Govt to set up skill centre at Aurangabad industrial area in Maharashtra
Commerce and Industry Ministry
on Sunday said a 20,000 sq ft
skill development centre
will be set up at the
Aurangabad
Industrial City (AURIC) in
Maharashtra
.
It will be established in partnership with the
Confederation of Indian Industry
, and a
memorandum of understanding
(
MoU
) in this regard is likely to be signed next week.
Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), has emphasised the need to attract
Global Capability Centre
(
GCC
) and Research and Development (R&D) centres at AURIC to further enhance the region's innovation and industrial ecosystem.
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