The summit will have a session titled - 'Make in India: Skilling Rajasthan'.
Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit - 2015 slated to be held here on November 19-20 will host a series of knowledge sharing sessions on various thrust sectors of Rajasthan including skills, auto, mining, health care, among others, according to an official spokesman.
Skills assumes great significance for India as more than 700 million Indians are estimated to be of working age by 2022. Out of these, more than 500 million require some kind of vocational or skill development training, the spokesman said today.
With a host of state-specific skill initiatives, Government of Rajasthan (GOR) will contribute significantly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Skill India programme that aims to train over 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2022.
The summit will have a session titled - 'Make in India: Skilling Rajasthan'. Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, will be the chief guest for the session and the minister of State for Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship, Surender Pal Singh will be the Guest of Honour.
Rajasthan was one of the first states in the country to set up a skills mission." Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods' (RMoL) was set i[ in 2004. Currently Rajasthan has 1633 government and private ITIs with a total capacity to train 2.25 lakh youth a year.
Under the aegis of RMoL,the Government has provided skill training to 193,000 youths since January 1, 2014 and 190,000 youths are undergoing training under various ITIs and Skill Development centers.
Commenting on the state government's efforts, Vijay Thadani, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, NIIT Ltd, said. "Rajasthan represents a fine balance of modern industrial development, knowledge skills and a responsive government. These advantages have enabled the state to sustain the growth and interest of enterprising industries.