Dharmendra Pradhan to Launch Skill Centre for Filigree Artisans

To mark the birth anniversary of Utkalgaurab Madhusudan Das on April 28, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas is planned to launch a Pipe Fitter-City Gas Distribution course at the Skill Development Institute and Skill-cum-Common Facility Centre for filigree artisans at Cuttack, said GAIL Limited Director Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak at a Press meet on Friday.

Pradhan will also launch a Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline Skilling Project which imparts formal certification and training to the semi-skilled and unskilled labors who are working in the Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra natural gas pipeline (JHBDPL) project. GAIL India Limited has joined into the quadripartite MoU with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Labour Net-Bengaluru and Skill Development Institute, Bhubaneswar for skill development projects and recognition of prior learning for generating employment in various aspects of the pipeline project under the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga plan.

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Dharmendra Pradhan to Launch Skill Centre

The skilling project will provide the much-needed training to the unskilled workers in several trades like fitter, welder, electrician, and earth moving equipment operator. The pipe Fitter-CGD course will provide skilled human resources for the on-going gas distribution projects in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. It also provides employment, and in the three months, the students would be provided free boarding and lodging on the campus apart from bags, uniforms, insurance, study material, and shoes along with placement and self-employment assistance while finishing the course.

The Skill-cum-Common Facility Centre for filigree artisans is being set up by the NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) and Gems and Jewellery Skill Council of India in association with EduJobs Academy for filigree artisans and goldsmiths to convert the art form of gems and jewelry making and taking it to the world stage.

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