Gujarat govt releases Rs. 817 crore for Siemens Centres for Excellence
November 18, 2014
Gandhinagar, 18 November 2014
Gujarat Chief Minister today handed over a cheque of Rs. 817 crore as assistance from the state government for Siemens Centre of Excellence(SCE).
6 SCE are going to be opened for high quality training education in engineering/technical fields.
Speaking on this occasion Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said that such centers will enhance employibility in engineering college students.
Siemens India will grant Rs. 36 lakh scholarship in three years to needy students. Siemens will also provide lab equipments and software for such centers.
Energy Minister Saurabh Patel said that such Centre of Excellence will provide higher education to over 69,000 youths. They will be set up at Mehsana based Gujarat Power Engineering and Research Institute, Government Engineering College Patan, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Lakhdhirsinhji Engineering College, Morbi and Government Polytechnic Jamnagar. Overall the centers will cover 7500 sqm area.
Gujarat has earlier set up five such centers at Pandit Deendayal University, LD Engineering College, IIIT-Ahmedabad, MS University Vadodara and Surat Engineering College.
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