The 35th centre for Central
Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET): Centre for Skilling
and Technical Support (CSTS) has been inaugurated Union Minister of Chemicals
and Fertilizers D. V. Sadananda Gowda in presence of Deputy Chief Minister here
at Agartala town hall on Saturday.
Addressing the gathering, union minister D. V. Sadananda
Gowda said that during the regime of Narendra Modi led NDA government the
overall development in entire Northeast region has been augmented, especially
in education and infrastructure segments.
During last five years, the CIPET has grown from 23
locations to 35 locations across the country and Agartala centre is one of its
35 centers being established with a total project cost of Rs. 40.10 crore by
50: 50 of both state and union governments, said Gowda.
The entire plastic industry, which has significant
contribution towards development has gaining its momentum during last five
years, said Gowda.
Earlier, in the inauguration programme, Deputy Chief
Minister Jishnu Debbarma said despite inherited huge financial crisis, now Tripura
is progressing towards complete developments.
Speaking in the programme, Dr Sandesh Kumar Jain, principal director of
CIPET said CIPET is a premier national institute under union ministry of
chemicals and fertilizers is fully
devoted to STAR( skill development,
technology support services, academic and research) in all the domains of
plastic engineering and technology.
Dr Jain adding that Agartala centre would be a diploma level
institute, which is approved by AICTE and in coming days, the CIPET Agartala
would also set up a laboratory for different product testing facilities.
He also said that six more centers like Agartala would also
come up in different parts of the country.
He informed the gathering that Agartala institute has
started its functioning since March, 2017 and provided skill development
training to unemployed youths of the state in technical services to plastic and
allied industries of the state. Last year, they had given training to 195
youths of the state and also provided placements in different organizations.
This year, altogether 315 youths were given different skill development
training and processes of placements are also going on, said Jain.
MLA Ratan Chakraborty also addressed the gathering. Later,
in the programme certificates were given to some successful students, who had
completed their skilled development training from CIPET and got placements in
different institutes.
