The District Industrial Centre (DIC), Kalahandi organised a 10- day Entrepreneur Development Training Programme (EDP) at lanjigarh in partnership with Vedanta.
The objective of the training was to sensitize the youths on various existing Government schemes, available opportunities, resources, facilities available and try to convert the interested and potential aspirants into successful entrepreneurs. The inaugural session held on October 20 was attended by the GM DIC Kalahandi Narshing Sahoo, IPOs Devadatta Das, Sobhagya Ranjan Behra and Dilip Kumar Barik. The candidates were provided training in entrepreneurial skills, importance of self- employment, process of applications, types of subsidies, eligibility and other benefits of entrepreneurship etc.
The training programme was organised for 50 youths from periphery villages including the projected affected persons (PAPs) and students of Yuva Pragati Kendra from October 20 to 31 at the office of Yuva Pragati Kendra, lanjigarh. After successful completion of training, all the candidates were awarded individual certificates from the DIC Kalahandi.
Twelve participants have already applied to the DIC for taking up micro and small enterprises. The closing ceremony was attended among others by the Principal DAV Vedanta International limited and the CSR representatives of Vedanta limited.