After 3-year wait, Maharashtra cabinet approves 339 posts for state's skill university

The Maharashtra cabinet has approved the order to create 339 posts for Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skill University (RT MSSU), including 232 teaching and 107 non-teaching positions.

After stalling for more than three years since the government gave nod to the establishment of the only public skills university in Maharashtra , Mangal Prabhat Lodha, minister of skills, employment, entrepreneurship and innovation thanked the chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the deputy CM Ajitdada Pawar and Eknathji Shinde for their guidance and support.

“This decision will give impetus to the work of the State Skill University and various activities of the university will be carried out with greater capacity. Under the guidance of Honorable Chief Minister Shri. Devendraji Fadnavis, various employment-oriented activities of the Skill Department are underway. Now the necessary manpower will also be increased in the university and the efficiency of the university will increase,” minister Lodha said.

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The minister also expressed that with the approval of various posts for recruitment , the RT MSSU will now have the increased ‘necessary manpower’ for the betterment of the university.

In 2021, Maharashtra approved the establishment of the Maharashtra State Skills University (MSSU) with an objective to train and provide jobs to a large number of youths through an industry-aligned curriculum, according to a report by the Free Press Journal.

Designed to be a one-of-its-kind university, the campus was to have six sub-campuses as Centres of Excellence (CoE), with one each in the state's six revenue divisions, the report added.

"We are very happy and excited to have obtained the approval for the posts. It's an important step and will help and support the university. We are thankful to the government that this decision was taken today," said Apoorva Palkar, vice chancellor, Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University (RT-MSSU).

The skills university has planned to start a Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) in Hospitality programme at Lonavala and Sant Gadge Baba Swachh Bharat Kaushalya Prabhodhini at Thane from next academic year, the report added.