Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) signed an MoU with The Art of living Digital India Movement to skill Indian youth, create employment opportunities, encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship and support the Skill India initiative of PM Modi. The MoU was signed between lt Gen (Retd) Dr SP Kochhar, CEO, Telecom Sector Skill Council and Vikram Diesh, mentor, Art of living Digital India Movement in the presence of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of living and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
TSSC will focus on utilizing the centers of The Art of living Digital India Movement for training and assessment of youths in Telecom Sector Skill Development Ecosystem. The essence of the MoU is to take skilling and digital education in telecom sector down to the remotest part of India through The Art of living Digital India Movement’s network of centers.
Stressing the importance of skill-development training in improving employability, Sri Sri encouraged the youth to take steps to increase their self-confidence. “Digital technology is one of the areas where India has proven it’s capability. Since majority of our population is young, vocational skill training in this sector can strengthen India’s position in this field globally, he said.”
lt Gen (Retd) Dr SP Kochhar said: “Telecom Sector Skill Council’s (TSSC) main aim for the next five years is to train approximately 8.67 million people which will be beneficial for the telecom industry’s growth. We are outreaching to rural areas also by online and offline courses through various training centers.”