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Worklabs

WorkLabs cell is set up to create an enabling ecosystem for developing a future-ready workforce. Producing an industry-ready and future-ready workforce requires a strong collaboration between academia and industry that fosters innovation and transforms the education system.

As a part of Industries Department Budget Announcement in 2021, WorkLabs has been set up in Guidance. WorkLabs is a cell set up to promote, facilitate, and expand industry and academia collaboration in the state to address and minimise talent and skills gap in the workforce for the industries in Tamil Nadu.

WorkLabs Roles

Roles & Responsibilities

Engage

With higher & technical education bodies on curriculum.

Enhance

Industry participation for industry-ready talent.

Support

Linkages by other govt. bodies & business chambers.

Lead

Outreach for visibility of state's skilled workforce.

Facilitate

Knowledge transfer & mobility for applied research.

Form

Bilateral collaborations with international bodies.

Industry-Academia Collaboration Framework

  • Industrial training workshops for students
  • Exposure to industrial shop floors
  • Guest lectures from industry experts
  • Short-term faculty development programme

Connect with Our WorkLab Team

Mathivathani R P

Mathivathani R P

mathivathani@investtn.in

Meena Priyadarsnee K

Meena Priyadarsnee K

meena@investtn.in

Rhea Abigail

Rhea Abigail

rhea@investtn.in

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