NHIDCL and AICTE Sign MoU for internship for UG and PG Students
This Nationwide Program to Provide Experiential Learning Opportunities for UG and PG Students
National
Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL), a CPSE under
the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India and All
India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) today to provide internship opportunities to Under Graduate
(UG)/ Post Graduate (PG) students. The MoU was jointly signed by Nitin Sharma,
Executive Director, NHIDCL and Dr Buddha Chandrasekhar, Chief Coordinating
Officer, AICTE.
Dr Krishan Kumar,
Managing Director, NHIDCL launched an online portal for the Internship Program.
This program aims to offer experiential learning opportunities to UG and PG
students nationwide specially in the North-Eastern Region, UTs of J&K and
Ladakh and A&N Islands. The portal was inaugurated in the presence of
officials from both NHIDCL and AICTE.
The MoU was signed for a period of
five years, outlines the roles and responsibilities of AICTE and NHIDCL. AICTE
will provide technical support for the platform, while NHIDCL will oversee
programmatic and non-technical support for the programme.
Both NHIDCL and AICTE,
as premier National Organisations in their respective fields, are committed to
working together as a team to achieve national objectives of skilling and
providing opportunities to UG/ PG students in the Country.