GJ Town India

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...

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 - ...