The biggest achievement of ATDC centers has been that it has been able to empower women mainly from the rural and semi-urban regions. 64% of the candidates trained have been female against 36% male. Of all these, 31% are from rural hinterlands and 48% from semi-urban / moffusils areas and 21% from urban centres / metros.Along the way, ATDC has bagged a few awards including the UK-India Skills Forum Awards in 2011 for its outstanding performance and “ASSOCHAM Best Vocational Training Institute Award” in 2014.
Among achievements, the “Contemporary Curricula” developed in July 2013 and approved by both NCVT/DGE&T and AICTE now form the foundation of upgradation of ATDC’s training programmes. The visionary creation of the brand “SMART” (Skills for Manufacturing of Apparel through Research & Training) has proved to be a major step towards capturing the imagination of both Government and the apparel Industry. It has also introduced for the first time a “Hub & Spoke” approach by setting up peripatetic and other centres to reach out to candidates.
During a pilot project period starting from October 2010 till March 2014, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) has exceeded its training target #
In order to mainstream vocational education and to provide modularity and certification to the students enrolled in ATDC Centres, ATDC has established 35 Vocational Institutes. Courses from here lead to Certificate Diploma and Advance Diploma from ATDC and NCVT and assures placement to potential students.
During a pilot project period starting from October 2010 till March 2014, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) has exceeded its training target #
ATDC is again the only institution in the apparel sector which has set-up Training of Trainers’ Academies in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) and Gurgaon (Haryana) for training of trainers considering the acute shortage of qualified and well trained trainers.
During a pilot project period starting from October 2010 till March 2014, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) has exceeded its training target #
It has also created strong employment linkages through the membership of exporters of its parent body AEPC. A latest innovation is conducting “SMART Rozgar Mela” in major catchment areas and taking the industry there to recruit candidates.
During a pilot project period starting from October 2010 till March 2014, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) has exceeded its training target #
Informing about future plans of ATDC, Dr Koshy says, “ATDC is working very hard to reach the new target set by the Ministry of Textiles of training 150,000 candidates by March 2017, with a cumulative target of 250,000 candidates and improving quality of training & training delivery across the centers.”
He adds, “Among new initiatives ATDC is planning an inclusive and rapid mode ‘Faculty Development Programme’ to strengthen quality & excellence, ‘Skill Matrix Assessment’ of Operators/ Trade Certificate holders by using technology and scientific approach to monitor performance, training with focus on ‘Industrial Engineering’ and IT techniques and approaches like lean management and developing digital content for next phase of SMART-fast-track course.
“ATDC’s proactive efforts in the last 2-3 years have all played an important role in ushering in a positive contribution to the Indian apparel export manufacturing industry which has been facing shortage of skilled workforce and technical personnel”, he concludes by saying.
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