Chandigarh October 27:
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal gave in principle approval to Punjab Technical University Jalandhar set up a state-of-the-art Institute of Textile Technology and Research at Ludhiana and an Institute of Food Processing Technology and Research at Barnala at a cost of Rs 300 crore.
A decision to this effect was taken by Mr Badal in a high level meeting chaired by him at Chief Minister's residence. Stating this, an official spokesman said that both these institutes of international repute would certainly boost the research and development in textile and food technology for the benefit of state's agriculture economy.
An Institute of Textile Technology and Research at Ludhiana would be developed over an area of 20 acre and the Institute of Food Processing Technology and Research at Barnala over an area of 22 acre. These institutes would be made operational with in a year. Taking part in the deliberations, Mr Badal asked PTU VC Rajneesh Arora to devise special curriculum in the textile technology as well as food processing technology institutes in consultation with the world's leading institutes so that the students after completing formal education and training could be well placed in the multi-national companies.
He also emphasised the need to run short term courses as a part of skill development programme in these institutes for the benefit of less educated as well as uneducated unemployed youth who could also be gainfully employed in the local industry. Mr Badal hoped that these institutes would prove to be a milestone in shaping the destiny of the youth as these institutes would be instrumental in imparting quality education and highly professionalised training in the field of textile technology and food processing as per the requirements of the local industry.
Earlier, the Chief Minister also gave nod to the Punjab Technical University to open four regional Industrial Development Research, Consultancy and Employment Generation (IDRCEG) centres at Bathinda in petro-chemicals and electricals, at Mohali in information technology, at Ludhiana in hosiery, textile and food and at Amritsar in textile dying and embroidery from January 1, 2011.
The sole objective of these regional centers was to play a significant role in industrial development and employment generation in the state besides equipping the youth of Punjab to find better placement in local, national and international market.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal gave in principle approval to Punjab Technical University Jalandhar set up a state-of-the-art Institute of Textile Technology and Research at Ludhiana and an Institute of Food Processing Technology and Research at Barnala at a cost of Rs 300 crore.
A decision to this effect was taken by Mr Badal in a high level meeting chaired by him at Chief Minister's residence. Stating this, an official spokesman said that both these institutes of international repute would certainly boost the research and development in textile and food technology for the benefit of state's agriculture economy.
An Institute of Textile Technology and Research at Ludhiana would be developed over an area of 20 acre and the Institute of Food Processing Technology and Research at Barnala over an area of 22 acre. These institutes would be made operational with in a year. Taking part in the deliberations, Mr Badal asked PTU VC Rajneesh Arora to devise special curriculum in the textile technology as well as food processing technology institutes in consultation with the world's leading institutes so that the students after completing formal education and training could be well placed in the multi-national companies.
He also emphasised the need to run short term courses as a part of skill development programme in these institutes for the benefit of less educated as well as uneducated unemployed youth who could also be gainfully employed in the local industry. Mr Badal hoped that these institutes would prove to be a milestone in shaping the destiny of the youth as these institutes would be instrumental in imparting quality education and highly professionalised training in the field of textile technology and food processing as per the requirements of the local industry.
Earlier, the Chief Minister also gave nod to the Punjab Technical University to open four regional Industrial Development Research, Consultancy and Employment Generation (IDRCEG) centres at Bathinda in petro-chemicals and electricals, at Mohali in information technology, at Ludhiana in hosiery, textile and food and at Amritsar in textile dying and embroidery from January 1, 2011.
The sole objective of these regional centers was to play a significant role in industrial development and employment generation in the state besides equipping the youth of Punjab to find better placement in local, national and international market.
