HRD minister for centres for skill training on IIT lines
Union HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju today supported a proposal from industry for setting up of centres of excellence for skills on the lines of IITs and the Indian School of Law under the government's skilling initiatives. He said he would "certainly carry them forward", after a suggestion in this regard was made by CEO and MD of Larsen and Toubro, K Venkataraman. Participating at the sixth global skills summit, the L&T MD suggested that each of these centres could be devoted to skilling for different sectors such as construction, telecom, including soft skills. The summit is being jointly organised by FICCI and the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Venkataraman's suggestion came against the backdrop of the government's setting up of a National Skill Development Agency to align and coordinate the work of various ministries and departments on skilling initiatives. The aim is to achieve the national goal of skilling 500 million Indians by the end of 2