Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today chaired the General Body Meeting of Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati along with Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Shri G. Kishan Reddy. Nemcha Kipgen, Cabinet Minister, Government of Manipur and Officials of Skill Ministry and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region attended the meeting.

While addressing, Shri Pradhan said that North Eastern Region (NER) is a land of unlimited opportunities and creativity. The Minister has called for a detailed roadmap for skilling 1 lakh+ youth of the region in next one year with focus on emerging areas and nurturing them as entrepreneurs. He further said  IIE is working towards entrepreneurship development and capacity building with focus on the NER .

Shri Pradhan further added that making skilling aspirational and futuristic and leveraging entrepreneurship as a vehicle of socio-economic change can usher in a new era of development in the north-eastern region.