Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 18: Implementing the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with J&K Bank to create a capable work force through Skill Development Training Programmes (SDTP), Vice Chancellor (Kashmir University) Professor Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi today kicked off the first programme on “Advanced Automobile Repairing” conducted by the university’s Entreprenuership Development Cell (EDC) here at Rahim Automobile Institute, Rangreth.
Director Entreprenuership Development Institute (EDI) M I Parray, Director Technical Education, Showkat Zargar, Director National Institute of Electronic and Informtaion Technology (NIELIT) Ayaz Hassan Moon, Dean faculty of engineering, KU, Prof G M Bhat, CEO Rahim Automobles Abdul Hamid, J&K Bank ‘s Incharge Corporate Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility CSR Sajjad Bazaz and a prominent businessman Shakeel Qalander besides trainees were also present on the occasion.
The bank under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative among other things is focusing on skill development programmes where youth, particularly those belonging to below poverty line families shall be sponsored to undergo various skill programmes in the areas of automobile repairing, mobile phone repairing, food processing, AutoCad, masonery, carpentry etc. The EDC shall be identifying the eligible candidates for the courses and the bank shall not only provide financial assistance in terms of course fee etc., but shall also monitor and handhold such candidates so that they get themselves appropriately employed.
In his message on the occasion, J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Mushtaq Ahmad said, “The need of the hour is to create a robust work force that caters to the needs of employers market in the state. We have institutionalized our support in this regard by utilizing the facilities available at KU (EDC), a vibrant platform for incubating innovative technologies and providing skill development training under one roof in the State. ”
Appreciating the bank’s meaningful interventions in the economic development of J&K, Vice Cahncellor said, we need to establish a full fledged ‘Skill Development Institution’ that provides advanced yet comprehensive trainings in all the vocational streams to the deserving candidates.
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