A. Sakthivel, Chairman of Apparel Made-ups and Home Furnishing Sector Skill Council (AMHSSC), functioning under National Skill Development Council (NSDC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bruce Wilson, President, Fanshawe College, Ontario, Canada yesterday on April 15, 2015. The MoU was signed during the meeting held in Parliamentary Hill, Ottawa in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.

The MoUs are expected to bring expert trainers in the skill sector, which will ensure the quality of training, leaving a positive impact on the number and quality of manpower being skilled and provided to the AMHSSC, Sakthivel said in a release. The MoU with Fanshawe College is aimed at greater cooperation between the Canadian partner and AMHSSC in the field of training of trainers and also enriching the Indian expertise in the apparel sector.  

Sakthivel is also the President of Tirupur Exporters Association and is a part of Indian skills mission, a high-level trade delegation comprising Chairmen and CEOs from 15 skill sector councils, who are accompanying Modi on the current three- country tour. www.sscamh.com