Govt extends date for admission into ITI Bhubaneswar

Surjit Kumar Dhal, BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 4: The last date for admission into Government ITI Bhubaneswar has been extended up to September 16 to fill the vacant seats under several trades with the Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, New Delhi, revising the schedule for admission into course under Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS). The earlier date was August 31.

Some seats in the much sought after four Smart Trades, introduced for the first time in Odisha, under IoT Technician Smart Agriculture and IoT Technician Smart Healthcare, and the Information Technology (IT) trade under Centre of Excellence (CoE) are lying vacant. Notably, all the four Smart Trades with IoT (Internet of Things) based curriculum has attracted massive response. In Government ITIs, courses come free of cost for girls, SC and ST and physically challenged students. Other benefits like scholarships for construction workers, labours and students from poor economic background are available as per different government schemes. Meanwhile, leading electric manufacturing firm Schneider Electric has given a proposal to the Principal of Government ITI Bhubaneswar to sponsor a “Train the trainer programme” by giving training to some faculty members