Assam government to provide all help to Tata group to transform technical institutes
The Hindu
The Chief Minister also assured that all logistical support would be provided to Tata group for successful implementation of the project.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has assured the Tata group of companies that the State government would provide all necessary help to transform technical institutes of Assam to technology hubs under their innovative project ‘Transforming Engineering Academia to Industry 4.0’.
In a meeting with senior executives of the Tata group in Guwahati on February 10 on upgrade of State’s ITIs and polytechnics to Centres of Excellence, the Chief Minister assured that the State government will provide required space and all other support to introduce state-of-the-art curriculum in all 75 technical institutes of the State where more than 9,000 students will get trained simultaneously on latest engineering skills.
He also called on the corporate house to take steps for providing scholarships to trainees, employing experienced teachers and instructors from Tata group in the institutions for five years for training the local instructors among others, an official release said.

The Centre has rejected reports that the definition of the Aravalli hills was changed to permit large-scale mining, citing a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new leases. It said a court-approved framework will bring over 90% of the Aravalli region under protected areas and strengthen safeguards against illegal mining. The clarification follows controversy over the “100-metre” criterion used to define hills across states.












