Aiming to empower the youth of North Eastern Region(NER) with industry-relevant skills to enhance their productivity and contribute to the economic development of the country, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)conducted a regional workshop for Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0 in Gangtok (Sikkim). Key personnel of State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs) and District Skill Committees (DSCs) across all eight states – Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram Nagaland, and Tripura actively participated in the workshop. Reputed dignitaries like Shri Satish Chandra Rai, Advisor, Skill Development Department, State of Sikkim, Shri Praveen Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary, MSDE, Dr. Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC, Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Joint Director (Skill Development), MSDE, Smt. Ganga Devi Pradhan, Secretary, Skill Development Department, Government of Sikkim participated in the workshop.
Various schemes and programme, management structures and processes, enhanced infrastructure, and local challenges encountered within these initiatives were discussed during the day-long workshop on PMKVY 3.0. A comprehensive discussion with all eight state teams took place during the session. Noteworthy, PMKVY 3.0 reflects a radical shift in implementation of training with increased participation of states and districts based on a ‘bottom-up’ approach. Demand-based preferential training target allocation, to adopt the rapidly changing needs of different sectors, will help meet the aspirations of the youth in NER under PMKVY 3.0.
