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Apprenticeship Training

020 In India, Public Sector Companies are fueling the growth story of the nation
by creating skilled man power base by imparting On the Job training of one year under the
Apprenticeship Act of 1961. It is also evident from the experience that industries too
benefit from the apprentices recruited every year, as they are groomed professionally to
contribute to the productivity of the company. Also Government of India assists these
companies financially, which makes these programmes viable and mutually rewarding.

Trainers/Talent Development Specialists in Organizations

021 When much of the training required within a company is specific to that
particular organization's products and goals, it is usually done in house. As training areas
become more general, for training on measuring instruments, representatives of the
company from which the equipment is purchased often are contracted to provide employee
training. Many times a training course combines pre-packaged programs with in-house
goals to create a customized training opportunity.

Learning and Development Centres

022 Larger companies tend to do much of their L&D activities in house, and
some have designed and built elaborate employee education centres known as corporate
universities. I n o u r c o u n t r y m a n y o r g a n i z a t i o n s h a v e t h e i r L & D
centres which are more general in nature in a wider interest of O r g a n i z a t i o n
policies and programmes, with a company wide vision. I n a d d i t i o n t h e
O r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e a l s o m a n a g i n g Technical training centres to cater for
the local requirements of their units as per individuals needs assessed in co-ordination
with departments and identification of personnel for LT&D Programmes in the external
institutions.

023 BARC’s Homi Bhabha National Institute which is deemed to be a university is
a good example of a university which conducts a full fledged educational programmes
catering to the needs of department of Atomic Energy. Similarly, Indian Institute of
Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram Deemed to be University.
IIST is Asia’s first Space Institute and the first in the world to offer the complete range of
undergraduate, post graduate, doctoral programmes with specific focus to space science,
technology and applications. The Institute has the unique mandate of encouraging and
equipping brilliant youngsters from all parts of the country to take up a career as
Scientist/Engineer in the Indian Space Research Organization. IIST functions as a
autonomous body under the Department of Space, Government of India. It is relevant
to mention here that BARC h a s ushered into the commercial energy sector through
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.(NPCIL) and Indian Space Research
Organization, too has made its ambitious move on commercial lines through ANTRIX
Corporation.

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