With a mission to impart skills to the new and existing workforce in the domestic and export apparel industry and textiles sector, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) opened ‘Kaushal Vikas Bhawan’ in Patna. Jai Kumar Singh, Bihar minister of industries, science & technology has inaugurated the ‘Bhawan’ at Patliputra Industrial Area.

Bhawan is a newly constructed skill development centre which will impart employment oriented trainings to the youth especially women. It will provide trained shop-floor workforce for the domestic and export apparel Industry. The programme aims to train 3000 candidates in a year. The centre is well equipped with sewing machines labs, CAD lab for computerized pattern making, computer embroidery machine, resource centre with latest books and periodicals and class rooms. The state-of-the-art facilities at ATDC Patna will give further impetus to the training activities in the whole state of Bihar.

Speaking on the occasion Singh said “Bihar is major provider of manpower to the industries in the country as well as overseas. Skilling of this manpower will enhance the value addition of those manpower and higher earnings capability. I am highly impressed with the ATDC Patna having advanced machineries with state of the art infrastructure.