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net of Things — Smart cities; 3D printing;
Drone pilots; Solar Technicians and Geo
Informatics among many others. To get
to the grass roots of the country with
its various reforms and empower every
citizen, the ministry has formed District
Skill Committees (DSC) in all Districts
as part of its Aspirational Skilling Abhi-
yaan under the Sankalp program, which
is funded by World Bank. The MSDE is
handholding these District Skill Com-
mittees through the Directorate General
of Training (DGT) to further identify skill
gap at a local level and then strengthen
the ecosystem for local market driven Senior Time Scale and 112 posts at Junior Shikshan Sansthans (JSS). The benefits
skill development opportunities. Time Scale. from the adoption and implementa-
The MSDE has also constituted the tion of the solution have been enhanced
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship ased on the learning from vari- monitoring & management capabilities,
(MNGF) for 75 districts across 6 states. ous schemes and programmes along with scaling up scheme operation.
Under these 75 young professionals B introduced for women’s entre- The ministry now plans create a JSS set-
shall be selected and will be deputed in preneurship promotion, National In- up in every district in the country.
identified 75 districts for supporting the stitute of Entrepreneurship and Small
district officials in district level planning, Business Development (NIESBUD) in The eSkill India platform
monitoring of activities related to skill- association with UNDP and other agen- In a technology driven environment,
ing’ management of data/information, cies jointly developed a new concept e-learning is pivotal in deepening the
coordination among different stakehold- and system that is providing mentorship reach of skilling opportunities for the
ers in districts’ assistance to District Skill support services of both psycho-social Indian youth. NSDC created an e-Skill In-
Development Committee. and business supports through a cadre dia, a multilingual e-learning aggregator
of community mentors called Business portal, providing e-skilling opportunities
ISDS kick started Sakhis (Biz-Sakhis). The curriculum was to the Indian youth. eSkill India leverages
Indian Skill Development Services (ISDS) released on November 9, 2019 on the oc- the skilling opportunities from Indian
have been introduced to ensure that the casion of the National Education Asso- and global leaders in online learning, by
skilling of the country’s youth gets the ciation (NEA) ceremony. These mentors consolidating online courses curated by
importance that it deserves, the govern- will provide backward (with financial leading knowledge organizations that
ment has carved out an altogether new institutions for example) and forward share NSDC’s commitment of making
administrative service much like the with more lucrative business ideas and India a Skill Capital of the World.
Indian Revenue Service or the Post market linkages. The eSkill India provides anytime,
and Telegraph Service. The Indian Skill Moreover, the mentor will provide anywhere skilling — beyond the bound-
Development Services (ISDS) has been the aspiring entrepreneur with the aries of location and time. Today, eSkill
created through a notification by the much-needed psychological support India has onboarded organizations such
MSDE. This service has been created for that a woman will need to face all the as TCS, BetterU, IBM, SAS, BSE, Apollo
the Training Directorate of the Ministry obstacles that prevent her from starting Medvarsity, Enguru, Amrita Technolo-
of Skill Development and Entrepreneur- or sustaining her own business. They act gies, iPrimed, Wadhwani Foundation,
ship. ISDS will be a Group ‘A’ service as community-based business consult- English Edge, Fair and Lovely, AIFMB, etc.
where induction will take place through ants for enterprise development. offering high-quality courses in diverse
Indian Engineering Service Examina- The curriculum for five days Train the sectors such as Agriculture, Healthcare,
tion, conducted by UPSC. Trainer (TOT) programmes for the facul- Telecom, Employability, Management,
The fresh batch of the newest central ty of ITI was developed and the Trainers Retail, Pharma, Banking and Finance,
government services, the Indian Skill Training programmes on employabil- Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, etc.
Development Services commenced their ity, entrepreneurship and life skills are which enable a one stop shop to the skill
training program at the Administrative designed and organized for 4068 train- seekers via a single learning platform.
Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru on Sep- ers at pan-India Level. The institute has The courses are available in English, Hin-
tember 9, 2019. The Indian Skill Devel- organized the Entrepreneurship Devel- di and 9 regional languages. The learners
opment Service (ISDS) has 263 All India opment programmes for the most-needy are guided through self-paced interac-
posts. The cadre comprises of 3 posts at skilled unemployed youth from OBC/SC/ tive videos and quizzes.
Senior Administrative Grade, 28 posts at ST/Manual Scavengers and women.
Junior Administrative Grade, 120 posts at An MIS portal was launched for Jan LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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