Advisor reviews progress on collaboration between J&K UT, LTSU

Advisor R R Bhatnagar at a meeting in Srinagar on Monday.
Advisor R R Bhatnagar at a meeting in Srinagar on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 27: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today chaired a meeting to review the progress on collaboration between Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Lamrin Tech Skills University (LTSU) for the development of Skill institutes across J&K.
The meeting was attended by Chancellor, LTSU, Dr. Sandeep Singh Kaura; Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Rohit Kansal; Principal Secretary SDD, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon; Mission Director Skill Development Mission, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary; Advisor and Head Innovation Centre of Excellence, IBM India Ltd, Sanjiv Mehta; Director SDD, J&K, Director Health Services Kashmir, representatives of Industries and Commerce department, Principals of Polytechnic Colleges and Superintendents of ITIs, representatives of FICCI, CII, among others.
During the meeting detailed deliberations were held on developing the Technical education sector across J&K by developing a through and common understanding with the management of LTSU.
Speaking during the meeting, Advisor Bhatnagar said that the collaboration between the LTSU and J&K SDD is of vital importance as the UT is witnessing remarkable transformation in terms of development and in coming years the region will need a large chunk of skilled manpower. He added that the new Industrial Policy has paved the way for development of entire J&K and some leading industrialists are going to establish their business ventures here.
While speaking on the vitality of the collaboration with LTSU, Bhatnagar asked the management of the University to conduct an in-depth analysis of local scenario here. He suggested them to focus on IT sector here also as the region possesses lot of scope in this sector.
Stating that J&K is Land of opportunities, Advisor asked the management of the University to explore the possibilities in other sectors like Tourism, Hydropower, Construction and others so that youth can be imparted high-end skills and maximum employment avenues are created for them. The Advisor also asked the LTSU representatives to explore the possibilities of upskilling the paramedical staff here as the region has witnessed significant milestones in health sector in last couple of years and there is an ample need of upskilling of same.
Highlighting about maintaining close coordination and synergy between the department and LTSU, Bhatnagar delved upon the officers of SDD and representatives of University to prepare a line of action plan so that the fruits of this collaboration are reaped to its maximum. He also asked them to work in tandem and prepare a plan for revision of curriculum in the Skill institutes across Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking during the meeting, Chancellor LTSU said that the university will provide all possible support and technical expertise to the J&K Government and will facilitate the students of Skill institutes of J&K for getting placements across the country as well as abroad.
Principal Secretary HED said that this collaboration between UT of J&K and LTSU is a significant concept which will certainly develop the skill training ecosystem here.
Kansal suggested the management of University to consult the NEP-2020 for developing the skill vourses here as the NEP has given lot of focus on developing Skill training institutes. He further asked them develop a course having some employability avenues in it for the normal graduates of J&K colleges.
During the meet, the LTSU management gave a detailed presentation on the collaboration between the SDD and LTSU.
They informed the meeting that the University is running a Project Harvest for Harnessing All round development through Vocation Education and Skill Training. They highlighted that through this project, employability enhancement, industry development and Socio-economic development can be harvested.