by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
Hyderabad : A student from Hyderabad will represent India at the “World Skills 2017” to be held in Abu Dhabi next month.
Meher Rishika Nori will represent the country in IT Software Solution for Business (IT SSB).
Popularly known as “Skill Olympics”, the competition will be organised from October 14 to 19.
More than 1,200 competitors from over 70 countries will compete across 50 skills at this biennial competition, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) said in a statement.
Meher took part in “India Skills 2016” where she was declared the winner in IT Software Solutions for Business. Amongst 300 participants, she was the only female to qualify for the finale.
The NSDC has been spearheading India’s participation under World Skills since 2011. For the upcoming competition, World Skills India has selected a team of 28 competitors, who will compete in 26 skills ranging from car painting, brick laying, hair styling, beauty therapy, prototype modelling, auto body repair, visual merchandising, mobile robotics, CNC Turing and welding among others.
“Representing India on a global platform is a matter of great pride and honour for all our competitors, many of whom come from very humble background. We are elated to see them develop and utilize their skills with dedication, enthusiasm and passion,” said Manish Kumar, MD and CEO, NSDC.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment
New Delhi, (IANS) The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) on Wednesday signed an MoU with Dalmia Bharat Foundation to impart vocational training and skills to 60,000 unemployed youths across the country over 10 years.
The vocational training will be imparted in various sectors, including apparel, beauty and wellness, retail, auto, health care, construction, agriculture, security, plumbing among others.
The duration of the training programmes will vary from three to six months.
During the first year, three training centres will be set up at Trichy, Rourkela and Belgaum for local youths.
The plan is to set up a network of eight Skills Training Centres at Trichy in Tamil Nadu, Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, Belgaum in Karnataka, Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh, Guwahati in Assam, Rourkela and Cuttack in Odisha, and Bokaro in Jharkhand.
“In addition to these new facilities, existing ITIs (Industrial Training Institute) at Dalmiapuram and Rajganjpur and one handloom-cum-weaving training centre at Umrongso in Assam will also be leveraged,” Dalmia Bharat Group managing director Gautam Dalmia said.
The CEO of NSDC Jayanta Krishna said, “We will ensure that the courses run in these centres are aligned to the National Skill Qualification Framework.”
Appreciating the joint initiative, Krishna said: “Collaboration is the mainstay of any significant developmental initiative and strategic partnership towards achievement of national goals like Skill India.”
Under the umbrella of this programme, 70 percent of the candidates will be assured employment in sectors and job roles in which they get trained.
