Jamshedpur, March 28 : Curtains come down on the one-month foundation welding training programme on �Manual Metal Arc Welding and Gas Cutting�, which was organised by CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur.
This training program was organized under the CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Program which is a national program on skill development initiated by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) using the expertise and infrastructure of individual laboratories situated across the country. The training programme aimed at skilling interested candidates and improving the skills of the practicing candidates as per the industrial requirement of qualified welders. The training programme was for 10th passed candidates as well as for ITI holders.
Dr. IndranilChattoraj, Director, CSIR-NML, addressed the participants and congratulated the participants for successfully completing the training programme. Dr.Chattoraj, distributed the training certificates to 10 participants from various institutions all over the country. Dr. SoumitraTarafder, Advisor Management, Parvesh Kumar Dhawan ,Chief Scientist , Dr. MitaTarafder, Chief Scientist, Dr. Rajneesh Kumar, Senior Scientist from CSIR-NML were present during the valedictory session.
Dr. SoumitraTarafder, Advisor Management, congratulated the participants for successful completion of the training program. He mentioned that whatever knowledge the participants have gathered here will surely help them to lead better life. He presented a memento to MrRamashray Ram who is the technical resource lead for his effort in making the programme successful.
Parvesh Kumar Dhawan, Chief Scientist addressed the importance of welding and present requirement of qualified welders in the industries, mentioning the huge gap in industrial requirement and number of qualified welders.
Dr. MitaTarafder addressed about CSIR-Integrated Skill Initiative and spoke about CSIR-NML�s involvement in various training programs including the welding training.
Dr. Rajneesh Kumar, Senior Scientist mentioned about the welding facilities at CSIR-NML and mentioned that this training is going to be the win-win situation for both candidates and industries. He mentioned that the second batch of the welding training will start from 1st April 2019.
Participants from different institutions shared their experience and gave their feedback. Ms Y Usha, Scientist, proposed the vote of thanks and expressed her appreciation to all the members of the organizing team for their untiring effort in making the programme a success.
