DC Vikas Kundal interacts with trainees of technical courses in ITI

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, JANUARY 19 :–With an aim to boost employment, the government has taken several initiatives; including training to unemployed youth under skill development schemes, to enable them to stand on their own.
It is pertinent to mention here that during the recently concluded fourth phase of `Back to Village Program (B2V4)’ the government’s main focus was on identifying unemployed youth & to provide them training under a skill development course.
The visiting officers to recently held B2V4 programs at various locations across the district identified many unemployed youths and recommended their names for different courses.
These identified youths are presently pursuing courses in different technical trades at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Rajouri.
On Thursday Deputy Commissioner, Vikas Kundal visited ITI complex and interacted with these youths (trainees) pursuing courses in different technical trades.
He enquired about their training protocol and curriculum & expressed his satisfaction over the impressive, fully digitized infrastructure, experienced faculty, and highly qualified trainers he found at the ITI.
The DC, Vikas Kundal also interacted with the teaching staff of the institute and assured full support of the district administration to ITI in the optimization of the training course.
He praised the students opting for skill training and motivated them to constantly update their knowledge and skills to stay ahead in the tough competition.
“The Government has taken a number of initiatives to boost employment and necessary training under skill development schemes is being imparted to the unemployed youth to enable them to stand on their own,” said Vikas Kundal.
Similar training programs would also commence shortly in all other ITIs, he added.
Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Imran Rashid Kataria; Principal ITI Rajouri, Rashid Sheikh and DIO, Narinder Kumar also accompanied the DC.