“Extensive consultations with various stakeholders including Central Ministries and Departments, State Governments, National Cooperatives/Federations, Cooperative education & training institutions, etc. have been carried out to evolve contours of the proposed cooperative university”, said Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
He further added, “The proposed university is likely to work in close coordination with the cooperative sector and will be a comprehensive, integrated and standardized structure for education and training so as to ensure stable, adequate and quality supply of trained manpower in the cooperative sector for successful implementation of various initiatives taken by the Ministry”.
“The supply of professional manpower and capacity building of the existing employees is expected to help the cooperative sector in making larger contributions to various sectors of the economy”, Shah added.
The Union Cooperation Minister further said, “The Ministry of Cooperation is working on a proposal for establishment of a national-level cooperative university for imparting technical and management education and training in the cooperative sector, promoting cooperative research and development and to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country through a network of affiliated institutions”.