Empower SC and ST Communities

(Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment)

WHAT

In the presence Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Dr.Ambedkar International Centre (DAIC), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) here today.

The motives of this MoU is the empowerment of SC and ST communities through research on Dalit entrepreneurship, empowerment, skill development capacity building among SC/ST women and youth, impact of different schemes of the Government on socio-economic conditions of SC and ST and other similar subjects.

MAIN AREAS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN DAIC AND DICCI

• Strengthen the ties between DAIC and Industrial Organisations to make collaborative efforts in the fields of research and training.
• Make joint efforts for creating a knowledge bank which may be used to facilitate scholars, researchers and policy makers.
• Exchange academic materials and publications.
• Conduct lecture programmes, seminars, symposiums, and other types of academic discussions and undertake joint research attachment of staff for purposes of curriculum development and review, attendance of courses, upgrading of teaching and research skills.
• Conducting joint consultancy work.
• Prepare the ground for induction of technological know-how of the industry and administration in academia for better research and policy feeds.
• Prepare a common ground for the industries, institutions, universities, organizations, ministries, research centers and agencies for sponsoring/awarding projects to DAIC and DICCI for activities related to academic and policy research and policy advocacy and capacity building for start-ups and entrepreneurship.
• Both DAIC and DICCI will be having rights on intellectual property and knowledge products created through collaborative efforts.
• Provide free of cost mutual access to facilities available at their campus for purpose of fundamental academic research.
• Participation in experience-sharing and institution-building activities.
• Organize regular capacity building programmes in the form of national-level learning activities. This may, for example, include learning and support services for specialized projects and activities of Indian administration system.
• Training for Indian academics, officers and professionals, especially in the areas of training and learning methodologies, research and policy analysis, administration, social justice and social and financial inclusion.
• Research collaboration on emerging skill development and employment relations themes.
• Development of innovative learning platforms and education programmes with an emphasis on low residency and learning at distance for workers and adult learners.

Source: PIB

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