Srinagar, July 02: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Tuesday convened a meeting with the Skill Development Department (SDD) to review the functioning of skill-imparting institutions like Polytechnic colleges and Industrial Training institutions (ITIs) of the UT. The meeting was attended by the Secretary, SDD, Director, SDD, Special Secretary, SDD, Secretary, Board of Technical Education and other concerned officers.
The Chief Secretary took stock of the courses being offered by these technical institutions of the UT besides students’ responses towards these subjects. He enquired about the percentage of skillful candidates getting placement after leaving such institutions and those finding gainful employment after adopting the self-employment of their choice.
Dulloo reviewed the progress made in imparting training to different artisans under the PM Vishwakarma scheme. He took appraisal of the present status in the implementation of CSS like STRIVE, SANKALP and PMKVY.
The CS assessed the action taken regarding the implementation of several directives given by him from time to time in the identification of futuristic skill trades, short-term training and other skill mapping initiatives after taking cognisance of actual market requirements.
Secretary, SDD, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, made the presentation depicting progress recorded in each area of work and the novel initiatives taken by the department for making skill education more popular and market-driven. He shed light on popular courses and trades being offered in the ITIs of the UT. He highlighted the manpower and infrastructure available in such institutions to train these candidates.
Regarding the implementation of short-term training (STT) programmes in the UT under PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), it was revealed that 94 institutions had been identified for the purpose. It was informed that these institutions are contemplated to impart training in 4 batches to an average of 30 candidates for nearly 4 months taking the number to more than 20000 candidates in a year in offline and online mode to some 31000 candidates.
The meeting was also apprised of 60 futuristic trades identified by the Department in Automotive, Agriculture, Electronics, Telecom, IT-ITES, Green Jobs and Logistics sectors and others. It deliberated upon the regular trades and those identified in the Tourism & Hospitality sectors and in Food Processing, Media/Entertainment, Handicrafts and Handloom sectors in different districts of J&K.
Based upon the analysis of feedback from the Industrial sector here, it was disclosed that the Diploma programmes like Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Computers-IT, Automobile are in high demand. For ITIs the trades like Turner, Fitter, Welder, Electrician, Refrigeration and AC, Computer Hardware & Networking, COPA, Data Entry were ascertained to be of greater utility in the market.
The other skill sets favoured by the industry included Auto CAD, Supply chain, Retail and Logistics, CNC Operator, Food Manufacturing, Processing, Packaging, Cold Storage Technician, Plant Machinery Operator, Hygiene Coordinator, Sales Assistant, Consignment Booking Assistant, Courier Delivery Executive, Inventory Clerk, Supply Chain Executive, Supply Chain Executive, Warehouse Manager, Land Transportation Executive, Construction Painter & Decorator, Construction Electrician, False Ceiling & Dry Wall Installer, Fabricator, Surveyor etc, as was apprised in this meeting.
