Mumbai: Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), has been elected as the Chairman of the Construction Skills Development Council (CSDC), an organization established to meet the industry’s requirement of skilled manpower.
The 20 member sector skill council to be chaired by Gulabchand would encompass entrants from Construction Federation of India, CREDAI, Builders Association of India, and National Highway Builders Association, besides leading industry representatives, and Government applicants.
CSDC, one of the 18 sector skill council approved by the National Skill Development Corporation, would work closely with the private players and institutions to chalk out industry based training courses, exam standards, vocational training and industry endorsed certification. Initially, the National Skill Development Corporation and private players would provide funds to the sector skill council and later on it would become self sufficient.
Functioning as an autonomous body, the Construction Skills Development Council would have a CEO and other staff.
EPC News Bureau
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