CEO Forum on Skill Development and DDU-GKY Implementation: 27-28 April 2018

DDU-GKY, Centre for Skills and Jobs, NIRD & PR hosted a two-day “CEO Forum on Skill Development and DDU-GKY Implementation” on 27-28 April 2018. The Principal Secretaries of Rural Development of different States and CEOs of SRLMs responsible for implementing DDU-GKY in states were the key members of the Forum. Besides, the COOs and SPMs of the states also participated at this conclave.

The Director General of NIRD & PR, Dr WR Reddy IAS, gave the Key Note Address and stressed the need for the Forum to deliberate on a neutral platform and address some of the key issues related to DDU-GKY implementation. This included key issues like dropout rates, deficits in HR positioning in SRLMs, training quality, how to attract the youth to become skilled and meaningfully employed, and considering whether there is a need to re-examine the overall approach. The Director General emphasised that NIRD & PR’s effort is not just to be a Central Technical Support Agency, but also to help with trainer pooling, content building, rationalising and standardisation. The need to arrive at a scientific mobilisation methodology and strengthen the connect with the industry is something NIRD & PR can support the states with and he urged the Forum to act quickly.

During the two days of intensive discussions, states shared their best practices and concerns. They thoroughly deliberated on how to enhance efficiencies, capacities, data intelligence and manpower in DDU-GKY implementation. States also had an interface with three of the top PIAs of DDU-GKY where the PIAs shared the points of ease as well as concerns of DDU-GKY implementation and how the states, NIRD and MORD can augment support.

On the final day, the participating states articulated the gaps and challenges in the implementation of DDU-GKY, pronounced the 5 bold steps they would be adopting in the next 3 months and suggested how NIRD & PR and MoRD can support the states to address some of the identified gaps.

In order to ensure continuity of the deliberations and interconnectedness, NIRD & PR has set up a virtual forum space for the CEOs to interact, ask and answer questions, share best practices and knowledge.

Also during the conclave, Kaushal Praveen Accredited PIA trainers were awarded the accreditation certificate by Dr WR Reddy IAS, Director General NIRD & PR. NIRD & PR released two studies associated with DDU-GKY implementation on this occasion: “A study of manpower of SRLMs associated with DDU-GKY” and “A study on Project Mortality rate”.

Smt. Roshni Sen IAS, Principal Secretary West Bengal RD, Smt. R Vimala, IAS, CEO, Maharashtra SRLM, Shri Praveen P Nair, IAS, CEO, Tamil Nadu CDW, Shri Paritosh Upadhyay, IFS, CEO, JSLPS, Jharkhand, Shri Sambasiva Rao IRTS, CEO, SEEDAP, Smt M S N Marak, State Programme Director Meghalaya SIRD, Meghalaya, Shri Tabin Siga, CEO, ArSRLM, Arunachal Pradesh, Executive Director of ORMAS Odisha, Shri BN Das, ED of Telengana EGMM Shri Madhukar Babu, COOs and SPMs from the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Chattisgarh, Meghalaya, and Tamil Nadu participated at the forum.

All conference brochures and study were made accessible and viewable for the participants on their mobile phones which helped us make this conference a paperless one.

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Success Story: Rupali Samal, Koraput Dist., Odisha

Rupali Samal Rupali's parental household’s yearly income was Rs.22,000 and the only source of income was farming. Even after having passed the secondary examination, she was not able to contribute to the household income as she was unemployed. A shy girl then with poor communication skills, Rupali completed a course in Sales Person (Retail). Rupali did well in her job interview and was placed. She worked in the same trade and job-role as she was trained in for over 2.5 years and was promoted. Today, she works with Miniso Japanese Brand, Sector-18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, as a store in-charge cum trainee manager and draws a salary of Rs. 17000/- per month. Her aspirations were met and has been able to transform her life with the DDU-GKY Roshni intervention.

In her own words: I am working as Store In-charge cum Trainee in Miniso Japanese Brand. I am thankful to Aroh Foundation for giving me such an opportunity to build my career. This activity of Government gives an opportunity to poor and unemployed youths to improve our capability and develop expertise in relevant field.

Contributed by
Piyush Kumar, DDUGKY, NIRDPR