In line with the Petroleum Ministry’s decision to open skill development institutes in different parts of the country, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd is setting up an institute in Kerala.
The company has signed an agreement with the State government to set up the institute at Ettumanoor for which the government had allotted 8 acres \land at the ITI campus.
All major oil & gas PSUs such as IOCL, ONGC, BPCL, HPCL, OIL and GAIL have volunteered to set up skill development institutes and BPCL selected Kerala.
A society of the PSUs will be formed to run the institutes and the cost will be shared by oil companies, a press release said.
The focus area of the Ettumanoor SDI will be overseas placement and the institute will cater not only to oil, gas and petrochemical sector, but also to other sectors.
This will result in an overall skill upgradation/development of the youth of the region and will also enhance their employability and increase opportunities for them in various industries in India and abroad.
Tom Jose, Additional Chief Secretary, Labour & Skill Development, and Prasad K Panicker, Executive Director (Kochi Refinery) representing BPCL, inked the MoU.