The Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDC) has decided to spend another Rs 1.21 billion for upcoming initiatives in the industrial sector to speed up their function using new technology in 2007-08.
The company has already launched five projects in Karachi, Lahore, Sialkot and Quetta at a cost of Rs 69 million, this was revealed in the company's 10th board meeting. Briefing the board members about the new initiatives, the Managing Director told them that the company has implemented five projects.
He said the purpose of the National Institute of Designing and Arts was to develop skill in the field of design, thus providing the industry with skilled designers in a string of fields.
The meeting was told that the Karachi Tools Dies and Moulds Centre (TDMC) would start operating in August to digital manufacturing, design and provide skills training, consultancy and support for industry, thus producing 550 technicians and operators per year.
About the Skill Development Centre in Batagram, it was said that it began its operation in June 2007 for training in 14 different fields. The purpose was to help people rehabilitate in the earth quake-hit areas and alleviate poverty by providing them with effective skills.
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