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Time of India
07-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Global fin giant reviews UP's skill development efforts
Lucknow: In its mission to empower youth through skill development and take the state's economy to trillion-dollar target, minister for vocational education and skill development, Kapil Dev Agarwal, on Wednesday met representatives from Deloitte India . Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Reviewing progress of various skill development schemes and discussing future initiatives, Agarwal said govt's focus was on quality training and making youth employable. According to Agarwal, govt planned to combine local needs with modern technology while training youths. Additionally, govt is working with industrial training institutes and Skill Development Mission to launch job-oriented courses that will help young people find employment easily. The minister urged Deloitte representatives to participate in regular meetings for next two years and come up with progress report. Agarwal instructed his team to provide quality training to youth to help them get jobs and earn livelihood. During the meeting, Agarwal said promoting apprenticeships is one of the top priorities and all stakeholders must have effective communication with each other so that there was no dearth of opportunities for youth. He also asked officials to review schemes based on feedback from students, including random calls and field inspections to engage directly with students. The minister suggested that organising programmes and meetings at divisional level will expedite implementation of schemes. For effective monitoring, data on training given to youths, including their trade and mobile numbers, should be recorded on the Skill Mitra portal, he said. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now During the meeting, some of the youths who underwent training were contacted by phone and positive feedback was received about the schemes. Principal secretary, vocational education and skill development, Hariom and director, Skill Development Mission, Pulkit Khare, participated in the meeting.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
27k youths to get jobs via skill devpt plan
Lucknow: In a move to provide skill training and employment opportunities to youth, the department of vocational education and skill development on Tuesday signed 22 Letters of Intent (LoIs) with different companies in a one-day academia-industry summit, 'Uttar Pradesh's Path Towards Entrepreneurial Development', organised in this, the UP govt aims to employ close to 27,000 youth in different sectors like tourism and hospitality, healthcare, pharma, automobile, banking and finance. Inaugurating the summit, minister for vocational education, skill development and entrepreneurship Kapil Dev Agarwal said, "Stakeholders, including sector skill council, industry, entrepreneurs, govt and academics, came together to determine the policies in implementation of skill development mission programmes properly."Agarwal said, "UP skill development mission will play an important role in achieving a target of $1 trillion economy. For this, govt is calling upon the industry to increase innovation, investment and participation in skill development." Agarwal said, "We aim to make youth as job creators instead of job seekers." We want our youth to compete at national and international level and also encouraging traditional indigenous industries."He also released the first-of-its-kind magazine 'Hunar Mitra'.Principal Secretary, vocational and skill development, Hariom said, "Industrial establishments, employers and other stakeholders should partner with govt to promote employment generation and economic director Pulkit Khare informed about the companies including Reliable First Edcon Private Limited, Ques Corp, Gacondes Exports, and Saranya Health Service Private Limited, that will train and provide employment to 26,811 panel discussions saw experts laying emphasis on creating awareness among the students about entrepreneurship right at the school level and the participation of industry in the evaluation process. Important suggestions like making skill training programs aspirational and doing internship of trainers were also received from the of Government Industrial Training Institute Barabanki, Gorakhpur and Bulandshahr were also honoured for their excellent performance and five training providers and project implementing agencies doing excellent work were honoured.
Time of India
03-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Entrepreneurship devpt prog for youth
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission under the department of vocational education, skill development and entrepreneurship will host the "Towards Entrepreneurship Development in Uttar Pradesh" programme at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on Tuesday. Mission director Pulkit Khare said representatives from the industry, prestigious institutions, and training partners (PIA) will gather on one platform during this programme to ensure that youth receive contemporary and demand-based training and can directly connect with employment. This programme strives not only for skill development but also for promoting entrepreneurship. It will establish a synergy between the needs of industries and the capabilities of the youth, opening new avenues for livelihood. Being organised as part of the union govt's Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana , the programme aims to provide free vocational training to impoverished rural youth aged 15 to 35 years (15 to 45 years for women) to make them employable. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025 Top Trending local enterprise accounting software [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo Minister of State Kapil Dev Agarwal said: "To connect the state's youth with employment opportunities by providing training aligned with global demands. Programmes like this are a significant initiative towards the vision of Skill India and Employment-Oriented Uttar Pradesh."
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Youths being made job providers: Min
1 2 Lucknow: Minister of state (independent) for vocational education , skill development and entrepreneurship Kapil Dev Agarwal, emphasising 'Sabko Hunar Sabko Kaam', said that the youth today are being made not only job seekers, but also job providers. Agarwal inaugurated the three-day capacity-building workshop for all staff and employees of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY), a scheme for empowering rural youth through skill development, being held here on Monday. "Skilled youth are playing an important role in making the state's economy $1 trillion. There are immense possibilities for youth in every field. Being skilled along with education is the need of the hour," said the minister. He discussed the immense possibilities of skill and employment in the state and motivated all the present officers and employees of the department of vocational education, skill development and entrepreneurship to fulfil their goal of "Sabko Hunar, Sabko Kaam" with full readiness. He shared the self-employment possibilities for the youth in the state and encouraged the entire team of Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana to work with full enthusiasm, focusing on the quality of skill training being provided to the youth. He emphasised making them as skilled as possible and preparing them for employment and self-employment, as well as earning a livelihood. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas In Dubai | Search Ads View Deals Undo He also said that a high benchmark should be set to increase the quality of work at every level. Along with this, instructions were given to focus on skilling, re-skilling, and up-skilling of manpower in various sectors. "The workshop will be helpful in capacity building of the officers of the vocational education, skill development, and entrepreneurship department, PIA, TP, and other supporting personnel. The problems arising at the ground level can be resolved through mutual dialogue in the workshop," said mission director Abhishek Singh.
