Expression of Interest for Project Management National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for selection of an organization to provide Project Management support for a large academic partnership project of NSDC. The objective of this partnership is to provide skill based training to the students of 667 colleges of Savitri Bhai Phule University of Pune. The details of project is mentioned below and the last date to submit the proposal is 15th October, 2014. Project Details • • • • • • • • • • University of Pune and National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) signed an MOU to introduce skill based training for the students of 667 colleges and 53 autonomous institutions of the University. The colleges affiliated to the University are spread across 4 districts of Pune, Nasik, Ahmednagar and Dadar and Nagar Haveli This training will be a part of the academic cycle as an additional mandatory subject of approx. 7 lakh students and the students will be allotted credits in the mark sheet. NSDC and University of Pune would like to implement this project in a phase wise manner. The 1st phase of the project will focus Post Graduate students and then scale up the project to Undergraduate students from March 2015 onwards. An empowered committee appointed by the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor selected 21 training partners to impart skill based training to the students of these colleges. These 21 partners have been allocated a cluster of colleges to undertake delivery of courses in any 5 of the 10 sectors identified for the project. The list includes 2 supporting partners who have not been allocated any college however will act as sector experts. The list of 10 sectors for the initial phase of the project are: 1. IT/ITES 2. Gems and Jewelry 3. BFSI 4. Retail 5. Telecom 6. Automotive 7. Electronics and Hardware 8. Agriculture 9. Security 10. Healthcare The job roles selected for the students will be based on NSQF level 4, 5 and 6 respectively. The training partner and SSC will conduct a Training Needs Identification to determine the level of the students and the career aspiration to guide them accordingly for the choice of sector and job role. The responsibility for the training partner includes orientation of students, batch formation , training delivery, organizing guest lectures and placement facilitation Page 1 • • • The overall responsibility of assessment and certification will be driven by the designated assessors of Sector Skill Councils. The project management team will ensure seamless co-ordination of string of activities by various stakeholders like Training Partners, Sector Skill Councils, University /colleges. The Project Management team will be reporting to NSDC (Standards and QA team). The reporting structure and review mechanism will be jointly finalized by NSDC and the Project Management Team. Expected Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Management Team 1. PMU will have 3 resources and 1 Senior Project Manager. Number of resources would be increased commensurate with the project requirement in consultation with the Skill Development centre of the University. 2. PMU will be responsible for the following deliverables: • Handling day-to-day operations of the project including site visits covering all training institutions under the project • Developing and implementing the Monitoring & Evaluation framework of training programmes in colleges. • Ensuring that the training partners abide by their roles and responsibilities under stipulated time frame. • Liasioning with college authorities and the university on an ongoing basis. • Prompt communication and resolving issues pertaining to the project keeping NSDC in the loop. • Provide weekly progress reports to team Standards and QA,NSDC • Any task as and when assigned by NSDC Eligibility Criteria 1. Past experience of project management and execution in the field of education and training preferably with large organizations in Pune, Maharashtra. Format of the Proposal • • • • • Organizational Profile Approach and Methodology Past Experience of executing similar projects Brief-profile of the team members Financials for the project Interested organisations may submit their proposal by 5pm on or before 15th October, 2014 electronically via e-mail to [email protected] Page 2