Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, the Hon’ble Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, honored 26 expert artisans and craftsmen during the ‘SammaanSamaroh of Vishwakarma Gurus’ under the PM Vishwakarma scheme. The scheme aims to provide end-to-end support to artisans and craftspeople, equipping them with modern tools and techniques coupled with credit support. The scheme aims to make Guru-Shishya tradition more scalable, accessible, and innovative, transforming artisans into master trainers.
The PM Vishwakarma Gurus can bring personal experience and learnings to those who can benefit from the scheme. By streamlining and expediting the orientation of these experts, the ministry envisions that the Gurus will become brand ambassadors of their respective trade under PM Vishwakarma and help create awareness of the scheme at the field level. They can also be onboarded as Master Trainers. Shri Pradhan expressed gratitude to all the Vishwakarma who thanked the Hon’ble Prime Minister in writing, stating that each artisan and sculptor in Odisha is a Vishwakarma, and their creation is unique.
To fuel further growth, collaborative efforts will be made to engage with skill training institutions like NIESBUD, ITIs, PMKK, PMKVY, UGC, CIPET, and other centers to nurture the structured and outcome-driven training framework in India. There have been over 17 lakh registrations on the PM Vishwakarma portal so far, with the demand for skill training in the top 5 trades making 80% of the application count.
