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Roots and Aims of NIELIT Agartala Centre
With a view to facilitate
the youth of Tripura to have easy access to education and training in the
field of Computer Science and Information Technology resulting in generation
of quality manpower, Govt. of Tripura is actively pursuing with Department
of IT (DIT) Govt. of India for setting up of a RIIELIT in their state. In
the meeting of Committee of Secretaries held on 25-9-2007 regarding priority
areas of Govt. of Tripura, the Committee of Secretaries has recommended for
setting up of a DOEACC Centre at Agartala, Tripura.
The Govt. of Tripura has accordingly provided 7,000 sq. ft. of built up
space at the Directorate of IT Campus, ITI Road, Indranagar, Agartala – 799
006 where the Initial Training Facility of NIELIT Agartala Centre has been
commissioned and was formally inaugurated on 10th February’2009 by Sri Manik
Sarkar, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tripura.
The Govt. of Tripura
also formally handed over a 15.00 Acres plot of land at Radha Kishore Nagar
Mouza, near Agartala for setting up of the proposed Centre on 10th
February’2009. The land documents were formally handed over by Sri Badal
Choudhury, Hon’ble Minister – Revenue etc. of Govt. of Tripura on 10th
February’2009 at Agartala to Dr. S. Birendra Singh, Executive Director,
DOEACC Society, New Delhi. In the mean time possession has been obtained of
this plot of land by the NIELIT Agartala Centre.
The NIELIT Agartala Centre at
the permanent campus at Radha Kishore Nagar will have the prime objective of
creating skilled manpower in the area of Computer Science and Information
Technology and related disciplines for making available industry ready
professionals as also to provide infrastructure to promote e-learning. The
Institute will offer training programs to improve employment opportunities
and facilitate availability of quality IT manpower, which in turn will lead
to growth of IT industry in the region. The Institute will be equipped with
requisite infrastructure to facilitate and promote e learning. The Institute
will also provide consultancy in e-Learning & IT and related assistance for
development of IT industry in the North East and will function in close
consultation with the Government of Tripura.
This Institute in the permanent campus is designed to be a Centre of
excellence in the area of e-Learning and Information Technology. A special
feature of the proposed NIELIT is that the Institute would have a mix of
formal and non-formal sector courses. Such a mix will provide opportunities
for education and training in Computers and Information Technology and
related disciplines not only to school pass-outs with Science and
Mathematics background; but also to students with Arts, Commerce and
Humanities and Social Sciences background. The latter will thus have the
opportunity to join the non-formal sector courses in Computers and related
disciplines.
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