IT centre inaugurated at Silchar
SILCHAR, August 19: The sub–centre of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), a Government of India institution under the administrative control of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, was formally inaugurated here today. The sub–centre, located on the first floor of Inter State Bus Terminus, will provide various professional computer courses to the students of this region.
Addressing a press meet held here at ISBT this evening, Manab Kalita, scientist, District NIELIT, informing that J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, inaugurated the sub–centre via video conferencing today said the main objective is to utilize the facilities and infrastructure in the non formal prior sector for generating quality IT manpower. He added that NIELIT is engaged in both formal and non–formal education in the area of information, electronics and communications technology besides development of industry oriented quality education and training programmes.
Drawing attention towards the proposed courses being offered by the sub–centre, he said that there is a standardization of courses and the certificates will be approved by All India Council for Technical Courses (AICTE). The core areas are computer hardware and networking, maintenance, diploma in computer science and engineering, financial accounting, course on computer concept, basic computer course, web page design, multimedia, among others. He said that the centre has an intake capacity of around 250 students.
Jubair Ahmed Laskar, e–district project manager, Cachar said that the sub–centre is expected to cater to the growing demand for trained and talented human resources for the electronics and information technology. To encourage quality education, Department of Electronics and Information Technology has decided to grant accreditation to the institutions in respect of meeting laid down criteria of faculty, hardware, software, library and necessary infrastructure for conducting education and training of different levels of courses in IT in conformity with the syllabi of the NIELIT.O Soren Kumar Singha, assistant commissioner, Cachar and Subrata Bora were also present at the press brief.
All the capitals of northeastern states including Sikkim have a centre of NIELT. Today, a sub–centre of NIELIT was also inaugurated at Jorhat and Churachandpur through videoconferencing.
Source: The Sentinel 20.08.2013
