Bhubaneswar: The Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC) in the Odisha capital here has successfully conducted four-week internship programme for over 8,000 engineering students from across the country and abroad during this summer.

The Bhubaneswar-based institute provided industry-oriented training to 8,083 engineering students from 22 states and Union Territories across the country and 26 international students from Sudan and Yemen.

The programme stands as a proud reaffirmation of CTTC Bhubaneswar's role as a premier institution for offering structured and industry-oriented training designed to sharpen the employability and technical competence of India's youth.        

Spanning disciplines as varied as Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Civil, and Computer Science, the programme also focused on emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI - ML), Cloud Computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Additive Manufacturing. Each four-week course was designed to provide intensive hands-on training, bridging the gap between classroom learning and industrial practice.

Of the 8,083 students trained, the Mechanical discipline led the way with 3,193 candidates, followed by Electronics with 2,209; IT & Software with 1,948; Civil with 388, and other emerging domains accounting for 345- a spread that reflects both the enduring strength of core engineering and the rising pull of new-age technologies.

The programme offered training across 39 engineering and emerging technology domains, with the highest participation in Artificial Intelligence (1,748 students), PLC Programming (1,000), AutoCAD (991), Python Programming (413) and Data Analytics (392).

The internship also attracted students from premier institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), various Deemed-to-be Universities, engineering colleges, and polytechnic institutes.

It is worth mentioning here that the CTTC, a unit under the Ministry of MSME, has manufactured & supplied 437 types of 54,000 precision components to India Space Research Organization (ISRO) for Chandrayaan-3 Mission launched on 14th July, 2023.

It has made significant contributions to the aerospace and defence sectors by manufacturing high-precision components for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), including components for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, thereby supporting indigenous manufacturing capabilities.