Indo-German Institute for Advanced Technology (IGIAT ... - GIZ

About the Programme
• It provided SMEs’ facilities and services to improve their competitiveness, by making use of their growth potentials. As
results showed, graduated trainees of IGIAT had better chances in finding productive employment in line with modern
technology demands.
• Former GTZ supported advanced training methodology and technology, public relations and marketing activities, transfer
of know-how, staff training and development as well as organizational development.
• The project analysed training and consulting needs of local and regional SME in the area of modern technology. The
results helped to design courses that met market needs and complementary services specially designed for SME.
Key results
• More than 10,000 persons (25% female) were trained until the end of the project with high placement success. Among
them were 1,000 tribal women, with 100% employment in apparel industry. There is a special focus on environment aspects
for development of eco-industrial parks and setting up environment monitoring cells in Andhra Pradesh.
• IGIAT was successful in becoming a viable institution within two years of the project, making significant profits from the
third year thereby ensuring sustainable service delivery after project support from former GTZ ended.
• IGIAT has become a role model for an approach of practice-oriented and applied training and skill development, which is
demand-driven and meets the needs of the labour market.
• IGIAT is a founding member of Industrial Services Network (ISN), an Indo-German network of technology training
centres.