E-waste sculpture of 30ft made by ITI Berhampur trainees
In order to spread awareness about environment protection and e-waste management, the trainees of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Berhampur of Odisha has made a 30ft long sculpture from 3 tons of e-waste that was generated by the Berhampur Municipal Corporation or the BMC. Recorded to be the tallest in the country, this statue was made out of e-wastes from electronic toys, printer, cartridges, PCB, mouse, keyboard, monitor, CD Player, TV, VCR, and mobiles. With this display, people are being urged to be responsible in the scientific management of e-waste. “We will try submitting it for the Asian Book of Records and the Guinness Book of Records,” said Dr Rajat Kumar Panigrahi, Principal of ITI Berhampur. Read more.
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There has been an increase in the demand for upskilling in the fields of electronics, IT-enabled services, healthcare, telecom, capital goods, apparels, and logistics. This social mobility has been noticed in a service-sector driven economy such as ours during the current post-Covid era. As per the Recognition of Prior Learning or RPL and the data from the National Skill Development Corporation or the NSDC, apparel has seen the highest enrolments, followed by electronics, healthcare, and then retail. Skill-seekers are also increasingly showing interest in power, construction, automotive, and capital goods. Although, it must be noted that female participation before and after Covid in skilling programmes have remained almost same. Read more.
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