leaders like Utkal Gaurav Madhusudan Das and Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das had taken initiative to develop education and technical skills of students of the State. later, Bijubabu had taken a giant leap in this regard to make the State advanced in all respects, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurating the golden jubilee function of the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) here on Thursday.
The CM unveiled a souvenir of the institution while felicitating a number of former students, who had set up their own units and helped in generating employment and two former teachers of the institution for their invaluable contribution.
Technical Education and training Sanjay Dasburma informed that apart from thirty Government ITIs and polytechnics in the State another six Dakshyata Vikash Kendras (Skill Development Centres) would be opened to develop the skills of the students of the State.
Odisha Skill Development Authority Chairman Subrat Bagchi said the standard of the training and skill of teachers would be developed at par with international standards by getting the teachers trained in Japan and other industrially developed countries while the existing curriculum would be revamped. A technical training institute is coming up near Khurda dedicated to develop skill of physically challenged students.
ITI Principal Deepak Pattnaik informed that the institution incepted in 1966 with six streams now has over six hundred students in its nine trades. local MP Pinaki Mishra and Jagatsinghpur MP Kulamani Samal also spoke. Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy and local MlA Maheswar Mohanty were present.