Shimla, July 23 The Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPEIRC) will collaborate with the industry to know its job requirements. “We are planning to create a job opportunity cell, which will act as an interface between the industry and the private educational institutions in the state,” said Maj Gen Atul Kaushik (Retd), Chairman (HPPIERC). He added that the idea was to reduce the gap in skills needed for jobs. TO CREATE JOB CELL The role of the cell will be to identify job requirements in the industry and help in bridging the gap between the theoretical and practical aspects of jobs, besides helping the educational institutions to start certificate courses, which are needed to provide an edge to the students.