The initiative for skilling the youth of India is a welcome move but it can be effective only if the process takes care of the need for skills at the local level and the skills already existing there.
In an ASSOCHAM-organised Skilling India seminar here on Friday, whose theme was Empowering Indian Youth through World Class Education, State School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra espoused the view which was supported by several speakers.
The State’s Principal Secretary of the Department for Skill Development and Technical Education lN Gupta, who was the Guest of Honour of the session, also appreciated the initiative of ASSOCHAM in organizing the seminar. In his special address the head of Span Resources Management Services BS Pani emphatically underlines the need to provide skilling inputs only after studying the needs of the local areas which will ensure employment. The CEO of Comunet Info Systems Pvt ltd Mihir Sen spoke on the role of technology in imparting skill training.
Head of the organising Committee Dr Jitendra Dash spoke on the need for skilling to make the youth of India employable. A vote of thanks in the inaugural session was given by ASSOCHAM Regional Director Bharat Kumar Jaiswal. The sessions was followed by technical sessions on realigning Skilling towards Make in India and Employment and Skilling Sector: Current reforms, initiatives, challenges and the Way Forward.