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  A total of 12 Trainers joined in this Program held in Mumbai    Skilling being at the core of our activities, a Special Program was curated by GJSCI to Train the Trainer. It was a 3 day long Training Program which commenced on 31st July up to 2nd August, 2025.  Imitation Jewellery Maker & Artificial Jewellery Maker job roles were shortlisted for this program.    A total of 12 Trainers participated in this intensive Training Program held in Mumbai. Trainers hailed from the State of Odisha, Thane & Kolhapur districts of Maharashtra. The major focus of this Training Program was, imparting practical training and preparing the Trainers with the requisite skillsets. A live demonstration was apparently a part of this program, whereby the Participants created some well-crafted pieces of traditional jewellery during their practical learning. The acquired skillset in turn would be imparted by these Trainers to the candidates being training under the...

  The class is subsidized to foster inclusive jewellery skills    The Gem & Jewellery Sector Skill Council of India (GJSCI), in partnership with YGROO (A Social Enterprise), announced the launch of P.R.E.C.I.O.U.S. Insights for Retail Gems & Jewellery – a pioneering 60-minute, in-store masterclass that brings micro-learning directly to the shop floor.   According to the Key Highlights; 1: First-of-Its-Kind In-Store Masterclass - A compact, high-impact session delivered on-site in just one hour; 2: Micro-Learning Powered by the P.R.E.C.I.O.U.S. Acronym, Five-minute practice modules designed for immediate.   3: Industry-Aligned Content & Credibility-Developed under the aegis of GJSCI to ensure up-to-date best practices. 4: Free Lifetime Access to the J.E.W.E.L.S. Portal- Jewellery & Gem Education for Workforce Empowerment & Lifelong Skills.   According to the GJSCI, the programme will be subsidized by GJSCI & YGROO to f...

  GJSCI continues to promote self-reliance, preserve cultural craftsmanship   GJSCI and MSSIDC Collaborate to Uplift Imitation Jewellery Micro-Entrepreneurs in Kolhapur!  The Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI), in collaboration with the Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (MSSIDC), successfully organized a transformative two-day Special Women Empowerment Program under RAMP, in Panchgaon, Kolhapur.    The initiative was aimed at strengthening the skills and capabilities of micro-entrepreneurs in the imitation jewellery sector. The first day of the program was held on August 04 2025, featuring a Skill Development Workshop focused on modern imitation jewellery techniques.    Led by expert trainer Yasmin, the session brought together 49 women participants. All micro-entrepreneurs learned new imitation jewellery design ideas to enhance their existing skills. The workshop not only strengthened their techni...

  Unfolded a series of Awards, Convocations & Recognitions     A series of events unfolded on this day at GJSCI worth sharing.  It was GJSCI’s 13th Foundation Day along with Long Service Award distribution, JOSH Convocation Ceremony and Recognition of Centre of Excellence to IIGJ Delhi.    On this auspicious occasion a ceremony was organized where the Chief Guest at the event were Dnyaneshwar B. Patil, IAS, Development Commissioner, SEEPZ-SEZ; Ekta Upadhyay, Director, Academic Administration - IIGJ, Mumbai who was our Special Guest along with Executive Director & CEO Rajeev Garg, & General Manager Operations, Kiran Padture who were all seated at the Dais.    Dnyaneshwar B. Patil, IAS, has been a supporter of GJSCI and has made it a point to contribute his precious time to be a part of this ceremony whenever invited.  His presence adds grace to the event and the students feel very privileged to receive their Convoc...

Celebrates Graduates & Specially Abled Trainees    The Jewellery Occupational Skilling Hub (JOSH), an initiative by the Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI), held a convocation ceremony at the Mega Common Facility Centre (CFC) in SEEPZ, Mumbai. The event marked the graduation of 115 candidates from the 7th regular batch and the 1st batch of Specially Abled Persons (SAP/PwD).   The trained candidates specialised in various job roles, including Filing & Assembly, Basic Metal Setting, Polishing & Cleaning, Jewellery CAD Designing, Diamond Assorting, Wax Setting, SAP – Filing & Assembly, SAP – Basic Metal Setting, and SAP – Polishing & Cleaning. The event was graced by the chief guest, the newly appointed Development Commissioner, SEEPZ-SEZ, Dnyaneshwar B. Patil, IAS, who was joined by Joint Development Commissioner C.P.S. Chauhan, IRS, SEEPZ-SEZ; Deputy Development Commissioner, Dr. Prasad Varwantkar, IRS, SEEPZ-SEZ along with other dign...

Skilling workforce at par with global standards   Recently, Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) inaugurated the Jewellery Occupational Skilling Hub (JOSH) in the hands of Shyam Jagannathan, Zonal DC-SEEPZ-SEZ, C P S Chauhan, Jt DC-SEEPZ SEZ in the presence of gem and jewellery stake holders and industry fraternity.   Always GJSCI has an eye on to create an organized training and development ecosystem in the gems and jewellery industry to produce skilled workforce at par with global quality standards. They endeavour to identify skill development needs in the Gem and Jewellery sector in India. GJSCI always attempt to determine skills and competency standards and develop curriculum as per world Industry standards by creating National Occupational Standards (NOS) for every job role prevailing in the Gem & Jewellery industry.   At the occasion Sanjay Kothari, Chairman-GJSCI said, “GJSCI has started training for setting, filing and polishing in a batch of...

WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 will Take place 12-17 October 2022   The dates for the 46th WorldSkills Competition, previously scheduled for September 2021 in Shanghai, China, have now been scheduled for 12–17 October 2022. WorldSkills International announced last November the postponement of the championship by one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To ensure that the decision to change the date will not impact participants, the WorldSkills General Assembly unanimously approved a onetime change in the age eligibility criteria for the Competition. If a Competitor was age eligible for the WorldSkills Competition 2021, then they will also be eligible for 2022.   It was also agreed that the WorldSkills Conference, which runs parallel to the Competition bringing together leaders in education, government, business, and industry from around the globe, will take place on 13–14 October.   “The new event dates have been decided taking into account the continued unprecedented restri...

  Aiming to keep in pace with the changing digital technology!   Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) write to the States to Expand New Age Skills;  In an endeavor to skill and up skill the youth in relevant new age skills, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has urged the Indian states to further expand the new age courses across their respective training centers.     The aim is to keep in pace with the changing digital technology age towards building ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ by meeting the local demand for skilled workforce in the State and also to increase the footprints of Indian workers in national and international markets.   Directorate General of Training (DGT), the apex organization of MSDE for development and co-ordination of the vocational training across the country, will be providing all possible technical support to the States for formulation of new proposals and training of instructors/trainers...

India and Australia further  Strengthens on Skilling Agenda!   Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and High Commission of Australia holds meeting for Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training. In an endeavor to support Vocational Education and Training (VET) in India and Australia, the Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey and Mr. Barry O’Farrell, Australian High Commissioner, today participated in a virtual meeting to operationalize & implement Cooperation in VET to promote development of occupational standards in priority industry sectors. This was in line with the joint participation of the Prime Minister of India and the Prime Minister of Australia in the India-Australia Leaders' Virtual Summit held on 4thJune, 2020.  Earlier, on this occasion, a Joint Statement for Comprehensive Strategic Partnership document between both the countries was announced including the Memorandum of Understand...

Change in Skill Development Programmes Post Covid-19!   Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) are imparting on-line skilling through ‘e-SkillIndia’ platform in the midst of Covid-19 lockdown.   Further, Ministry of Home Affairs has permitted the conduct of skill training programmes in physical form from September 21, 2020 onwards.  Accordingly, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) has been issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) for restarting the training.   Under PMKVY, as on 17.03.2020, 42.02 lakh and 33.66 lakh candidates have been trained and certified, respectively, under Short Term Training (STT) courses.  Out of these certified candidates, 17.54 lakh candidates have been provided with placement.  Also, 49.12 lakh candidates who already have the informal skills but are not formally certified have been oriented under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) ...

ASEEM digital platform to bridge  Gap of skilled force across sectors: MSDE ASEEM: https://smis.nsdcindia.org/ In an endeavour to improve the information flow and bridge the demand-supply gap in the skilled workforce market, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched ‘Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities. Apart from recruiting a skilled workforce that spurs business competitiveness and economic growth, the Artificial Intelligence-based platform has been envisioned to strengthen their career pathways by handholding them through their journeys to attain industry-relevant skills and explore emerging job opportunities especially in the post COVID era. Envisaging the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce is crucial in restructuring the skilling ecosystem with the new normal settling post-pandemic. Besides identifying ...

Skill development The backbone of Atmnirbhar Bharat Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), said that skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling of the India’s workforce will play a crucial role in the success of the Government’s vision of Atmnirbhar Bharat announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The government is soon to get approval on the next phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) which will have increased focus on demand driven skill development, digital technology and skills pertaining to Industry 4.0.   The current part of the flagship skill training scheme (PMKVY 2016-2020) is about to conclude and has so far trained close to 73lakh youth in the country, Minister said in an ASSOCHAM webinar. “We need to focus on employment in current scenario and that’s why we will be focusing upon demand-based skilling in the next phase of PMKVY, where we have added certain aspects like - ...

Skill Development Programmes 2020 to benefit 10mn youth The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) implements the PMKV Yojana (2016 - 2020) to encourage and promote skill development for the youth throughout the country. The scheme aims to benefit 10 million youth over the period of four years (2016- 2020). The benefits under the scheme can be availed by any anyone fulfilling the criteria specified in guidelines. In addition, a Special Project is being implemented at 40 locations in 13 states namely Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal by Muthoot Fincorp Pvt Ltd. 80% of the trained candidates will be placed with Muthoot itself (Captive Placement). As per the details available so far 1679 candidates have been trained and 569 placed under project. The three Corporations under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment also implement Ski...

MSDE keen on a creation of Workforce for handling AI Skills Technology advances with transformative changes such as globalization and disruptive business models shall have important implications in the world of work and associated skills in near future. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) have taken keen interest in aligning the learning methodologies as per new emerging skills and job requirement. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) established its Future of Work initiative after a preliminary study to identify the potential and risks of automation within the STT ecosystem that NSDC has enabled. NSDC is continually facilitating the development of cross-functional Qualification Packs and National Occupational Standards in association with IT-ITeS Sector Skill Council (NASSCOM) across nine emerging technologies influencing the Future of Work in India, namely Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing,...