Union Cabinet approves a MoU signed between India and the Swiss Confederation for cooperation in skill development
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has approved today (20 July 2016) a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of the Swiss Confederation for cooperation in skill development. The MoU was signed on 22 June 2016 during the […]
Read More →Chennai boy Advay Ramesh wins Google Community Impact Award- Asia
Mumbai: Google has announced the winner of the Community Impact Award winner from Asia during its Google Science Fair Regional – Asia programme. The winner was Advay Ramesh, who is from Chennai, used science and engineering to make his community better by creating a mobile GPS to keep fishermen safe from invisible maritime boundary lines. […]
Read More →Prime Minister meets team of students involved in building satellite “Sathyabamasat”
New Delhi: Team of students from Sathyabama University, Chennai, who were involved in building satellite “Sathyabama-sat”, calls on the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi in New Delhi today (July 19, 2016). The students were accompanied by Vice-Chancellor of Sathyabama University, Dr. B. Sheela Rani. The Prime Minister appreciated the efforts of the team in building […]
Read More →SAP and ISB collaborate to nurture five social enterprise startups in India
Hyderabad: India is the third largest startup ecosystem in India. Social enterprise startups have a significant role in social and national innovation for empowering citizens. Now, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and the Indian School of Business (ISB) have joined hands to nurture the social entrepreneurship ecosystem with relevance to national priorities. The ISB-SAP Social Enterprise […]
Read More →Now Incubation Cell at IIFT Delhi to nurture MSME startups engaged in foreign trade
New Delhi: Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Mr Kalraj Misra, today (18 July 2016) inaugurated Incubation Cell at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Delhi. The initiative is named as “KITTES (Knowledge for Innovation in Trade & Technology for Entrepreneurial Start-ups), a dynamic business incubation cell dedicated to startups in the […]
Read More →Transport and Shipping Minister woos Indian origin Silicon Valley professionals via India’s Start-up package
San Francisco/New Delhi: Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Mr Nitin Gadkari has played the reverse brain drain card to woo Silicon Valley professionals of Indian origin by inviting them to participate in the Start-ups India movement. The minister said that Silicon Valley professionals of Indian origin should take advantage of India’s current […]
Read More →India’s first Women’s Entrepreneurs Park located in Uttarakhand launched
New Delhi: Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to launch an Entrepreneurs Park exclusively for women businessmen. Mr Harish Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, launched the Women’s Entrepreneurs Park of Uttarakhand, at a meeting organized by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) at Federation House on 15 July 2016. The first industrial park in the […]
Read More →National Career Service presents Mega Job Fair in Noida on 20 July 2016
Noida: The National Career Service (NCS), a project by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, is hosting a Mega Job Fair at its National Institute for Career Services (NICS) Campus in Noida on 20 July 2016 (Wednesday). Companies such as Dominos, Eureka Forbes, Uber, Muthoot Group, Holiday Inn, Manpower and many more will offer employment […]
Read More →President inaugurates three-day mega event India Skills-2016 on World Youth Skills Day
New Delhi: The President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the India Skills Competition -‘India Skills-2016’ today (July 15, 2016) in New Delhi on the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day. He also launched an International Skill Centre, a PMKVY 2.0, a Labour Market Information System and Skills Online. Addressing the public, the President […]
Read More →Union Skill Development Minister flags off Skillathon to mark World Youth skills Day
New Delhi: On occasion of World Youth Skills Day, Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (I/C) Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy flagged off Skillathon, a marathon run to raise awareness about importance of skills and to celebrate Skill India mission’s its first anniversary. Skillathon 2016 begins with Ganesh Vandana. Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy will host […]
Read More →The world including India celebrates UN World Youth Skills Day
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: July 15 is World Youth Skills Day, and a host of programmes and events have been lined up. First, the United Nations is observing the day with a special event on the theme of “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment.” The event will be facilitated by the UN Envoy on […]
Read More →Union Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) version 2.0
New Delhi: Now, financial support to trainees under Skill India campaign will be given in the form of travel allowance, boarding and lodging costs. Post placement support would be given directly to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Disbursement of training cost to training partners will be linked to Aadhaar and biometrics for better […]
Read More →UNESCO – UNEVOC will celebrate UN World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2016 in a big way
Mumbai: To raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development, UNESCO – UNEVOC will celebrate the United Nations World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2016 (Friday) and has lined up a host of programmes this day. On World Youth Skills Day 2016, UNESCO will launch a new mission Strategy TVET 2016-2021 (TVET stands […]
Read More →Google launches Android skilling program for India to push mobile app development ecosystem
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: India is emerging to become a global leader in mobile app development. As per Evans report 2015, India will have four million software developers by 2018, becoming the largest population of developers in the world. But today, less than 25% of these developers are trained to develop and build for […]
Read More →Rural women solar engineers (Solar Mamas) present a skill demonstration to PM in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)
Tanzania/New Delhi: A group of about 30 “solar mamas” from Tanzania and a few other African countries demonstrated their skills in fabrication, repair and maintenance of solar lanterns and household lighting systems to the Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi, yesterday. They also presented their honey-extraction and stitching practices and sung a song “we […]
Read More →Union HRD Minister visits a night school at Dadar, Mumbai
Mumbai: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday evening paid a visit to the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Night School in Dadar, Mumbai and interacted with the students studying there. The minister said that night schools are among the important institutions helping make education inclusive and asserted that Government’s top priority will be to improve the conditions of […]
Read More →Indian tanker captain Radhika Menon, the first female in the world, to receive IMO Award for exceptional bravery at sea
London/Mumbai: History is created by Captain Radhika Menon, the first woman captain of Indian merchant navy. Captain Menon, master of the oil products tanker Sampurna Swarajya, is to receive the 2016 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for her role in the dramatic rescue of seven fishermen from a sinking fishing boat in tumultuous […]
Read More →World Youth Skills Day: The President will inaugurate first edition of India Skills Competition on 15 July 2016
New Delhi: The President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, will inaugurate the first edition of India Skills Competition on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day on 15 July, 2016. Skill India will be celebrating its first anniversary on the occasion. India Skills Competition is a national contest pioneered by Ministry of Skill Development & […]
Read More →India sets up an apparel training centre in Nigeria for promoting skill development in apparel manufacturing
New Delhi: The government of India set up an Apparel Training Centre in Kaduna, Nigeria under the Cotton Technical Assistance Programme (Cotton TAP) for Africa which is being implemented by Department of Commerce, Government of India under 2nd India Africa Forum Summit. This is a first of its kind centre in Nigeria set up in […]
Read More →Now skill development programmes for highway construction workers
New Delhi: Minister of Road Transport& Highways and Shipping Mr Nitin Gadkari has appealed highways builders, contractors, and skill development institutions to come forward to train the local, unemployed youth in highways construction, and to upgrade the skills of existing highways construction workers. Chairing a meeting of Ministry officials with representatives of National Highways Builders […]
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