Lucknow, July 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh government's cabinet approved the establishment of Tata Technology Excellence Centres in partnership with Tata Technology Limited across 121 government polytechnic institutions on Tuesday.

The initiative aims to modernise technical education facilities and address gaps between industrial requirements and current academic curriculum in diploma-level technical education.

The project addresses concern that several course offerings at polytechnic institutions have become outdated or misaligned with contemporary industrial demands.

The centres are designed to modernise curriculum content and bridge existing educational gaps to better prepare students for current market needs.

The total project cost amo...