• Kaushal Mela and Orion Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) Centre inaugurated
• Orion Edutech intends to train and provide employment to 6000 youth from Nagaland
Morung Express News
Dimapur | October 24
Nagaland lone Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio, today said though Nagaland is rich in both human and natural resources, yet the State and its people remain poor as these two resources have not been exploited.
The Lok Sabha MP said the North East Region including Nagaland has vast natural resources and educated youths to transform the region into a progressive region in terms of economy and development.
Unfortunately, in the case of Nagaland, Rio said development and progress have failed to accelerate due to the unresolved Naga political problem, which also slowly eroded the work culture among Nagas.
Citing the case of South Korea, Rio said the Koreans (like the Nagas) too went through a difficult period in the past but after World War II, they slowly rebuild their country to become one of the most progressive nations through their inspiring work culture. Presently, South Korea with around 96% skilled workers has the largest skilled force in the world, he said.
Rio who inaugurated the Orion Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) Centre and ‘Kaushal Mela’ here at 3rd Mile opposite Chekiye village gate, said the need of the hour is to impart skill development training to the youth so that they can become skilled work force and employable in different industries and sectors. The MP said Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has the vision to make India into one of the largest skilled workforce in the world by imparting skill education to the millions of Indian youths who comprise 54 % of the population.
Lauding Orion Edutech’s endeavour to provide training and employment to 6,000 youths of Nagaland in three years, Rio further exhorted the trainees that a small and humble foundation or beginning is the stepping stone to big success stories. Vice president, Orion Edutech, Nitin Agarwal, in his introductory note on ‘Kaushal Mela’ and PMKK, said both the projects are part of the journey towards ‘Skill India’ and ‘Make in India’ as envisioned by Prime Minister Modi.
He said India being the youngest (54% population 25 years and below) country in the world, the dream is to become the ‘global skill capital’ by imparting skill development programme to 400 million youths by 2020.
Agarwal said the industry players have a special preference for North eastern youth for services such as beauty, hospitality, electronics etc and added the Region has a wealth of human and natural resources that can contribute to the overall social, economic, cultural and technological development of the country.
He also informed that Orion Edutech, India’s leading skill development company, would be setting up 34 PMKK centres in the country, out of which 10 would be in NE including two in Nagaland -Dimapur and Kohima- by 2022.
“Orion Edutech will be setting up 10 Multi Skill development training in Kohima and other parts of North east by December, 2016. Target is to provide employment opportunity to more than 1 lakh unemployed youth within next 3 years,” he informed.
Two trainees also shared the training experience under Orion Edutech. More than 500 unemployed youth attended the event for enrollment in various job roles.
