To increase the employability and applied skills of the state’s youth, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday laid the foundation stone of the Lamrin Tech Skills University at Rayat campus in Railmajra — the first ever private tech skill university in the Northern region.
Channi, in his address, described it as a red letter day in the annals of the State when the leading players of the industrial sector — IBM, Tata and Ansys — have joined hands for a Skill University in Punjab which would help put the State in upward trajectory in terms of skill training and jobs in the industrial sphere.
“The idea of this university took shape when I was the Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister,” said the Chief Minister.
Emphasizing upon the skill education in sync with the demands and emerging everyday trends in industry as the biggest need of the hour, the Chief Minister exuded confidence that the University would serve the purpose of generating employment and the three industrial companies would provide jobs to the pass outs from the university.