About CGSSC
Brief Objective of CGSSC:
Capital Goods & Strategic Skill Council
To create skill ecosystem for workshop and skills for the research and development functions in the Capital Goods Manufacturing sector, and Strategic/ Defence sector; NITI Aayog suggested its set- up under MSDE.
Year of start of operation: 2014
Sectors: Defence Manufacturing (2020), Capital Goods Manufacturing
Ministry: MHI, MoPSW, MoD, MHA, MoES
Governing Body members:
- Promoters: Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Federation of Chamber of Commerce (FICCI)
- Academic: IITs, IISc, BVOCs, DVOCs, ITIs and higher education institute.
- Associations: PPMA (Process Plant), PMMAI (Plastic), IMTMA (Machine Tools), TAGMA (Tool & Gauge) TMMA (Textiles), EEPC (Engineering), ITAMMA (Textile Machine accessories), ICTMA (Cutting Tools).
- PSU & Defence: BDL, BEL, BHEL, BEML, Cochin Shipyard, GSL, GRSE, HSL, MazDock, Material Modernisation.
- Private Sector: JSL, K2Crane Pvt. Ltd, BFW2NXT, Bharat Forge, CAT- Gainwell, Festo, Fanuc, GUSTI, L&T, MAKINO, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Starrag, etc.
Partnerships
- Working with 24 States and 07 UT
- CSR initiatives Ambuja Cement, BPCL, GAIL, HPCL, IOL, ONGC, and various SDIs.
- Pacific University, Global Skills University MOU with SDI, Bhubaneswar, and Skill Universities namely Chitkara University, C.V. Raman College of Engineering, Bharthiya Skill Development University (BSDU) etc.
World Skills Competition: Organizers organized a world skill competition.
Partner with WSC for CNC Turning, CNC Milling, MCad, Welding etc.
Statistics of CGSC (nos.)
| QPs aligned with NSQF | Candidates Trained till 31st March 2024 | Candidates certified till 31st March 2024 | Affiliated training centers | Certified Trainers till 31st March 2024 |
| 70 | 2,50,000 | 2,00,011 | 1172 | 2175 |