Ganjam apparel training centre gets country's first ISO certification

Vikash Apparel Training Centre (VATC) of Hinjli in Ganjam district got ISO 9001:2008 certification. Present trainees of the centre met the Chief Minister at his residence  in Bhubaneswar. According to a release from the Chief Minister's office, VATC is the first centre out of 7 apparel training centres in Odisha and 543 training centres across the country that has achieved this feat of accreditation through the International Organisation for Standardisation certification. This certification is Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand who are the leaders in quality management. Vikash Apparel Training Centre located in Hinjilicut, Ganjam set up with the support of State Employment Mission and ministry of rural development by IL&FS Cluster Development Initiative Limited has pioneered employment linked training program since July 2008. This training centre has trained and placed over 2000 BPL youth from Ganjam and Malkangiri in large garment manufacturing export houses like Roverco Apparel (Chennai), Arvind Limited (Bangalore), Shahi Exports (Bangalore), K. Mohan (Cochin) and many others. The training centre simulates the exact industry shop floor with industrial sewing machines and the training is conducted in two shifts. Apart from technical training, the trainees are provided with soft skills, life skills, yoga, English & Hindi, motivation, leadership, HIV AIDS, company law, etc. IL&FS Clusters with the support of State Employment Mission has been able to train and place over 7000 rural BPL youth in its seven training centres across the state and has presence in almost all the left wing extremist affected districts in Odisha with the latest addition at Malkangiri. 

Sources: The Hindu & OrissaDiary