Tata Sons, Flipkart, Raymond Group to prepare Industrial Training Institutes' course

NEW DELHI: Tata Sons, Flipkart, Raymond Group and Gujarat Industrial Power Company have signed first-of-its-kind agreements with the labour ministry to help design training programmes for the Industrial Training Institutes, or ITIs, in line with specific industry needs.

These are the first memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed under the ‘flexi-MoU’ policy of the ministry of labour and employment, which give companies the flexibility to design programmes at the government technical training institutions.

Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group, has signed an MoU to work as a knowledge partner in the areas of employability and entrepreneurship by providing conceptual frameworks and thought leadership on policies and processes.

The MoU with leading online retailer Flipkart is aimed at benefiting MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) and artisans in building their capabilities and improving their competitiveness.

The agreements were signed at a national consultation, ‘Demand-Responsive Vocational Training’, meet organised in New Delhi on Friday by industry association CII. Speaking at the event, Gauri Kumar, labour and employment secretary, said the government is looking at partnerships wherein companies can volunteer to help develop a last-mile employability module.

She stressed on the need for a collaboration between industry clusters, ITIs, state governments and career centres to provide training to youth in line with industry needs.