Haryana and Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology at Ottawa, Canada, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Toronto for cooperation and collaboration in skill development.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal, Industries Minister Capt. Abhimanyu and president of Algonquin College, Chery Jensen, a release issued said.
The objective of the MoU is to design programmes, promote multiple models of delivery that can respond to the differing situations, inclusivity in terms of gender/rural-urban/organised-unorganised sector and optimum utilisation of public and private training capacities across all sectors. It will also lay emphasis on skill building in informal sector through skill upgradation and certification of workers.
A spokesperson of the State Government said that the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is one of its kind public private partnerships in India. It aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality, for profit vocational institutions. NSDC, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship had signed total of Memorandum of Understanding with Algonquin College in areas of collaboration for skill development during the visit of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi to Canada in April 2015.
The NSDC, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship had signed an MoU with Algonquin College in areas of Automotive and Construction Sectors for skill development. Based on these lines, Haryana Government and Algonquin College may explore many more areas of collaboration over a period of time, said the spokesperson.
The Haryana Government has set up State level Skill Development Mission to provide inter-sectoral coordination at the State level. The parties may enter into specific written MoU under authority of this MoU to clarify and define the nature, extent and terms of operation for the proposed Academy of Excellence including intellectual property and financial arrangements.
The MoU has come into force from the date of its signature by the parties and shall remain in force for five years. Thereafter, it shall be renewed by written consent of the parties. Each party will work together in a collaborative manner towards the fulfillment of the objective of the MoU, said the spokesperson.
He added that the MoU does not restrict any of the parties from being involved in similar arrangements in India or Canada. The MoU may involve other institutions by mutual consent which may be added in the near future by written addendum to this MoU.
Meanwhile, expressing satisfaction over the successful outcome of the visit and a number of meetings with business tycoons and leading MNCs in USA and Canada, the Chief Minister said that many foreign investors had evinced keen interest in investing in Haryana in such sectors as infrastructure, housing, Information Technology, education, medicare and healthcare etc.
“The four MOUs we have signed with Google, CISCO, United Technologies and Applied Materials speak in no small measure for the success of our visit. Haryana is closer to a digital dawn, thanks to the agreement with Google. It will also lend its shoulders to the wheel being pushed by various departments of the State Government to optimise their sites for mobile platforms,” Manohar lal quipped.
He added that the investors in US and Canada have been told that those coming to invest in Haryana would now be able to select a place of their choice in any part of the state for setting up industry.