The George Telegraph Training Institute, Kolkata
Posted By: Sankalan Bhattacharya Member Level: Diamond
The George Telegraph Training Institute is a renowned vocational training institute based in Kolkata, West Bengal and has training centres in Odisha, Assam and Agartala. The industry-oriented courses offered by the institute provide good employment opportunity to the students after completing the course and that's why this is a sought-after training institute throughout the state.
| Name: | The George Telegraph Training Institute |
| Address: | 31A, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road |
| City: | Kolkata |
| State: | West Bengal |
| Telephone Number: | +91 9836428285, +91-33-2475-4600/2557 |
| Email: | queries@georgetelegraph.org |
| Website: | https://www.georgetelegraph.org/ |
About the institute
The George Telegraph Training Institute is celebrating its 100 years. This is a renowned training institute of vocational trades based in Kolkata that started its operation in 1920. Over the years, this institute has gained popularity among students because of the quality of training and the number of courses it offers.This institute is associated with industries in many ways so that the students gain industry-specific knowledge on the trades which ultimately enables students to get placed in renowned companies. Being a training partner of NSDC it is associated with many Sector Skill Councils like Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC), Automobile Skill Development Council (ASDC), Indian Iron and Steel Sector Skill Council (IISSSC), etc which offers students the exposure to various sectors. India's one of the leading Car manufacturers Mahindra & Mahindra is associated with the Automobile Engineering department of the institute to upgrade the infrastructure of training under Mahindra Special Technical Education Programme (M-STEP) and helps its students in terms of employability. It also has tie-ups with Bosch to provide training to students of Automobile Engineering. Since it is the training partner of various state/central schemes it has the advantage of introducing new courses from time to time based on the technical up gradation in different sectors.
Courses offered
A variety of courses are offered by the institute in the field of Electronics, Computer, Civil, Electrical, Automobile, Mobile Repairing, Paramedical, Beauty & Wellness, Retailing etc and each course has its eligibility criteria. Even there are courses available to become technicians in various fields whose eligibility is passing only class 8. To gain hands-on experience in the respective fields, students are trained by experts and they are assessed regularly apart from the semester exams.Other than imparting training on vocational trades, the institute also grooms students and have sessions on Personality Development so that students can boldly face the interviews.