NMCC talking with IITs, IIMs for training programmes

Updated on: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) is talking to IITs and IIMs to run training programmes for small and medium entrepreneurs.

The National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) member secretary Ajay Shankar said here, “The main aim of the programme is to provide managerial skills to SMEs. It would also help in making quality and innovative products. We are talking to a few IITs and IIMs. We will form a group of technical experts who will run those programmes.”

The NMCC was set up by the government to provide a continuing forum for policy dialogue to energise and sustain the growth of manufacturing industries in India.

A group which includes experts from IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras and IIM Kolkata, is already running a training programme in cities like Pune and Chennai. 

NMCC Chairman V Krishnamurthy said, “We want to disseminate this practice to larger section. The move would help in boosting manufacturing sector in the country." These programmes would be developed under the council's - Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing Programme (VLMP)- which was formed in 2007 in collaboration with Japan.

VLMP covers areas like training CEOs, senior managers and middle level managers. It is being implemented under the Indo-Japan technical cooperation agreement.

The chief mentor of the programme is renowned Japanese Professor Shoji Shiba, who was honoured with Padma Shri this year. The NMCC has been set up by the government to provide a platform for policy dialogue to energise and sustain the growth of manufacturing industries in India.

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