EDUCATION AND CULTURE

TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

All technical and industrial institutions and industrial training institutes and courses leading up to the diploma standard (Non-Univesity courses) excluding courses falling under the control of the University are controlled by the Department of Technical Education, Maharashtra State, Bombay. Government have set up two different councils for this purpose, viz, (i) the State Council of Technical Education to advise and make recommendations in respect of technical and industrial institutes and courses leading up to the diploma standard and (ii) the State Council for Training in Vocational Trades to carry out the policy of the National Council with regard to the award of National Trade Certificates in engineering, building and leather trade and any other similar trades as may he brought within its scope by the Central or the State Government.

The Director of Technical Education conducts the annual examinations in the courses approved by the State Council of Technical Education, Bombay and awards certificates or diplomas to the successful candidates.

No Government institution has so far been established in the district under the State Council for Technical Education.

The following non-Government institutions are registered for inspection and examination (up to the diploma standard) in Sangli district.

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli.

The Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, provides instruction in the courses of studies leading to the degree and diploma in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. The intake capacity for degree and diploma courses for the academic year 1962-63 was as under:-

Technical and Industrial Institutes.

Besides the Walchand College of Engineering, instruction in technical subjects leading to the Secondary School Certificate Examination is given in the Sangli High School, Sangli; the Lakshmanrao Kirloskar Vidyamandir, Palus; the Swami Ramanand Vidyalaya, Ramanandnagar; the Vidya Mandir, Miraj; the Miraj High School, Miraj; the Azad Vidyalaya, Kasegaon; the Hutatma Kisan Ahir Vidyalaya, Walwa: the Vidyamandir High School, Islampur and the Bharati Vidyamandir, Tasgaon. Besides these schools with technical bias, there are many industrial schools in the district. The Sangli Industrial School, Sangli, conducts courses in motor mechanics. The Miraj Institute of Engineering conducts courses for draftsman in civil and mechanical engineering, tracing and estimating. The courses in tracing, radio repairing, wireman's, apprenticeship, electrical apprenticeship and draftsmanship in civil and mechanical engineering are conducted by the D.S.T.E. Society's Technical Institute at Sangli. The course in radio serving is also provided by the Reliable Radio Servicing Institute, Sangli. The technical training centre at Palus conducts courses in turning, fitting, moulding and pattern making.

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