JNTTEC-Gopalpur: Institution that holds hope

Following is an excerpt from a News Article in  Tathya.in
Citizens demand its upgradation into a full-fledged degree engineering college

BERHAMAPUR: Ten tribal students belonging to three districts of Odisha have been given the opportunity to study 3 years diploma course free of cost at J N Tata Technical Education Centre (JNTTEC) at Gopalpur during last fiscal. The students who have been enrolled at J N Tata Technical Education Centre are Surendra Bansingh, Monalisa Laguri, Madhabika Munda, Bhanja Kishore Purti from Jajpur; Manoj Kumar Tudu, Mandu Singh Khuntia, Jaysingh Melsandi from Mayurbhanj, Pramod Kumar Singh, Uttam Kumar Nayak from Keonjhar and Katia Kisko from Balasore. This has been made possible due to joint efforts of the Odisha Government and Tata Steel. The Centre has been set up by Tata Steel to spur technical education among the tribal people of the state and forms a part of its commitment of the steel company to provide world class education to the tribal community in Odisha. Since education encompasses both teaching and learning of knowledge, proper conduct and technical competency, Tata Steel is facilitating the growth of community through promotion of basic education, technical competency, and skill development apart from other initiatives.

It has been playing a lead role in the eastern part of the country with specific focus in Odisha for sustainable growth of tribal communities to integrate them in mainstream economy through education. Significantly, this initiative for facilitating free technical education for tribal students has not only provided them the access to quality education, but it has also secured their future. Since last year, Tata Steel in collaboration with Odisha Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribe Development Finance Cooperative Corporation and the Employment Mission of the Government of Odisha is sponsoring two-years Certificate Program in multi-skill (Technical) for Schedule Tribe candidates from the state for training at JNTTEC, Gopalpur.

Tata Steel has invested more than Rs 28 crores for setting up the infrastructure of JNTTEC. It has come up over an area of 20 acres having a built up space of more than 50,000 square feet. The day to day management of the institute has been entrusted to Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF), a reputed name in the field of technical education. The institute imparts 3 years diploma course in Mechatronics, Electronics and Manufacturing Technology for boys and girls from Orissa with a guarantee for employment. Boys and girls, those who have successfully completed the course have achieved 100 per cent placement with the best of the Corporate in the country such as Siemens, L&T, Robert Bosch, Maruti Suzuki, Punj Lyod, Al-Shirwai (Dubai) among others. Given its success stories, there is a popular demand among the people to upgrade the institution to an engineering college, which will fulfill the requirement of the students of weaker section in general and particularly the tribal

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