Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, launched Project ODISERV today in Sambalpur to prepare young graduates of Odisha for employment opportunities in the financial services sector. While speaking at the event, Shri Pradhan said that the Project ODISERV will empower the youth of the country, make them more employable and fulfil their aspirations. He ...

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) through its Transformation of Aspirational Districts programme aims to identify challenges for skill development in districts and co-creating customized solutions for overcoming these challenges. The programme hinges on expeditiously transforming 117 districts that were identified across 28 states.  Under MSDE various schemes viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), ...

Skill India mission is aimed at imparting relevant skills to our youth and enabling their employment / micro entrepreneurship. In this connection, DGT and NSDC organized a day long ‘Apprenticeship Mela’ on 4th October 2021 across the country in over 660 locations. Under the initiative, nearly 60,466 apprentices were registered and the event witnessed participation from more than 5000+ organisations, ...

Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) focuses on inclusive skill development, with the objective of increased women participation for better economic productivity. The Ministry through its various schemes viz. PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), Jan ShikshanSansthan (JSS), Craftsmanship Training Scheme (CTS) and Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) provide skill development training to all ...

The PMKVY does not mandate the establishment of training centres. Under PMKVY (2016-20) training is being imparted in empanelled training centres (TCs). As on 19.01.2021, 15,124 training centres have been empanelled and presently 1,595 TCs are operational across the country. The state-wise no. of empanelled and operational TCs including Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) is given at column (a) of Annexure ...

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Scheme of Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) for Skill Development and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) under Skill India Mission, . Under PMKVY 2.0 (2016-20), since inception, funds amounting to Rs. 7115 Cr. (approx.) have been sanctioned, till Jan’21, to implementing agencies for the implementation ...

To reap the benefit for vast employment opportunities in maritime sector and with a view to certify their skill sets, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed digitally between Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship today. An MoU was signed in the presence of Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dr.Mahendra Nath Pandey and Minister of State ...

Under the Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme called the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 with an objective to provide skilling to one crore youth under Short Term Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) across the country in a four years period i.e. 2016-2020. Under PMKVY (2016-20), ...

Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey conferred the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 to Enterprises and Ecosystem builders here today. The fourth edition of the award ceremony was organized today to mark the completion of 5 years of setting up of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in 2014. The awards aim to recognize and honour ...

Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), today announced the launch of SkillsBuild platform in collaboration with IBM. As part of the programme, a two-year advanced diploma in IT, networking and cloud computing, co-created and designed by IBM, will be offered at the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) & National Skill Training ...