Courses for unemployed youths from Haridwar was started in the premises of Nehru Yuva Kendra under the National Urban livelihood Mission (NUlM), at Utthan camp as a first component of the mission on Thursday here in the heart of the city.
Mukhya Nagar Adhikari (MNA) of Municipal Corporation of Haridwar (MCH) Vipra Trivedi inaugurated the camp. Three major courses, namely Hospitality (Assistant General), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Non-Voice and Banking and Accounting courses will be run by the Nehru Institute of Management and Technology, the course provider institution.
Sanjeev Sharma, manager of the institute, informed that all the courses are for six months. The first batch consists of 40 students. Mostly students are from various parts of the city, including Bhupatwala, Kharkhari, Rishikul, Jwalapur and Tibdi. During the introduction taken by MNA, students aged from 16 to 36 years were present in the class.
In an exclusive talk with The Pioneer, Trivedi said that scheme was run by the State Government in which many companies (known as the STP - Service Training Provider) provided training and employment to the urban unemployed youths, free of cost. Companies and the urban development departments have signed MoU by which 70 per cent of seats will be reserved for the students under NUlM.
She also claimed that Nagar Nigam and other concerned departments of the district administration would try their best to provide the jobs after the successful completion of the course.