Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, May 8, 2015 :

The Indian government owned power utility major, NTPC Limited on Friday singed a MoU with union ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (NSDF – National Skill Development Fund) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to undertake various skill development programs.

The tripartite MoU was signed by Pawan Agrawal, joint secretary, NSDF, U.P. Pani director (human resources), NTPC and Dilip H Chenoy, managing director and chief executive officer, NSDC.

NTPC has earmarked Rs. 6.50 crore from its Corproate Social Responsibility [CSR] Fund for 2015-16 and 2016-17 to pursue the proposed skill development projects at 22 locations with special focus on the eastern Indian states and in the state where NTPC power plants are located.

Some 5000 youths will be trained in various vocational skill sets, an official release said.

“These Programs are linked to the employment requirement of the industries and encourage entrepreneurship through Skill Development Partners like NSDC or its Training Providers. NTPC will provide fund to NSDF (National Skill Development Fund) as per the provisions of the MoU and NSDC will execute the programme as implementing body in selected areas based on the Baseline Survey and Skill Gap Analysis of the population carried out by its Training Partners”, the release added.