BSNL have two Advanced Training Centres at Ghaziabad and Jabalpur. A report in the newspapers have stated that BSNL is proposing to start a Technical University utilising the infrastructure and facilities. Well and good if the proposal is being implemented. But it may not be as easy as stated.

However, other proposals can be mooted with regard to the 2 advanced training centres and the more than two dozen RTTCs situated in the circles. Since the training process for the BSNL employees are limited as there is not much recruitment, these centres can be utilised by giving on rent to other government / PSU institutions for training purpose. Of course this is being done in a small scale. Some circles are doing it effectively, while others lack. All these institutions have to be maximum utilised as mentioned above.

It is the same with the thousands of vacant BSNL quarters through out the country. These can be rented out for other Govt./PSU institutions, which will at least ensure funds for their maintenance or more.

These issues were discussed in detail today by Com. V.A.N.namboodiri, President BSNLEU, with Shri Neeraj Verma, GM (Trg), who looks after the training institutions. He was also of the opinion for maximum utilisation of these facilities which will bring some extra revenue to BSNL.