National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), under administrative control of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Mohali ), today signed Memorandum of Understanding with I.K.G. Punjab Technical University to conduct summer and industrial training programmes for the students of engineering colleges affiliated with the University in the area of Electronics and Information Technology.
Deepak Wasan, while presenting the role of NIELIT in generating skilled manpower, said that NIELIT is already conducting 75 skill oriented NSQF (National Skill Qualifications Framework) aligned courses in more than forty centres of NIELIT across India. Presently, NIELIT is in the process to align more courses. These courses vary from level 2 to level 8 on NSQF scale. NSQF is a competency-based framework that organizes all qualifications (courses) according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills and aptitude. It came into effect in pursuance of the decision the Cabinet Committee on Skill Development in December 2013. He further said that after 27th December 2018, it shall be mandatory for all the training and educational courses to be NSQF-compliant.