Tarun Gogoi stresses on Skill Development to end unemployment in Assam

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is very serious in tackling unemployment amongst the youth on the need for skill development.

"Both high and semi-skilled workforce is in great demand and the state must be able to produce a pool of skilled manpower to cater to the needs of various sectors," said Gogoi while launching a skill development programme.

The chief minister added that a number of initiatives have been taken up to reduce unemployment. "To ease the unemployment problem, our government is planning to train at least 100,000 unemployed youths through vocational training - both within and outside the state - every year," he said, adding that industries and businesses will be approached to sponsor such training programmes.

The government plans to set up 23 multi-disciplinary skill development training centres during 2012, Bordoloi said.

CEDP Trust Tie Up with World Vision India

CEDP Skill Institute’s Social Arm “CEDP Trust” Tie-Up with “World Vision India” to Provide Soft Skill Training to the Underprivileged Children Social arm of Council of Education and Development Programmes “CEDP TRUST” announced its Tie Up with “World Vision India” to provide Soft Skills Training to the Underprivileged and BPL children of Andheri and Dharavi. CEDP Trust will work with world vision to provide vocational training to the youths of economically weaker sections of that region to help them position themselves in the mainstream arena.

Vice President hopes India will have world class education system

Central University of Bihar celebrated its first convocation ceremony on Sep 27, 2013. The Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari, Vice Chancellor Smt Meira Kumar, and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were present on the occasion. M Hamid Ansari streed that India needs to adopt quality, affordability and accessibility as the guiding mantra for the development of our national education system.

GIM’s Part Time Executive MBA Course Redesigned with a Renewed Focus on Entrepreneurship

Panaji, 13 May 2013 : It’s not only fresh graduates who are eager to arm themselves with an MBA degree. Going by the Goa Institute of Management’s records, a number of working professionals including corporate employees, entrepreneurs and government officials from Goa head back to the classroom each year. The country’s premier AICTE approved B-school Goa Institute of Management (GIM) conducts a three year part time PGDM - PT (Executive --------MBA) programme.

Kapil Sibal: Polytechnics can generate skilled workforce

While speaking at the second national convention of State Boards of Technical Education on 'Polytechnic Education and Achievements and Challenges Ahead', Union Minister for HRD Kapil Sibal told that Polytechnics can help in curbing the shortfall of skilled manpower in the country. "Polytechnics can generate skilled manpower for the country if they tie-up with Industry to upgrade their syllabus," said Kapil Sibal.

Maharashtra Governor advises Vocational Training University

While speaking at the inauguration of a symposium on 'Maharashtra: Past, Present and Future' as part of the year-long celebrations of the birth centenary of the first chief minister of Maharashtra Yashwantrao B. Chavan, K. Sankaranarayanan, Maharashtra Governor has advocated the need of setting-up a vocational training university in the state.