Archives for April 3, 2017
Chandigarh : The Haryana Government has enhanced the scope of its ambitious “Saksham Yuva” scheme by bringing all science and equivalent graduates under its ambit with effect from April 1. With the expansion of the scheme, science and engineering graduates could now also register on Saksham portal for taking unemployment allowance and honorary work, said
University Innovation Fellows (UIF) programme of Stanford University, now being implemented in India and lapped up by students of engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh, has come as a shot in the arm for the Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC). The APSSDC was formed to impart high quality skilled manpower as part of the
IFFCO, India’s largest cooperative organization for, has set out its Vision to empower rural youth by not only polishing their employability skills but also assisting them in employment using technology.To make this vision actionable, IFFCO recently partnered with Youth4work, India’s leading online talent platform for youth, to create “IFFCO YUVA” – a platform for Rural
Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) : Odisha Skill Development Authority is to join hands with the Tirupur knitwear industry stakeholders to ensure that the cluster here gets ‘specifically trained manpower’ from Odisha for apparel production. G. Rajesh, an Indian Forest Service Officer and member secretary of Odisha Skill Development Authority, said that the Authority would use the
A half day workshop was organized by FICCI on 1st April, 2017 to discuss and take forward the planned initiatives to strengthen skill development in Industry 4.0 as well as conventional skills. The workshop was led under the chairmanship of Mr. M.S. Unnikrishnan, MD & CEO, Thermax Group and Ms Shobha Mishra Ghosh, Additional Secretary General,
Ahmedabad: Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, India and Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB), an arm of Human Resource Development Fund under Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia, signed Memorandum of Understanding, in the presence of Hon’ble Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Hon’ble Dato Sri Mohammad Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime
Chandigarh : With a view to providing skills in mobile applications, the Haryana Government has decided to set up Mobile Application Centre at Hartron Multi Skill Development Centre (HMSDC), in Gurugram. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard will soon be signed between the Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited and the Internet and
Hyderabad : The State government was planning to bring a new skill development policy to train more unemployed youth, said Chief Secretary SP Singh. During a review meeting on skill development centres in the Secretariat on Saturday, he said there was a huge need for the skilled persons in the State. Singh asked the officials
The bad news? Nearly half of employers believe that college graduates lack key skills expected of them at the time of hiring, according to a recent Student Development Survey from the UK’s Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). The good news? Not only can these skills can be acquired in a relatively short period of time,
Hyderabad : The University of Hyderabad (UoH) signed an MoU with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) for conducting courses for elected representatives and others in rural development and other areas. The pact was inked here in the presence of officials from both the institutions, UoH said in a release. Through