CAPACITY BUILDING IN IECT INCLUDING TRAINING IN DIGITAL SKILLSETS AND CURRENT INDUSTRY
DEMANDING TECHNOLOGIES FOR VARIOUS SECTIONS OF SOCIETY IN THE NE  STATES.
NECB 2.0

FUNDED BY:
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt of India

Implementing agency:
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) through its centres at Agartala, Aizwal, Gangtok Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima & Shillong.

OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT

Title: Capacity Building in IECT including training in Digital Skillsets and Current Industry Demanding Technologies for various sections of society in the NE States.

Objectives: The aim of the project is to bring about overall upliftment of the socio-economic status of NE Citizens by creating a smart ecosystem with necessary IT education and skills with a total of 1.665 lakhs citizens across different sections of society.

Category-1: To bring the active involvement of rural farmers/producers, women, elderly citizens, dropout students in order to benefit the productivity in social & business activities of their life, the project will target 22,200 farmers, 15,600 women; 7,700 elderly persons & 75,360 school students for training with appropriate digital skillsets matching their requirements.

Category-2: User group, 30,800 numbers of graduates and undergraduates will be trained in appropriate IECT areas for value addition of their careers.

Category-3: user groups, 6,240 technical graduates will be trained in the current industry demanding technologies to enhance employability.

Category-4 user groups, 8,600 teachers of the region will be equipped with necessary IT education and related applications along with skills for organizing effective online education to reach out masses