UP mulls courses to boost electric vehicles, drone industry

The UP technical education department has asked educational institutes and experts from the industries concerned to curate a course which can be introduced at the earliest. 

To make Uttar Pradesh a hub of electric vehicles and drone units, the state government has decided to encourage technical and vocational institutes to introduce courses to suit the requirements of these industries, officials said.  

The industrial training institutes (ITIs) in the state could introduce drone pilot and drone technicians’ courses, they said. “Electric vehicle and drone industries are two most booming segments in the technology sector. Experts suggest that these segments are set to expand in coming days. We want to enable students to benefit from this boom,” said technical education secretary Alok Kumar. 

The technical education department has asked educational institutes and experts from the industries concerned to curate a course which can be introduced at the earliest. 

“The move is part of our efforts to introduce job-oriented courses. The technical education department also takes suggestion from representatives of various segments in the industries to refine technical courses.” he said. Courses in machine learning and artificial intelligence have already been introduced, he said. 

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) Vice-Chancellor Pradeep Kumar Mishra said, “In addition to training of manpower in assembly and flying, AKTU will also be involved in the research and development in the area. A state-of-the-art workshop will be organised at the Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) at the university too.” 

Read more: 

• IISc Bangalore launches BTech mathematics and computing course 
• IIT Bombay invites applications from foreign students for MTech, PhD programmes 
• Admissions open for BDes programme at NMIMS School of Design