Samsung to Open Tech School for Women in Bihar
Samsung to Open Tech School for Women in Bihar
Samsung India Electronics today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Directorate General of Employment and Training, Labour Resource Department, Government of Bihar, to set up a Samsung Technical School at the Women’s Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Digha in Patna.
The MOU was signed by Dulal Chandra Goswami, Minister for Labour Resources, Government of Bihar and Rajiv Mishra, VP, Samsung India Electronics.
The Samsung Technical School at the Women’s ITI Digha will support Bihar’s efforts to tap the opportunities in the growing consumer electronics and mobile phone segments in the country by creating a pool of talented people.
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Samsung Technical School is an effort under Samsung’s corporate social responsibility in India and offers youth a chance to gain industry-ready skills for employment.
Through this program, Samsung aims to support the government’s vision to make India a manufacturing hub, by addressing the need for workers with practical know-how and relevant industry experience.
Samsung Technical Schools are part of a national effort from Samsung to create a pool of talented workforce with hands-on experience. The Technical Schools have been set up in collaboration with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Departments of Technical Education in states such as Rajasthan, Kerala, Bihar, Delhi and West Bengal.
As of January 2015, according to Samsung, 15 Technical Schools are operational in ITIs and MSME Technical Centres across the country.
