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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 25 for each p

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 Understanding (MoU)

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) component of the scheme. MSDE

  Business Opportunities between Angola and India   Angola's minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António in Luanda expressed the country's wish to intensify cooperation with India, in order to turn economic opportunities into a strong and win-win partnership. Speaking at the opening of the Virtual Conference on “Business Opportunities between Angola and India”, the minister announced the holding of the first meeting of the Angola-India Joint Commission on the 7th September, aimed to strengthen relations. He defended the need for greater interaction between the trade associations of the two countries, with emphasis on national and international financial institutions, in order to facilitate the granting of credit lines, for structuring projects.  These credit lines, according to the minister, will serve to promote productive and commercial activities, taking into account the Angolan Executive's objective of reducing imports and increasing exports. "Despite the countless

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 majo

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,

Do attend opening and closing ceremonies at Kazan WorldSkills Kazan 2019 invites skills supporters to attend the opening and closing ceremonies at Kazan. Tickets for ceremonies to be held at the Kazan Arena Stadium are available for purchase here. The programme of ceremonies is kept secret. It is known that Igor Krutoy's team headed by Alexey Sechenov, Production Director, and three-time Television Broadcasting (TEFI) prize winner. Performances will be dealt with the future issues and responsibility of young people for the future. The newest scenic technologies and effects will be used in the programme. Distinctive stage scenery will contribute to a successful scenario implementation. Award ceremony will become the key part of the event. About 130 competitors will be awarded. On the sidelines of the ceremony, the WorldSkills Flag Relay will take place. The Flag will be handed over to the next host city – Shanghai. The ticket price rubles vary on choice will be

Ministry of Skill Development to provide opportunities to youth India Continuity of employment, entrepreneurship is very important! Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey took over as the Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship here. Shri R. K. Singh, Minister of state in the ministry, was also present on the occasion. Former Minister of Skill development and entrepreneurship Sh Dharmendra Pradhan, who was also present there, congratulated Dr Pandey on taking up the new assignment. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Pandey said Hon’ble prime Minister carved out the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, so that youth of our country are in a better position to compete, within and outside the country. He said that this Ministry has been very helpful to the youth in honing their skills and harnessing their talents. Dr Pandey said that he along with the Minister of state and other officials will work hard to give better results. During

A M Naik appointed as Chairman of NSDC Shri A M Naik has been appointed as Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Currently Shri Naik is the Group Chairman of India's biggest engineering and construction conglomerate-Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T). He is one of the most respected management professionals in the country. His years of successful stewardship have resulted in building L&T as one of the strongest global businesses.   Making the announcement, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said that Shri Naik epitomizes core values of a successful leader - strength, innovation, ingenuity, knowledge and foresight- values that are imperative to the success of any development initiative in today's economy. His standing in the community of industrial leaders will strongly enhance the industry connect. Hi

There are about 70,000 artisans & craftsmen in Zaveri Bazar! Recently Gem and Jewellery Skill council of India (GJSCI) hosted its first Press Meet after Mr Sanjay Kothari taken over the charge as the new Chairman of GJSCI. GJSC looks forward to gain larger participation from the industry and attract fresh focus on its various skilling activities and initiatives.   Being a Chairman, Sanjay Kothari shared his vision for GJSCI: 1:           to ensure that all the current workforce is certified based on NSQF aligned QP/NOS;              -at least one train the trainer institution per cluster; 2:           improving the skills of workforce to make them ready for modern factories; 3:           improving the company management skill so that they can be ideal entrepreneurs on their own; 4:           ensure that the next generation of workforce comes into the business; 5:           make India a world leader in jewellery manufacturing after attaining leadership pos

Biggest skill competition India concluded IndiaSkills 2018, the Country’s biggest skill competition, concluded here today, with the winners being awarded by dignitaries. Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Anantkumar Hegde and Shri Subhash Ghai, Chairman of Media and Entertainment Skills Council and India Film Director gave away the awards in 46 trades to participants from across the country. IndiaSkills 2018 was the second edition of the nationwide competition organized by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India to identify, recognize, promote and reward the best talents in various skills. 23 states actively participated in organizing the competitions at the state and regional levels in which over 50 thousand participants took part. 450 participants took part in the 3-day national level competition organized in New Delhi. Besides 46 competition trades, there were 10 demonstration trades also. Some of

Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma signed As ambassadors of Skill India Campaign! The Hindi film stars, Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma, have been signed on to promote and endorse the Skill India Mission, chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The duo, through their film ‘Sui Dhaaga - Made in India’, are saluting India’s entrepreneurs and skilled workforce, especially home grown artisans, craftspeople and weavers who are making the country proud the world over. The film highlights the untapped potential of India’s talented craftsmen and skilled workers at the grass root level and the challenges and issues faced by them. Varun and Anushka, the star cast of the film, have partnered Skill India and will dedicate time to promote India’s skilled talent and their fine work by engaging with them across different parts of the country. Speaking about this association in Mumbai yesterday, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas &