Jammu, April 8 -- In a significant decision to strengthen industry-academia partnership and to bring qualitative improvements in Technical Education, the Administrative Council which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu on Wednesday accorded sanction to the establishment of two Centres for Invention, Innovation, Incubation and Training (CIIIT) in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Centre in Kashmir division shall be established at Government Polytechnic, Baramulla and the location for establishment of CIIIT in Jammu division shall be finalised soon.

The move was aimed at providing skill training to students of Engineering Colleges, Polytechnic Colleges and ITIs besides, the unemployed Engineering Degree/Diploma holders an...