Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar said that around 20.50 lakh skilled manpower would be required in various fields like tourism, food processing, education, agriculture and forestry in the State in the next ten years.
The National Skill Development Corporation had carried out a survey of skill gap in Uttarakhand. Chief secretary expressed these view while presiding a meeting at the Secretariat regarding the scope and need for skill development in the State.
Youth should be trained in skills required by industrial houses and units. Different skills were needed in various parts of the state including horticulture, fisheries and adventure tourism.
Additional Secretary (Technical Education) Shailesh Bagoli said a skill development society had been constituted for making training and employment opportunities available.
In the next five years , 6.50 lakh people will be trained in the State and in the five years after that, double this number will be trained. A skill development office, facilitation centre and training monitor will be set up in all districts.
Other dignitaries including Additional Secretaries Amit Negi, Sachin Kurve, V Shanmugam, National Skill Development Corporation’s Malvika and representatives of industrial organisations were present.