A vocational centre had already been set up at the NMAM Institute of Technology at Nitte in the district.

An amount of Rs. 5 crore had been spent for the building, machinery and computer lab at the centre. Skill development programmes were provided for young entrepreneurs at the vocational centre. There was demand for another vocational centre at Moodlakatte near Kundapur.

Industries offering on the job training for fresh candidates would be encouraged under the Suvarna Kayaka Udyog Shikshana Yojane.

This scheme had been introduced in the present fiscal and would be implemented by the Department of Employment and Training, Mr. Nayak said.