IEP Chandigarh, April 13
In order to make youth skillful to make them eligible for jobs as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Mr Aman Arora has inaugurated ‘PARIVARTAN’ scheme, under which skill development training will be imparted for optional seven job roles, which are high in demand. A centre has been set up for this purpose at Plot No.1-15, Sector-101, Alpha IT City, SAS Nagar with most advanced facilities to impart training, he said. After inaugurating the scheme, Mr Aman Arora inspected the centre and interacted with the youth who are getting trained there. He emphasised that these kinds of schemes are the need of the hour to open new job avenues for the youth. It will also help in providing skilled manpower to industries. Director Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Ms Deepti Uppal informed that the training will be imparted to the youth in seven training courses including General Duty Assistant, Medical Lab Technician, Hospital Front Desk Executive, Retails Sales Associate-cum-Cashier, Account Executive, Junior Software Developer, Search Engine Marketing Executive. Divulging more details about the scheme, Ms Deepti Uppal informed that 10th and 12th passed (as per course) individuals can register themselves and get assessed and certified under this scheme. The training will be provided at free of cost to 2100 students across the state under CSR scheme of PSDM. After training, the candidates will be issued certificate for their course through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The course curriculum will be as per the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF). She further said that the department is constantly striving to make this mission a single point of contact within Government to formulate and steer skill development schemes. Notably, the Parivartan scheme, an initiative by Punjab Skill Development Mission in association with HDFC Bank Ltd, will be implemented through a training partner M/s Orion Educational Society.
