NFL inks MoU with ITI Nangal for the training of youth in 12 trades for employment

Intending to give thrust to the Skill India initiative, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise under Department of Fertilizers, has started tying up with Industrial Training Institutes located near to its plants to train youth in various trades and to enhance the chances of their employability in heavy and process industry.

The Nangal plant of the company in Punjab has signed an MoU with ITI, Nangal to train youth in 12 trades. The students will be skilled under the Dual System of Training Scheme under which they will learn theoretical skills in the institute and on-the-job training in NFL Nangal plant. The MoU was exchanged between Deputy General Manager (HR), NFL Nangal unit Renu R P Singh and Principal of ITI Nangal Lalit Mohan.

ITI, Nangal is one of the oldest institutes in Punjab. With the signing of this MoU with ITI, the NFL becomes the first CPSE to take this initiative in the state of Punjab. The company plans to explore more such options in future to give impetus to Skill India by training more youth from institutes. NFL has five gas based Ammonia-Urea plants in Nangal and Bathinda plants in Punjab, Panipat plant in Haryana and two plants at Vijaipur in Guna District of Madhya Pradesh.