Skill development is the first step towards development and it impacts remarkably on the personality of an individual. A person could enhance his capabilities by personally assessing one’s won calibre and shortfalls,” stated Anjali Gupta, registrar, Guru Ghasidas University (Bilaspur).
Gupta was addressing the 26th convention of Forum for Women in Public Sector (WIPS) (west region) on Saturday at Ravindra Bhawan, Bilaspur as chief guest of a programme presided over by Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of South Eastern Coalfields limited (SECl) Om Prakash. On the occasion, Director (Finance) A P Panda, Director (Operations) R P Thakur and Director (Personnel) Dr R S Jha were present as special invitees.
As many as 250 members of WIPS from five States including Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Madhya Pradesh have registered their participation in the convention attended by President of Apex WIPS Selvi Ravindram and General Secretary WIPS Kirti Tiwari.
CMD SECl Omprakash, Director (Finance) Panda and Selvi Ravindram have also expressed their views on various issues including skill development, opportunity for women and others.
Addressing the first session of the programme, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bilaspur district panchayat Dr Sarveshwar Narendra Bhure highlighted the importance of skill development in enhancing productivity while second session was based on ‘skill development-psychological impact’. Moreover, in third session highlights about the links between life and creative thinking and fourth session laid stress on necessity of skill development in changing scenario.