Chandigarh wants to be the first city in the country to switch on the programme of training civil servants in e-governance. The administration is already working out the modalities to stake claim with the Centre for setting up the first e-Governance Academy in the country. Once in place, the institute will be akin to lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie for training civil service officers.
UT Advisor Vijay Dev talking to The Pioneer said, “Chandigarh Administration will put in all efforts to convince Central Government for setting up the institute in the city. Chandigarh fulfills all the requirements to become the stage of such an important institute”. He said that the well planned infrastructure and availability of international airport are big pushes for Chandigarh to pursue the demand for the institute.
Talking on the need to give a boost to electronics and hardware manufacturing in India, Advisor Vijay Dev said that having become a front runner in the software development, India badly needed to improve the manufacturing sector, especially in electronics and hardware segments.
He said that the skilled workforce had remained a big challenge for growth of manufacturing sector in India. Government, industry and academia needed to work in tandem to ensure that the country is able to yield the dividend of being the youngest and second highest populated country in the world.
He said that Chandigarh Administration has adopted a proactive approach in the matter and under the Digital India initiative of Government of India the skill development programme in Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) will start soon in Chandigarh. Under the programe 8000 youngsters will be trained for electronic manufacturing industry.
He said that Chandigarh Administration has been asked to reconsider the request for allotment of a plot for National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIElIT) in the city.