Indore: The ministry of micro, small & medium enterprises (MSME) plans to collaborate with Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) to put up a training centre for students at Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) by mid-week of November.

The centre is likely to run 70-80 short-term diploma and certificate courses related to mechanical and software engineering.

"It is an initiative of Centre. We will only be giving our space to MSME for the centre. We have already finalized everything related to it with MSME including location on our campus," IET director Dr Sanjiv Tokekar said.

IET has planned to sign a memorandum of understanding with MSME by next week to exchange official documents, he added.

Ten machines including, Computer Numerical Control and Electrical Discharge Machining, will be made available at the centre. It will also have manufacturing software.

"We had been planning this centre for a couple of months now. It will have new machines and different software with a budget of Rs 4 crore. At present, we don't have such latest machines in our department. Latest technology is beneficial for students and it will upgrade their knowledge," IET’s mechanical engineering head Dr Ashesh Tiwari told TOI.

All undergraduate, postgraduate students and PhD scholars of IET will be able to make use of machines and software at the centre for their assignments and projects free of cost, he added.

The short-term courses will also be open for all. General category students of DAVV will have to pay 50 % of the actual fee, whereas SC/ST students will be able to take the courses for free.

Published On : 31-10-2019

Source : Times of India