National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) intends to invite interested and eligible agencies to be empaneled as Sending Organizations (SO) in India for Japan’s Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) Phase 6.
Background and Purpose:
To amplify the impetus on making India the skill capital of the world, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (hereafter referred to as ‘MSDE’), the Government of India, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation (hereafter referred to as ‘MoC’) on the Technical Intern Training Program (hereafter referred to as ‘TITP’) with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (hereafter referred to as “The Government of Japan’). The MoC was signed on October 17, 2017 and aims to transform India’s skill ecosystem by sending and accepting technical interns from India to Japan, thereby enabling Indian industries to imbibe the best practices of Japanese industries. Under TITP, the empaneled Sending Organizations (hereafter referred to as ‘SOs’) aggregate technical intern demand in Japan, identify suitable candidates in India, train them in Japanese Language, Japanese lifestyle, culture, etiquettes, and relevant domain training before getting placed in Japan. After completion of TITP program, the candidates may return to India and utilize the skills acquired by them in Japan. In January 2018, the MSDE appointed NSDC to monitor TITP. As of the release of this RFP, there are 26 empaneled SOs and NSDC is desirous of empaneling more suitable entities as SOs under TITP. Given this, NSDC invites Proposals through this RFP for the empanelment of SOs in India for TITP.
Role and Responsibilities of SO:
The roles and responsibilities of SOs are provided in the TITP Guidelines. It is recommended that the Applicants read the Guidelines available on NSDC website and the draft version of the Contract, before applying to this RFP to gain a thorough understanding of TITP.
It will be mandatory for the SOs to comply with the terms and conditions of the Contract and the TITP
Guidelines, which NSDC may amend from time to time. At any given point in time, the TITP Guidelines
shall supersede the terms of RFP, Contract and /or all other policies, guidelines, and communication
related to TITP.
Scope of Work:
Applicant, if selected as SO, shall fully comply with the TITP Guidelines as amended from time to time. The TITP Guidelines are available on NSDC website for Applicants to refer.
Submission Process:
Applicants should submit their Proposals in soft copy only to NSDC via email to anshul.singhal@nsdcindia.org cc to akshaya.jalasteen@nsdcindia.org. The email must contain Applicant’s
name, contact person phone number, official address, with the subject line, ‘CONFIDENTIAL – Proposal
for the empanelment of TITP SO’.
Note: NSDC may, at its discretion, request the Applicant to provide additional documents seeking clarity, if any, at any stage during the evaluation of the Proposal submitted by the Applicant.
Last Date for Submission: 31 March 2025
