Bhubaneswar: Director of Technical Education and Training (DTE&T) under Skill Development & Technical Education Department of the State government has signed an agreement with KEMPPI India Private Limited to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Advanced Welding at TTI Takatpur in Mayurbhanj district at a cost of Rs 5.29 crore using the fund under OMBADC.
The agreement has been signed between DTE&T, Director, Reghu G and KEMPPI India Pvt Ltd Managing Director Ajay Trikha in the office of DTE&T, said an official press release.
The CoE has advanced welding equipment like Robot Welding, Laser Welding, Pipe Welding, Heavy Fabrication Welding etc.
In addition to this welding machines used in World Skill Competition, will also be set up to train the students for World Skill Competition. Non-destructive testing equipment will also be placed to have the skill of trainees to perfection.
Proving true to the mission of environment protection modern electrostatic precipitators will also be set up with a fume extraction system.
The CoE will also produce industry-ready employable trainees from the district.
KEMPPI will provide training to 10 trainers from Government ITI/Polytechnics of Odisha at their training centre for one month. Providing vital hand-holding support to the trainees, technical experts from KEMPPI will provide 15 months of training at TTI Takatpur.
Among others, Deputy Directors, Ajay Panda, Sujogya Mishra and Suman Ghosh were present in the programme.