Proposal for Establishment of

Centre for Skill Development

at

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

(A Central University)
Amethi Satellite Campus

Submitted
to

Ministry of Textiles
Government of India

Under the

Integrated Skill Development Scheme for the Textiles

and Apparel Sector Including Jute and Handicrafts

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 CONTENTS

Sl.No. Description Page No.

1. Executive Summary 02

2. Background Information 03 – 06

3. Skill Development – Relevance & Justification 07 – 08

4. Vocational Training Centre (VTC) - Proposal 09 – 15

5. Financial Aspects of the Project & Annexure - A 16 – 17

6. Manpower 18 – 19

7. Deliverables 19

8. Annexures – B, C & D 20 – 30

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 PROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

To establish a “Centre for Skill Development” at BBAU

Amethi Campus, Uttar Pradesh, with special focus to
1. Proposal
provide employment oriented skill development training to the
unemployed/underemployed youths in Uttar Pradesh.

To offer skill development training for the youth through long-

term and vocational training programs for gainful employment
in textile, apparel, handloom, handicraft, jute, sericulture allied
industries with a special focus to skill development in knitting
and knitwear technology technology as well as EDP and
2. Objective awareness programmes.

To provide Training / Manpower Support in the area of

handloom, handicrafts and textile for the benefit of the new
and existing industries.

Land, Civil &

To be operated from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
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University Amethi Campus.
Infrastructure

Financial
4.
Implications

5. Manpower

6. Project
Duration
Establishing/creating job oriented educational facilities &
opportunities, which can certainly uplift the economically
weaker sections/underprivileged/underemployed/unemployed
youth of the society.

The proposed Centre for Skill Development (CSD) will impart

skill development training to about 1100 unemployed youths
in 1 year through specially designed courses.
7. Deliverables

CSD can undertake both Central and State Govt. sponsored

skill development training programs to fulfil the skilled
manpower needs for the industries.

BBAU can ensure employment/self-employment for at least

70% of the trainees successfully trained and completed by the
centre every year.

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  Govt. of India
 Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission (UPSDM)
 Coal India Limited
Sponsoring  Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFCL)
8.
Agencies
 National Backward and Finance Corporation
 National Safai Karmchari Finance and Development
Corporation
 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
Implementing  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
9. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Amethi Campus.
Agency  GAIL India Limited
 Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD)
2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

In order to actualize Dr. Ambedkar’s vision of an egalitarian and enlightened society,

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University was established on 10th Jan 1996. In essence, all
the academic, research, and out-reach programmes of BBAU, including the University’s Act
and Statutes, are informed by Dr. Ambedkar’s basic philosophy of making education the tool
for a holistic sociocultural transformation that first addresses the aspirations of the most
deprived section of our society.

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University is a fairly well-spread, student-centric Institute, with

more than 4800 students enrolled in a broad range of graduate, post-graduate & doctorate
programs including several professional schools. The 51 new innovative and contemporary
courses reflect a world-class hub for education and innovation, featuring the latest in classroom
teaching technology, an Industrial Courtyard for collaborative work with the top regional and
national institutes and research labs.

BBAU is determined to grasp the extraordinary opportunities available to it by introducing

innovation, accelerating growth and setting higher targets for achievements, both in academics
as well as infrastructure development. New initiatives have been undertaken towards
improvement of infrastructure, campus development, faculty and student empowerment,
management reforms, creation of sports, health and other facilities, strengthening of grievance
redressal systems for staff, faculty and students; establishing new hostels for student, initiating
innovation in academic and extracurricular activities, increasing access and equity for all and
especially the marginalized groups, all of which will enhance the University’s strength and
prepare it for further advancements towards excellence in the future.

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BBAU will be taking up a range of other activities designed to further preserve our environment;
provide learning experiences that develop inter-culturally capable graduates who can make a
difference as socially and ethically responsible global citizens; address many obstacles
confronting excellence within the University by enforcing strong leadership at all levels in
academic, student life, service, and administrative areas; develop a student-centered success
culture and a staff-centered enabling culture; advance the international reach and influence
with rigorous scholarship, collaborations, professional preparation, and strategic initiatives,
focus on emerging global educational trends and fair and sustainable human development;
digging more rain harvesting pits; and planting more trees.

MAIN HIGHLIGHTS

 A Central University
 An emerging centre of excellence in Postgraduate teaching, research and innovative
extension programmes
 Highly qualified and motivated faculty
 SC/ST/Minority Coaching Centre & Women Cell
 Commitment to contribute to the development of a just and prosperous society
 Earn while you learn scheme to provide support to financially poor students
 Full fee waiver in certain courses for girl students up to 5 lakhs annual income
 Reservation for Single girl child/ BPL/ Terminal illness patients in all courses (except M.
Phil & Ph.D)

RESERVATION POLICY

The reservation policy to be followed for admission in Academic Session 2019-20 as per the
provisions of the academic ordinance Chapter- VII (clause 9) “for the purposes of admission to
all courses of study in the university, 50% of the seats shall be reserved for SC/ ST students”
and 10% seats shall be reserved for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) for admission as
per the letter of MHRD, F.No.19-4/2019-CU.Cdn dated 23.01.2019 in the University.

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3. SKILL DEVELOPMENT - RELEVANCE & JUSTIFICATION

Skills & Knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development.
Countries with higher & better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and
opportunities of globalization. The shortage of skilled labour across many industries is
emerging as a significant and complex challenge to India's future growth. The demand for
skilled individuals in both the private as well as the public sector in India is growing
exponentially in this era of economic growth and investment. There is a growing need to
increase employability through skill development programmes as evidenced by strong market
linkages, institute industry coordination, specialized skill development, continuation of learning,
etc. The National Policy on Skill Development formulated by the Government of India aims to
create a workforce empowered with improved skills, knowledge and internationally recognized
qualifications to gain access to decent employment and ensure India's competitiveness in the
dynamic Global Labour market.

Young people are major human resources for development, key agents for social change and
driving force for economic development and technological innovation. Harnessing these
resources is a major challenge. Youth challenge is considered as the most critical of the 21 st
century’s economic development challenge. Moreover, the decline in fertility rate has led to the
bulge in the working age population which is considered as the demographic dividend. It is a
great concern that how this bulge in the working-age population presents the opportunities for
growth and prosperity of the nation and the implications and opportunities of the bulge and how
states are trying to respond.

The critical aspects of the challenge are mostly related to labour market entry, where young
people encounter difficulties in finding and maintaining a decent job. The growing large number
of unemployed youth is one of the most daunting problems faced by developed and developing
nations alike. Failure to integrate young people into the labour market has broader
consequences for the future prosperity and development of the Nation. Thus, the issue of youth
employment and unemployment focus prominently on the International development agenda.
Although, with an increase in school and college enrolment rates, the population of youth in the
labour force has been declining through high proportion in the labour force indicating that the
problem of youth unemployment and underemployment would remain a serious policy issue for
many more years to come in India.

Every year, BBAU will train around 1,000 students through short term skill oriented courses,
diploma programs and degree programs with a specialization in textile engineering. BBAU has
ambitious proposal to train 5,000 number of candidates by 2020 through skill development
training programs in all the areas of textile, handicrafts and handloom. Further, by the end of
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the XIII Plan (by 2022), BBAU would be in a position to achieve the cumulative target of
10,000. With the anticipated increase in the growth rate of 8 to 10% in textile engineering, the
skilled manpower required to work in these industries and lead the industrial growth will also be
increased in proportion to the rate of machinery growth.

In view of the above, even-though, BBAU at present is utilizing its existing capacity for
imparting skill development training and training about 1,000 participants per year, it aims at
achieving an aspirational target of around 2,500 for the year 2019-20 through various identified
courses/programs.

The Textile Industry in India

India’s textiles sector is one of the oldest industries in Indian economy dating back several
centuries. India's overall textile exports during FY 2017-18 stood at US$ 39.2 billion in FY18
and is expected to increase to US$ 82.00 billion by 2021 from US$ 31.65 billion in FY19.

The Indian textiles industry is extremely varied, with the hand-spun and hand-woven textiles
sectors at one end of the spectrum, while the capital intensive sophisticated mills sector at the
other end of the spectrum. The decentralised power looms/ hosiery and knitting sector form the
largest component of the textiles sector. The close linkage of the textile industry to agriculture
(for raw materials such as cotton) and the ancient culture and traditions of the country in terms
of textiles make the Indian textiles sector unique in comparison to the industries of other
countries. The Indian textile industry has the capacity to produce a wide variety of products
suitable to different market segments, both within India and across the world.

1. The Textiles Sector has the second largest share of employment after agriculture. With
technological modernization being the key to high industrial growth, labour intensive
industries like textiles require not only skilled workforce, but also massive vocational
training for skill upgradation of the existing workers engaged in the organized as well as
unorganized sectors, (including handlooms, powerlooms, sericulture, wool, khadi, etc.).

2. As per the NSDC report, the overall employment in the T&C sector would increase from
about 33 to 35 million in 2008 to about 60 to 62 million by 2022. This would translate to an
incremental human resource requirement of about 25 million persons. Of this the
Mainstream T&C sector has the potential to employ about 17 million persons incrementally
till 2022. It implies that by the end of the XII Plan (2016-17), which is roughly close to 2018,
the textile sector's incremental human resource requirement would be about 17.8 million,
of which 11.00 million human resources would be required in the Mainstream T&C sector.

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3. The approach paper of the XII Plan of the Planning Commission has laid emphasis on
faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth. A target range of GDP growth of 9 to 9.5%
has been envisaged. The key instruments for making growth more inclusive, inter alia
includes:

i. Faster creation of jobs in manufacturing

ii. Stronger effort at health, education and skill development.

4. XII Plan Approach towards Skill Development focuses on enhancing skills and faster
generation of employment, in order to reap the demographic dividend. Skill building can be
viewed as an instrument to improve the effectiveness and contribution of labor to the
overall production. It is an important ingredient to push the production possibility frontier
outward and to take growth rate of the economy to a higher trajectory. Skill building could
also be seen as an instrument to empower the individual and improve his/her social
acceptance or value.

5. To reap the benefits of "demographic dividend", the XI Five Year Plan had favored the
creation of a comprehensive National Skill Development Mission. As a result, a
"Coordinated Action on Skill Development" with three-tier institutional structure consisting
of:

i. PM's National Council on Skill Development

ii. National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB)
iii. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) was created in early 2008, Prime
Minister's National Council on Skill Development has spelt out policy advice and
direction in the form of "Core Principles" and has given a Vision to create 500 million
skilled people by 2022 through skill systems (which must have high degree of
inclusivity).
iv. There is a serious gap between the training needs of the different segments of the
textile industry and the training provided by the existing training institutes both in terms
of volume and course contents. To fill up the demand supply gap, a focused and
financially sustainable strategy needs to be put in place during the XII Five Year Plan.
v. This Scheme seeks to make intervention to assist the textiles economy to meet the said
gap in manpower requirement.

Market Size
The Indian textiles industry, currently estimated at around US$ 150 billion, is expected to reach
US$ 250 billion by 2019. India’s textiles industry contributed seven per cent of the industry
output (in value terms) of India in 2017-18.It contributed two per cent to the GDP of India and
employs more than 45 million people in 2017-18.The sector contributed 15 per cent to the
export earnings of India in 2017-18.
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The production of raw cotton in India is estimated to have reached 36.1 million bales in FY19.

Investment
The textiles sector has witnessed a spurt in investment during the last five years. The industry
(including dyed and printed) attracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth US$ 3.09 billion
during April 2000 to December 2018.

Some of the major investments in the Indian textiles industry are as follows:

 In May 2018, textiles sector recorded investments worth Rs 27,000 crore (US$ 4.19 billion)
since June 2017.

 The Government of India announced a Special Package to boost exports by US$ 31

billion, create one crore job opportunities and attract investments worth Rs 800.00 billion
(US$ 11.93 billion) during 2018-2020. As of August 2018, it generated additional
investments worth Rs 253.45 billion (US$ 3.78 billion) and exports worth Rs 57.28 billion
(US$ 854.42 million).

Government Initiatives
The Indian government has come up with a number of export promotion policies for the textiles
sector. It has also allowed 100 per cent FDI in the Indian textiles sector under the automatic
route. Initiatives taken by Government of India are:

 The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has revised rates for incentives under
the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) for two subsectors of Textiles Industry
- Readymade garments and Made ups - from 2 per cent to 4 per cent.

 As of August 2018, the Government of India has increased the basic custom duty to 20 per
cent from 10 per cent on 501 textile products, to boost Make in India and indigenous
production.

 The Government of India announced a Special Package to boost exports by US$ 31

billion, create one crore job opportunity and attract investments worth Rs 80,000 crore
(US$ 11.93 billion) during 2018-2020. As of August 2018 it generated additional
investments worth Rs 25,345 crore (US$ 3.78 billion) and exports worth Rs 57.28 billion
(US$ 854.42 million).

 The Government of India has taken several measures including Amended Technology Up-
gradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), scheme is estimated to create employment for 35 lakh
people and enable investments worth Rs 95,000 crore (US$ 14.17 billion) by 2022.
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 Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP) approved by Government of India to
provide support to the wool sector starting from wool rearer to end consumer which aims to
enhance the quality and increase the production during 2017-18 and 2019-20.

 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), Government of India has approved a
new skill development scheme named 'Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector
(SCBTS)' with an outlay of Rs 1,300 crore (US$ 202.9 million) from 2017-18 to 2019-20.

About Amethi

Amethi is the name of a district in Faizabad division of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh lying
on the Raebareli-Amethi-Sultanpur road about 40 km south-west of Sultanpur having a
population of 1,280,800 as per Census of 2011 covering an area of 3,070 km² with
Gauriganj being the administrative headquarters of the district. Amethi was the 72nd district of
Uttar Pradesh which came into existence on 1 July 2010 by merging three tehsils of the
erstwhile Sultanpur district, namely, Amethi, Gauriganj and Musafirkhana and two tehsils of the
erstwhile Raebareli district, namely, Salon and Tiloi and was named as Chhatrapati Shahuji
Maharaj Nagar. However, its name was changed back to Amethi later.

Amethi is connected to the major cities in Uttar Pradesh and North-Eastern India via Indian
Railways and roads. It has direct trains connecting with major cities
like Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Dehradun, Haridwar, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kolkata, Puri, Bhopal,
Mu bai and Bangalore. A number of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation buses ply
from Amethi. The district is surrounded by the constituency districts of Faizabad, Barabanki

Amethi has the Avionics Division of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the organisation
responsible for manufacture of Aircraft for Indian Airforce. The town contains a unit of Indo Gulf
Fertilisers.

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4. CENTRE FOR SKILL DEVLOPMENT (CSD) – PROPOSAL

Objective:

The objective of this proposal is to establish a Centre for Skill Development (CSD) at Amethi,
Uttar Pradesh with a special focus to provide employment oriented skill development training to
the Unemployed/Underemployed Youths of Uttar Pradesh.

The proposed CSD will impart training to about 1,000 unemployed youths per annum in the
areas of Textile, Handloom and Handicrafts Technology, Basic Machining, Textile Engineering,
Textile Product & Designing Industrial Automation etc. through specially designed courses.

Course / Programme Detail:

The following approved courses and other courses will be offered to enhance the employability of
unemployed youths:

Sl.
Name of the Course Intake Duration Entry Qualifications
No.
1 B.Tech. (Textile Engineering) 30 4 Years Intermediate in Science
Stream with minimum 50%
B.Tech. (Manufacturing for Open/UR category and
2 30 4 Years 45% for SC/ST/Divyang
Engineering)

3 Diploma in Textile Engineering 60 1 Year High School / ITI

Postgraduate Diploma in Textile Intermediate in Science

4 60 1 Year
Engineering Stream
Certificate Course in Textile 3 Months/6
5 120 8th/10th/ITI
Technology Months
3 Months/6
6 CAD/CAM in Textile Technology 120 8th/10th/ITI
Months

The Courses are selected and identified as per the present day skill demand of the textile and
allied industries covering the small, medium and large scale manufacturing enterprises, service
sector organizations etc.

Placement Assistance

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 With the established linkage with industries, BBAU can able to offer placement to around 70% of
the successfully trained unemployed youths. Efforts will also be made to place trainees in
industrial establishments on a training-cum-job basis as well.

The decades of the long association of BBAU with various textile and allied industries in India can
definitely open up employment opportunities in the plastic industries as well as in allied service
sectors.

Training Programs

i. The course contents of the various training programs would be developed by BBAU in line
with the industry requirements
ii. 20-30% Theory Sessions and 70-80% Practical training on sophisticated
machinery/lab/equipment
iii. Tutorials (individualized attention)
iv. Lectures, assisted with models and multimedia aids
v. Interactive sessions
vi. Hands-on practical exposure on the state-of-the-art equipment/machinery
vii. Visits to textile industries
viii. On-the-job training through industry-sponsored assignments
ix. Soft skills and personality development
x. Guest lecturers from industrial experts
xi. Course completion degree/certificate will be issued to each trainee by BBAU on their
successful completion of the course.

Soft Skills & Personality Development

As the project is targeted at the underprivileged segment of the society with little exposure to the
emerging opportunities in the market place, it is felt necessary to provide additional training to
enhance their soft skills and personality which will enable them to integrate themselves with the
industrial work environment and fulfill the requirements of the plastics and allied industries.
Accordingly, special emphasis would be laid on developing soft skills and provide supplementary
inputs to the trainees.

Assessment and Evaluation

Assessment / Evaluation will be an integral part of the learning process. An efficient system of
assessment and evaluation of skill competence is one, which identifies an individual who fits into

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the job for which he/she is trained. Such a system has to be systematic, objective, transparent
and reliable. Continuous evaluation of the teaching and learning process including formative
assessment will be undertaken with the participation of teachers/ trainers to ensure that the
program is effective.
Course-wise Faculty

The success of the training program would depend on the trainers and the quality of training. The
trainers will be selected based on the Course wise requirement by following the stipulated norms
and guidelines of BBAU.

Components of Training

The training techniques for imparting skills to the targeted beneficiaries would be different from
the traditional approach of training in a formalized training program. It is essential to integrate
theory, practical and attitudinal experiences and relate them to the occupational standards for
motivation. The training components will include theory, practical in the workshop and industrial
visits etc. The training methodology includes 20-30% lecture sessions and 70-80% hands-on
practical sessions which can result in enhanced employability.

Boarding / Lodging Facilities

Boarding and lodging facilities would be provided to interested boys & girls who would be enrolled
for various skill development programs offered at BBAU Amethi Campus.

Proposed Facilities at CSD Amethi

To achieve the objectives outlined above, the following civil infrastructure facilities are available at
CSD Amethi which includes institutional buildings, classrooms, staff room, library, computer lab,
laboratories, hostels, canteen, lab, workshop etc.

5. FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT:

The total financial outlay for the project is estimated to Rs………………………..for the estimated
trainees of 1100 youth over a period of 1 years.
The project financial details are given below: -

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6. MANPOWER REQUIREMENT

Salary
(approx.) Salary for first
Position Nos. Qualification In Rupees – year
per Faculty / (in Rs.)
Per Month

Please Note:
 The total salary required to meet the manpower cost for the first year is Rs………………….
 With an incremental raise of 15% per year, the total expenditure towards manpower
(Salary/Wages) would be around Rs……………………………..for…………years.

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 EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THE TRAINED YOUTH
Particulars * Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
No. of Trainees to
be covered
No. of Batches

RECURRING COST OF CSD

Total Cost
Expenditure Head
(Rs. in Lacs)

1. Personnel

2. Consumables

3. Contingency

Total (Rs. in Lacs)

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