Hyderabad: The State government is planning to introduce a bill for the establishment of Telangana Skills University in the budget session. The skills university will be set up in association with private companies in Public Private Partnership mode and would be set up as a self-sustaining and non-profit organization.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy , Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka , Industries department Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan held a meeting to introduce Telangana Skills University on Friday.
In the meeting , officials discussed the courses conducted in the university, their duration, infrastructure required for management, funds required for management, participation of various companies.
They also decided to name the new university as “Telangana Skills University”. Along with degree courses of three to four years duration, the university would also offer one year diploma courses and certificate courses of three to four months.
Based on the needs of different sectors, new courses have been selected. A total of 17 priority sectors, including pharma, construction, banking finance services, e-commerce and logistics, retail, animation, visual effects, gaming and comics have been identified.
To begin with, courses that offer employment opportunities would be introduced in six sectors. Each course will have tie up with an established company in the respective field. To this effect, the State government will enter into a MoU with the companies.
Initially, the admissions will commence with 2,000 students in the first year and gradually the admissions would be increased to 20,000 in these courses every year.