The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIElIT) has signed an MOU with Intel India to jointly conduct courses and online examinations on digital literacy
Taking forward the National Digital literacy Mission and Digital India Campaign of the Government of India, the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIElIT) has entered into an MOU with Intel India to jointly conduct courses and online examinations on digital literacy as well as NIElIT’s courses on Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM). Intel will develop the software for assessment of candidates under the National Digital literacy Mission to make the courses more industry oriented to endeavour to make one member of each house hold digitally literate in India. The MOU was signed by Ashwini Kumar Sharma, MD, NIElIT with Debjani Ghosh, MD, Intel South Asia in the presence of minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at a workshop.
The annual workshop on supporting digital India by skilling, scaling and speeding operations through PPPs explored possible avenues to facilitate the skill development and capacity building initiatives of the government. NIElIT also entered into an MOU with the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW).
Prasad said, “With the launch of the National Digital literacy Mission and Digital India Campaign, a digital revolution is beginning. The Digital India programme encompasses a time when the common man would be easily able to access and track the government schemes and services even through his mobile phone. NIElIT has stepped up its efforts in skill development in the electronic system and design manufacturing sector and has entered into many MoUs to leverage its capacity and create synergy in the area of training and support services.”
RS Sharma, secretary, DeitY said, “Among the nine pillars of Digital India, while it is important that citizens of this country are issued a cradle to grave digital identity for which the UIDAI network can be utilised effectively, it is equally important to address the skill development issues which is another significant pillar under the program. In this regard, I am happy to note that NIElIT has initiated the process for linking its students database with Aadhaar.”
More than nine lakh candidates have been skilled by NIElIT in 2013-14 as against about four lakh in the previous year (2012-13). Due to high quality of standards, many Universities have accorded recognition to NIElIT’s non-formal courses, for lateral entry to formal courses, such as MCA, MBA et al.