| Designed by Charles Correa, the building is expected to be ready by March 2005, the company said here. |
| The technical institute will provide training to people to develop skills suitable to secure employment in the steel, manufacturing and other industrial enterprises. |
| Local girls and boys in the age group of 16-20 years who have completed high school education will be given training. |
| The courses are expected to commence from May or June, 2005. |
| While selecting candidates for training, preference will be given to eligible candidates from the families rehabilitated during Tata Steel's project at Gopalpur, the company said. |
| The training programme will be modelled along the lines of the Shavak Nanvati Technical Training Institute (SNTI) at Jamshedpur, which has been training people for various steel related operations for over 80 years. |
| SNTI candidates currently work at Tata Steel in Jamshedpur and in other steel companies. |
| Tata Steel said it had the required expertise and experience in running technical training establishments and the skills had been recognised through numerous national awards for its training initiatives. |
| Establishment of the technical institute at Orissa's Gopalpur would create opportunities for the local people. |
| It was expected to contribute substantially to development of human resources and meet the needs of fast growing steel industry in Orissa, the company said. |
| The commencement of the construction of technical institute was started in the presence of Jayakrishna Baral, vice-chancellor of Berhampur University, Manish Kumar Verma, project director of DRDA at Ganjam and S K Palsania, SP of Berhampur. |
| R P Singh, vice-president for engineering services & projects, and Rajesh Chintak, head of the local SEZ, represented Tata Steel. |
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