The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Samsung have announced a partnership to set up Technical Schools in MSME Technology Centres across India.
 The MSME-Samsung Technical Schools will run Samsung's Advanced Repair and Industrial Skills Enhancement (A.R.I.S.E.2) program, providing students trade-specific training on various aspects of repair and troubleshooting for consumer electronics products such as mobile phones, televisions, home theatres, home appliances and their related accessories. Students will also get real-time working experience at Samsung authorized service centres. Other than technical skills, as part of the course the students will get a chance to learn soft skills which will further enable them to provide exemplary customer service.
The partnership will provide a boost to trainees by incorporating a strong component of hands-on industry training. The MoU was signed by the Development Commissioner and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India, Shri Amarendra Sinha, and Mr B. D. Park, President & CEO, South West Asia, Samsung Electronics in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister of MSME, Shri Kalraj Mishra. Other officials present at the event included Shri Madhav Lal, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, and Mr Daniel Park, Senior Vice-President, Customer Satisfaction, South West Asia, Samsung Electronics. The announcement also marked the inauguration of the first MSME-Samsung Technical School at MSME Extension Centre, Bal Sahyog, Connaught Place, situated in the heart of Delhi.
Ten MSME-Samsung Technical Schools will be set up across India - one each in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mumbai and Varanasi.
 Mr B. D. Park, President & CEO South West Asia, Samsung Electronics, said, 'India is a key growth market for global consumer electronics manufacturing which lends itself to enormous employment opportunity. As an industry leader, Samsung is committed to working with the Indian government to tap this potential. Our collaboration with the Ministry of MSME to create a pool of skilled workforce through the MSME-Samsung Technical Schools is a step in this direction. We are confident that through the Samsung A.R.I.S.E.2 program, students will get hands-on experience that will make them an asset to the industry."
Samsung has already established one such lab at the ITI in Dheerpur, Delhi, in collaboration with the Directorate of Training and Technical Education, Government of NCT. Samsung also has plans to establish more such labs across India.
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