Indian Institute of Skills- Gandhinagar

The Gujarat Government has asked the Tata group to start the work on setting up Indian Institute of Skills- IIS.

• IIS is being set up by the Labour and Employment Department of Gujarat along with Tata Group at Nasmed village of Gandhinagar.

• The State Government has allotted around 20 acres of land for Tatas to start Indian Institute of Skills.

• IISs are being established in the country to enhance training standards beyond the current programmes available in the skill eco-system and to provide ‘hands on skills’ training to trainees in specialised areas in collaboration with industry, catering to local/ regional industry requirements.

• The IISs will conduct NSQF compliant 2-year diploma courses in identified sectors/domains. Such courses will have a mix of conventional and more advanced areas providing vertical mobility to trainees.

• Pursuant to the decision taken in the Cabinet Meeting held on October 24, 2018 it was decided to set up Indian Institute of Skills (IISs) at three locations, namely, Maharashtra (Mumbai), Gujarat (Ahmedabad) and Uttar Pradesh (Kanpur) in Public Private Partnership (PPP).