Punjab Infotech takes initiatives for Development of Human Resource in the State
1947 students appeared from 16 Govt. Colleges
 A number of HRD initiatives has been conceptualized by Punjab Infotech aimed at upgrading the skill sets of the youth in Punjab for emerging opportunities in IT/Knowledge sector.These are being run jointly by Punjab
Infotech, Deptt. of Higher Education and Deptt.of
Technical Education. These Initiatives by Punjab
Infotech would help in boosting employability
options amongst the students, create a greater
exposure of industry practices and expectations to
the students while creating a vibrant environment to
foster learning in the colleges.
Realising the need to provide support to these
initiatives and to make them a part of regular
activity, provision of Rs 2 crores has been made in
the budget for 2011-2012 for strengthening HRD
initiatives in the state.Three Projects:-P-STEP, GTT
and NAC Test are completely sponsored by Govt. of
Punjab.
Punjab Infotech has initiated a number of
programmes is various institution & industry bodies
towards skill development & employability. P-STEP
(Punjab Skill Training for Employment Potential is an initiative of department of Higher education, facilitated by Punjab Infotech and includes training on communication and soft skills as well as basic IT skills. The training would help in upgrading the soft
skills and communication skills of the Govt. College
students which are generally not imparted with
conventional education system. This initiative is
being implemented in 25 colleges for 2000
Students.
Punjab Infotech has also partnered with GTT to train
aspiring Govt College students on vocational skills in
the areas of marketing, banking, insurance, retail etc
that will help them get suitable employment in the
industry. GTT applies CISCO based Technology to
provide an effective and best in class interactive
learning environment for students.Educentres are
being set up in 7 Govt.colleges targeting 280
students.
In order to building a pool of manpower, which is
industry certified and employable, Punjab state has
undertaken National Assessment of Competency
(NAC) Test. The certification test would also improve
the visibility of Govt college at national level , as the
result is forwarded by NASSCOM (National
Association of Software and Services Companies) to
endorsing companies.5000 students from 25 Govt.
College of Punjab will be participating in this initiative.
Punjab Infotech has tied up with various training bodies focusing on the core skill development in the state. Project GENESIS is a community initiative of Infosys BPO, which is aimed at aligning the teaching and course curriculum at Graduate School to the industry requirements so the students have an edge as far as employability is concerned. The initiative is being implemented in 14 Colleges for 560 students.
In addition, Punjab Infotech and Centum Learning are working together to promote self employment among the economically and socially backward youth and enable sustainable wage employment.The target is to train approximately 2600 BPL rural youth between the age group of 18-35 in five districts of Punjab. Nine batches have been launched at Kotkapura, Nihal Singh Wala,Payal of Punjab and 252 candidates have been trained.
In order to facilitate the creation of entrepreneurship as a viable career option among students, the initiative to set up incubation centres at various PTU engineering collleges has been taken to increase awareness about entrepreneurial skills among students and also to provide a platform to nurture business ideas and startup companies. Forty three Nodal officers have been identified at various engineering colleges and sensitization workshops are being conducted in association with TiE. Moving ahead Punjab Infotech has tied up with LPU to nurture and facilitate the creation of entrepreneurship as a viable career option among students.
The incubator will be formally launched in January. The five focus sectors would be-Food processing, Handtools, IT/ITES, Retail and Healthcare Sectors.
Another initiative to cater to candidates who may be school drop outs and train them on vocational skills, Punjab infotech has established Finishing/Training School at Rayat and Bahra Mohali. Four clusters have been envisaged-auto, IT, Pharma Management. The first trimester examination for automative certificate course for 48 students has been conducted in the last week of October, 2011.
Under the Initiative, MoU with “Maruti Suzuki India Limited”, “Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicles India Limited” and Volkswagen Group India have been signed. Other clusters are in the pipeline.
In order to understand and minimize the skill gaps in each of chosen districts and improve employability of the youth through targeted interventions, The Govt. of Punjab mandated CII to get a skill gap study conducted in six select districts of Punjab (Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Mohali, Patiala and Bathinda).
The MoU was signed between Punjab Infotech and CII on 18th March, 2011, subsequent to which three agencies - Skill Pro, Dexter and Ejeevika have been shortlisted.
All the three major organizations PAN IIT - GOP - IIT (Ropar) came together with a shared vision to collaborate in the area of entrepreneurship, skill development, and employability of the youth of Punjab. A tripartite agreement was signed on September 30, 2010 between the IIT Ropar, IIT-alumni promoted organization PANIIT,and Punjab Infotech to forge academia-industry-government linkage initiative for the betterment of society,subsequent to which PAN IIT has adopted ITI Ropar and ITI Lalru.
Online Franchisee Service for CAL C centres
 Punjab Infotech introduced franchisee scheme in 1998 and now has a strong network of 125 CAL-C Centres offering courses in Information Technology, Hardware and Networking. Punjab Infotech has also become a premium agency for providing computer training to Govt. Employees and training to beneficiaries under various Govt. Welfare Schemes.
Though Punjab Infotech is continuously making efforts to give the quality services to students and franchisees more than 12 years. n November, 2011, Punjab Infotech took a quantum leap in its operations and introduced online services to franchisees. Punjab Infotech has introduced the facility of online registration of franchise centre, online registration of students at CAL-C Centre, management of contracts with franchisees and renewal of CAL-C Centres. A CAL-C Centre at Jakhawali (distt. Fatehgarh Sahib) has already been opened through online services.
For the smooth implementation of online services,
Punjab Infotech conducted a training program of
franchisees of CAL-C successfully on 24.11.2011 at
Chandigarh to acquaint them with various features
of online system, its operations and its utility to
manage the admissions at CAL-C Centres. GM (CAL-C) briefed the benefits of online services to centres and students. Centre heads appreciated the efforts of Punjab Infotech for launching online franchisee services and were of the view that new system will help them a lot to properly maintain the record of students.
It is an easy to use and user friendly system, facilitates smooth flow of information to Punjab facilitates smooth flow of information to Punjab Infotech, reduces the efforts on part of franchisee to maintain record of students enrolled at centres. From 1st Dec. 2011, facility of online enrollments of students at CAL-C centres has been initiated.
Technical Education Policy, Punjab
The need to equip the workforce with technical capabilities and varied skills consistent with the demands arising from industry has been officially recognized by India’s 11th Five-Year Plan. The Plan has laid out the framework for moving towards a long-term skills development policy. Similarly, initiatives for scaling up the technical education system have also been outlined.
Addressing the various challenges of scaling up the capacity and capabilities of technical education in the state, while ensuring quality and access to all sections of society, necessitates the formulation of a planned and coherent approach. The approach should necessarily be formed through a consultative process involving expert inputs as well as with the considerations of all other key stakeholders (demand and supply-side), combined with learning from the best practices in education policy formulation and an appreciation of the contemporary industrial culture and economic environments of the state so as to ensure it is comprehensive and contextual.
To clearly articulate the Government of Punjab’s objectives and outline the strategies that will be adopted to transform the state into a hub for technical education and industrial training in India the ‘Technical Education and Industrial Training policy for Punjab’ has been undertaken.
Addressing the challenges in the technical education and industrial training system can help to address the need to skill an increasingly youthful population, particularly if the course offerings can be brought in alignment with requirements of industry. Improving the technical education and industrial training system would also help to curb social challenges and could be the catalyst that Punjab’s economy requires to reinstate its position as one the best performing economies in the country.
The Govt of Punjab intends to develop a technical education system which is receptive to the new innovations and technologies and is demand driven. The objective is to impart superior and improved skills to the youth through industry oriented teaching for better employment opportunities.
Online bids were invited for selection of consultant for Development of Technical Education Policy for the State of Punjab addressing the following areas:- Access, Quality, Industry Orientation,Capacity Building and Infrastructure. M/s Deloitte has been shortlisted after the Techno - Commercial Evaluation and invited to commence work. M/s Deloitte Touce Tohmatsu India Pvt.Ltd has submitted draft report to DoTE and Final report will be submitted by 31st December, 2011. |