US-based tech service startup Bitwise raises $80 million in funding led by Kapor Center, Motley FoolThe latest investment valued the startup at over $600 million, people familiar with the matter said, from a $200 million valuation in early...
28 Feb, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
Enhance NAPS stipend for apprentices to restore parity, says standing committee reportCurrently, stipend under NAPS is 25% subject to a maximum of Rs 1500 per month as against 50% for engineering degree and diploma holders un...
05 Apr, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Nearly 52,000 placed at Apprenticeship Mela across 660 locationsOver 5000 companies across retail, telecom, IT/ITeS, electronics and automotive sectors participated in the event, the ministry said. “Unde...
06 Oct, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
ETRise Top MSMEs Ranking: Adoption of apprentices model can be way forward in MSME skilling, say experts"It’s only after formalisation where one can step forward and work towards skilling the masses. All sectors are facing this problem where t...
20 Jan, 2020, 03.10 PM IST
Govt wants PSUs to hire more apprentices for service businessThe govt is of the view that though most PSUs are hiring apprentices for technical and manufacturing job roles, the number of apprentices i...
05 Dec, 2019, 08.35 PM IST
Manufacturing, services sectors to drive apprentice hiring in H2 2019According to a TeamLease Skills University report, the apprentice hiring sentiment is expected to grow from current levels of 36 per cent t...
31 Oct, 2019, 11.41 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh govt invites application for apprentice training. Here are all the detailsMadhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran, a state government undertaking, has invited application from eligible candidates for apprenti...
25 Jun, 2018, 12.06 PM IST
Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover launches learning academy in UKTata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has set up the first learning academy in the UK to train and up-skill its employees.
03 Aug, 2015, 09.08 PM IST
Apprenticeship Amendment Bill gets Rajya Sabha nodKey changes include dropping the clause that mandates imprisonment of company directors that fail to implement provisions of Apprenticeship...
27 Nov, 2014, 05.08 AM IST
Shramev Jayate: New-look ITIs to churn out skilled workersLack of skilled manpower has hurt industries prompting some of them to set up their own training centres. Industries have their horror stor...
18 Oct, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
- Apprentice Act to be freed from jail terms, compulsory hiring
Keeping with its intent to skill India's increasingly young workforce, the Narendra Modi government is overhauling the moribund 53-year-old...
03 Jul, 2014, 07.12 AM IST
Narendra Modi’s skill development plan NETAP all set to take offThe NDA government at the Centre has now granted approval for the scheme through the technical education regulator under the HRD Ministry.
25 Jun, 2014, 05.55 AM IST
On-the-job training: Services firms to hire at least 2.5% of their workforce as apprenticesYouth aspiring for jobs in the services sector could soon pick up the necessary skills through on the-job training with India Inc agreeing ...
03 Jun, 2013, 05.09 AM IST
Prime Minister’s skill advisor S Ramadorai to draft new law on apprenticeshipAbout 500 new trades and vocations were to be brought under the scheme, including skills for services sectors like IT-enabled services.
13 Feb, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Reservation clause stalls new Apprenticeship Act
The government's efforts to reform a failed 50 year-old law on apprenticeship - a form of on-the-job-training - have got stalled over the p...
05 Feb, 2011, 12.10 AM IST
- Apprentices Act of 1961 to be amended to make youth ready for changing market
The Apprentices Act of 1961 will be amended to fix the apprenticeship training scheme (ATS) that has been a failure because of to rigid nor...
30 Jun, 2010, 02.45 AM IST
- BOAT to train 2.80 lakh apprentices under 11th plan
The Board of Apprenticeship Training (BOAT), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Education, plans to train about 2.80 lakh appre...
09 Oct, 2007, 05.40 PM IST