<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the department of Skill Development today inked MoU with IIT Jammu to enhance skill and employment of students and staff with exposure to latest technologies. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that the MoU was signed in presence of Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Samoon between Director Skill Development, Sajad Hussain and Director IIT Jammu, Professor Manoj S Gaur. Mr Samoon said, the purpose of this cooperation is revamping and rejuvenation of the polytechnic and ITI sector in collaboration with IIT Jammu to eradicate unemployment. It aims to replace vocational training courses with new area specific training skills by keeping in view the demand of skills in forthcoming projects like tunnels, railways, power projects, cold storage/refrigeration. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He instructed the concerned officers to train the students in such a way that they will get jobs after successful completion of their courses. The main motive of the MoU is to develop skills and generate employability so that the young generation of J&K get better means of livelihood. Director Skill Development said that Government Polytechnic College Jammu has established a Centre for Invention Innovation Incubation and Training for providing training in the latest trends in manufacturing industry conforming to industry 4.0 with the help of Tata Technology Limited Pune. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The IIT Jammu shall recommend the students of various streams to CIIIT Jammu for training in various courses and also for industrial training. Director IIT Jammu said that both the departments will allow each other to promote institutional exchange by using their infrastructure and various laboratories/workshops for research work. He added that IIT Jammu will adopt Government Polytechnic College Jammu in the first instance to start with to develop, promote and organize workshops and research programs.</span><br />