Team Herald
PANJIM: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII Goa) has signed a MoU with Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) on August 14 to map out and develop required skill sets for the ship building industry specifically in the area of defence vessel manufacturing.
This comes in the backdrop of Ministry of Defence nominating GSL to construct twelve Mine Counter Measure Vessels (MCMV) or minesweepers for the Indian Navy.
The MoU was signed by P M Johri the chief general manager, HR&A of GSL in presence of his CMD RAdm (Retd) Shekhar Mital. Chairman of CII, Goa Council Parag Joshi signed on behalf of the CII.
Mr Joshi told Herald that in this three-year initial MoU, GSL will provide Rs 15 lakh per annum which shall help set up a cell within the CII Goa Office, which shall work towards the creation of the skill sets in people through the ITI’s, polytechnics and engineering colleges. Besides, it would work with the entrepreneurs to create the vendor base required for the project to be successful within the proposed timeline.
Mr Joshi said that this was a historic moment for CII and the list of desirable skill sets will be formulated based on inputs from the Transfer of Technology (ToT) provider. This will require extensive work to be undertaken to design and create course curriculum, identify institutions where the courses could be introduced for teaching, training the trainers within and beyond institutions, getting corporate intervention to train the trainers, corresponding with the technology providers for specialized training needs etc.
Mr Joshi told the Herald that, “CII will facilitate and create a team of professionals in the field of skill development and work alongside the GSL in preparing a comprehensive curriculum, introducing it in relevant engineering institutions, organizing for training the trainers, validating course materials and understanding its applicability and suitability on an ongoing basis. This will be challenge.”
As regards augmenting business opportunities to promote business investments into the state CII will also guide the potential entrepreneurs in acquiring land, managing the resources, planning for the project financing and handhold these ventures during the set up process in consultation with the GSL.
