Why Skill Development Is Important In India? How to get benefit from Skill India?

In today’s era the world is all about technology, globalisation and continuous economic

growth and for that, skill development is a key instrument to improve the productivityand efficiency. As we know India is one of the youngest nations in the world with morethan 63% of the population in the working age group of 15-59 and above 54% of thetotal population under the age of 25 years. By the year 2020, India will set the record tobecome the world’s youngest country with the average of 29 (expected).

The globalised world is demanding more and more man power to convert growth

Opportunity into jobs and stable income. Every year, millions of job seekers enters the

job market with their skill sets. That’s why skill development is now India’s one of the

highest priorities. Skill building is a powerful tool to empower individuals and improve

their social acceptance.

As India aims to become a global economic powerhouse, it requires to prepare its

youth with skills and knowledge that will give them employment to make India a

developed economy.

Government of India knows it very well that skill building is the need of this country and

for that government has initiated various project of enhancing skills under various

disciplines. To build a skilled and employable India, government has created a

separate Ministry for Skills Development & Entrepreneurship which has given the

responsibility of multiple skill development initiatives proposed by government for

enhancing the skills of people.

Quoting Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi Independence Day 2014

Speech -

Today, the world and India need a skilled workforce. If we have to promote the

development of our country then our mission has to be `skill development’ and `Skilled

India’. Millions and Millions of Indian youth should acquire the skills which could

contribute towards making India a modern country. I also want to create a pool of young

people who are able to create jobs and the ones who are not capable of creating jobs

and do not have the opportunities, they must be in a position to face their counterparts

in any corner of the world while keeping their heads high by virtue of their hard work and

their dexterity of hands and win the hearts of people around the world through their

skills. We want to go for the capacity building of such young people. My brothers and

sisters, having taken a resolve to enhance the skill development at a highly rapid pace, I

want to accomplish this.

Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi has initiated several schemes under the vision of skill

development for our youth: Skill India, Start-up India, Make in India etc.

There are some organizations like AITMC (All India Technical and Management

Council) and YWCI ( Youth Welfare Council of India) who support these initiatives and are contributing for the development of Indian youth for a better future.

Message from Hon'ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi to All India Technical And Management Council

Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi also appreciated AITMC for their

efforts in generating employment and promoting industries.

AITMC lead by President Mr. Deep Chaudhary represents the core philosophy of

NSDC as they are one of the prestigious affiliated training partner of NSDC (National

Skill Development Corporation). AITMC is bridging the gap between industry and

academia by skilling and training students to become a skilled employee or

entrepreneur. AITMC provides quality training as per the requirement of the industries and to remove the unemployment from our society.

Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

(Independent Charge), Government of India also said that “if we want fruitful results and

have to support the vision of Honourable Prime Minister, we have to take an initiative to

spread maximum awareness within the target audiences. In the same prospective

AITMC initiated its “ Mission Employment ” to promote Entrepreneurship and skill

development by bridging the gap and making people aware about the policies initiated

by the Govt. of India for skill development.”

Few words from Hon'ble Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, MoS Skill Development

AITMC focuses primarily on auxiliary skill development and provides skill-based training. AITMC plays a vital role by providing skill development to more than

2 million people across India through its 27 Centers of Excellence. (COE). These

Centers bridge the widening divide between those who have access to opportunities

and employment. AITMC is not only expanding facilities of skill training on a larger scale

but also maintaining their superior quality of training to contribute to make India a global

sourcing hub for skilled employees.

AITMC is well appreciated by Anandiben Patel for their focused work on growing

employment and entrepreneurship. She added AITMC also acts as a catalyst in bringing

about growth and development in Indian economy.

Under the ‘Skill India’ Initiative AITMC aims to skill youth in such a manner that they get

employment or they can start their own business.

AITMC facilitates training not only for upcoming generation but also provides

training options for the traditional occupations such as carpenter, welders, cobblers,

tailor’s etc.

On 26 TH April 2012 at CII, Chandigarh AITMC (Formerly AITMA) Organized First

Industry academia meet at CII Chandigarh where 150 Institutions and 80 Industrialists

graced the event .

Events was blessed by His Excellency Sh.Shivraj Patil ,Governor Punjab as Chief

Guest & Sh.RP Singh,IAS, Sh.RK Mishra ,IPS as guest of Honour.

Renowned Industrialists like Mr, Hari Singh ,MD ,Preet Tractor Punjab, Mr. Kunat Jain

from Duke and many more graced the event .

                                

Same time Renowned academicians like Dr.Baljeet Kapoor, Dr.Rajiv Jain ,Vice

Chairman RPIIT Karnal,Dr.Kuldip Singh Dhidsa ,Dr.Zora Singh-Chancellor Deshbhagat

University Punjab and lovely professional university were also present in the event.

Appreciating the efforts of social organizations H.E. Hon’ble Governor of Punjab Sh.

Shivraj V Patil said that “these social bodies in the country can play an important role in

employment generation. These organizations should further expand their portfolio so

that maximum number of youth can take its benefit across the country.” The Governor

was present here today at CII as a Chief Guest in the Annual Corporate Summit of

AITMA addressing the Industrialists, Educationists and Representatives of various

social organisations.

        

He added that the unemployment is the biggest problem in our country and on the other

hand in government sector also the opportunities are very less. The youth is been

misleaded and social organizations like AITMA ( now known as AITMC) can give them

right direction towards their bright future.

Earlier Dr. Kuldip Singh Dhindhsa, Chairperson of AITMA, while addressing the

dignitaries present on the occasion said that AITMA had given employment to 220

youths past one year.

Present on the occasion IAS Officer R P Chandra, IPS Officer R C Mishra, and

Educationist Sukhbir Hooda detailed about the future plans of AITMA.

Talking about this annual summit Er. Deep Sihag, Executive Officer of AITMA said that

the main reason for organizing the Annual Corporate Summit is to honour some specific

people who are contributing towards the nation in their own way.

On the occasion Shri Sudesh Aggarwal, Chairman & Managing Director of GIANT group

was awarded with Bharat Gorav award for Contribution towards Industrial growth. Dr. P

K Khosla, Vice Chancellor Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management

Sciences of Solan was awarded for his contribution in the technical education.

In the field of Technical Education award was given to National Institute of Technology,

Hamirpur (H.P) in field of Technical Education,

   

Vigyan Rattan Award to Dr. Baljeet S. Kapoor in the field of Technical Education & Science, Haryana Gorav Award was given to Dr. Rajiv Singhal in the field of Technical Education; Haryana Rattan Award to Shri. Avinash Jain, Chairman & Managing Director of Asike Group in the field of Contribution towards Industrial Growth;

Punjab Rattan Award to Mr. Hari Singh Chairman & Managing Director of Preet Tractors

for Contributions in Industrial Growth; Global Leadership award for Saikey Pay and

Marvel; Haryana Gorav Award to Mr. Parveen Tyagi in the field of Youth Welfare;

Haryana Gorav Award to Mr. Naresh Selpa in the field of Social Awareness about

Social Rights; Vigyan Rattan Award to Prof. Rajneesh Srivastava in the field of Science;

Best Academics Award to Dr. R.K Gupta in the field of Technical Education; Himachal

Gorav Shiksha Rattan Award to Mr. Nitin Kathuria in the field of Technical Education.