The government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Berhampur has been adjudged best institute in the country in ‘Mechanic Motor Vehicle Trade’ and Srikant Sahu, a student of this trade of the institute, has been declared as the best craftsman of his trade in India.
These recognitions have come from the Director General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) of the Ministry of Labour, said the principal of this ITI, Rajat Kumar Panigrahy. On Friday, State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Das Burma honoured Srikant as well as staff and students of the Institute for this achievement. On Thursday, Srikant along with the principal of the institute had met the CM Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar.
Every year the DGE&T assesses infrastructure and quality of training imparted in different trades in ITIs all over the country. There are 12,275 ITIs in India, including the government and private ones. The DGE&T also conducts tests to find out best craftsman in the country each trade taught in ITIs. Students in final year ITIs are eligible for this test. Initial scrutiny is done at state level and one student for each trade is selected to take part in the national level test.
This year Srikant of 2012-14 batch of ‘Mechanic Motor Vehicle Trade’ of Berhampur government ITI had represented Odisha in the national level test held in Kanpur in May. He was adjudged the best craftsman of his trade in the country. Adding to his honours, his institute was also distinguished as the best ITI in the country for ‘Mechanic Motor Vehicle Trade’. Srikant hails from Jharigaon in Nabarangpur district of south Odisha.
