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BOARD OF APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING (NORTHERN REGION)
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under Govt. of India, Ministry of Education, Deptt. Of Higher Edu.
Webportal: www.mhrdnats.gov.in, www.boatnr.org

BT/Embedded/898 Date: 22.12.2020

To
The Vice Chancellors
All Universities/HEIs in Northern Region of India
(States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, National Capital Territory of Delhi,
Union Territories of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh)

Subject: Implementation of “Apprenticeship / Internship embedded Degree Programme” – regarding.

Respected Sir/ Madam,

As you are aware the Hon'ble Union Education Minister addressed the concluding session at the ‘Conclave
on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy’ on 7th August 2020 at
New Delhi through video conference. On the occasion, the Minister virtually launched UGC Guidelines
(copy enclosed) for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to offer “Apprenticeship/Internship embedded
Degree Programme”. He stated that the employment generation coupled with improving employability of
the youth is the priority concern of the Government and was reflected in the NEP-2020.

As per the said UGC guidelines, any UG degree programme in all disciplines as specified by the UGC under
section 22 (3) of the UGC Act, 1956 is eligible to embed apprenticeship/internship of atleast one semester
into the degree programme. An apprenticeship/internship embedded degree programme shall be treated at
par with the UG degree programmes specified by the UGC under section 22 (3) of the UGC Act, 1956.
Embedding apprenticeship/internship will offer a kind of a traineeship which shall be undertaken not on the
campus but at the premises of the workplace like commercial or non-commercial organizations or
enterprises, or offices, or industry, or industry associations to get work-based learning in identified
discipline/trade. The total credits assigned to a particular degree programme shall continue to follow the
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). Accordingly, a student will have to earn 132 credits for the award of
undergraduate degree. Credits for apprenticeship/internship training may be suitably accommodated in the
CBCS by the HEI. At least 20% of the total Credits for the degree programme should be assigned to
apprenticeship/internship.
Cont…

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Head Office: 16/1A, Lakhanpur, Kanpur-208024, Uttar Pradesh
Email: admin@boatnr.org Phone:  0512- 2580300, 2580349 Fax:  0512-2581504
Delhi Office: Campus of Integrated Institute of Technology (IIT), Dwarka Sector- 9, New Delhi-110077
Jaipur Office: Office of State Apprenticeship Advisor, Opp. Mahila ITI, Bani Park, Jaipur-302016, Rajasthan
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BOARD OF APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING (NORTHERN REGION)
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under Govt. of India, Ministry of Education, Deptt. Of Higher Edu.
Webportal: www.mhrdnats.gov.in, www.boatnr.org

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The UGC guideline also mentions that HEIs should have a prior Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with discipline specific commercial and non-commercial organizations or enterprises, offices, industry etc.
for providing apprenticeship/internship, before introducing the apprenticeship/internship embedded degree
programme.

The Board of Apprenticeship Training (Northern Region), Kanpur implements National Apprenticeship
Training Scheme (NATS) for Engineering/Technology Degree and Diploma holders in northern region of
India. Now, the Board has been entrusted additional responsibility of facilitating the HEIs/Universities in
implementing of Apprenticeship/Internship embedded Degree Programme for undergraduate students of
non-engineering.

In view of above, if your University/HEI is running such programs covered under Section 22 (3) of UGC
Act, 1956, you are requested to please provide details of courses and number of students enrolled and name
of industry/workplaces where students undergo apprenticeship/internship training (if any), so that we can
guide you in streamlining the implementation process. You may also let us know if your University/HEI is
interested to introduce new Degree program with embedded Apprenticeship/Internship.

As a special drive, this Board will facilitate 40 (forty) HEIs/Universities during December 2020 -
January 2021 on first-come-first-serve basis to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Organisations/Industries/Enterprises/Offices for training of the students of apprenticeship/internship
embedded degree programme in non-engineering disciplines.

You are, therefore, requested to kindly respond at the earliest.

Yours faithfully,

( S. K. Mehta )
Director &
Regional Central Apprenticeship Advisor
Email id: director@boatnr.org
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Head Office: 16/1A, Lakhanpur, Kanpur-208024, Uttar Pradesh
Email: admin@boatnr.org Phone:  0512- 2580300, 2580349 Fax:  0512-2581504
Delhi Office: Campus of Integrated Institute of Technology (IIT), Dwarka Sector- 9, New Delhi-110077
Jaipur Office: Office of State Apprenticeship Advisor, Opp. Mahila ITI, Bani Park, Jaipur-302016, Rajasthan