Shimla:The Himachal Pradesh government has bagged a Rs 4.5-crore skill-development project from the Centre for a period of three years to provide quality training in tools and techniques in biotechnology to Class XII students and graduates.
The Union ministry of science and technology’s department of biotechnology has initiated a new skill programme to provide hands-on training to educated youth in multi-disciplinary areas of biotechnology. Himachal Pradesh is one of the six states in the country in which this programme is being initially implemented.
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab and Uttarakhand have also been selected for implementing this programme. Due to the efforts of Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment (Himcoste), the state has succeeded in bagging the project in the first phase.
HIMCOSTE member secretary D C Rana said the programme would be implemented in collaboration with Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council and partnering institutes in the state, and efforts would be made to provide jobs to trained youth in relevant industries in and around the state.
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For imparting skills training to biotechnology and life sciences students, HIMCOSTE has roped in eight best research laboratories and academic institutions of state, including CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource and Technology (CSIR-IHBT) in Palampur, ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) and Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) in Shimla, Jaypee University of Information Technology in Waknaghat, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences in Solan, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technologies in Baddi, Himalayan Skill Development Centre in Kala Amb, and Eternal University in Baru Sahib (Sirmaur).
A large number of major industries for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs), food, pharmaceutical and beverages industries are located in Baddi-Baroti-Nalagarh, Paonta Sahib and Kala Amb. Some of these are already involved in imparting industrial skills training to students of some participating institutions.
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