Gurgaon's unemployed youth to get better opportunities

GURGAON, INDIA: Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) signed a MoU with All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), under the Ministry of HRD to offer B. Vocational (B.Voc) Programs in Apparel Manufacturing & Entrepreneurship and Fashion Design & Retailing.

With the commencement of these degree courses which are approved from AICTE, students are expected to have better employment opportunities compared to the diploma courses.

B. Voc is the new degree announced by UGC which is a judicious blend of Skill & Education components. B.Voc course is first time introduced by ATDC in Delhi-NCR.

ATDC targets to educate 500 candidates through 13 ATDC centers under B.Voc courses. The duration of the course is 3 Years (6 Academic Semesters).

These courses will give the international industrial exposure and ATDC has already associated with Sri Lanka, Japan and Korea.

This will help the students to make them industry ready and capable for working in established brands like Nike, Adidas, and Levis etc.

“B.voc course addresses the critical knowledge and skill-sets required to make the candidate “industry ready” right from the start and also make “young-entrepreneurs” in the Apparel-Retail sector. It is a set of formal education and skill components which generates more employment opportunities. B. Voc course will bridge the gap of skilled man force in apparel industry. ” said, Dr. Darliey Koshy, DG and CEO, ATDC & IAM.

ATDC trained 1, 50,000 candidates through 200 ATDC Centers under smart project pan-India till January 2015.