
Dimapur: Since the Job Fair organized by Government of Nagaland under the Directorate of Employment and Craftsmen Training in November 2013 at Agri Expo, 148 energetic youths from 11 districts of Nagaland State have joined O2 Spa Academy, Hyderabad to build their career in Beauty and Wellness. On April 21, another 40 enthusiastic girls from different parts of Nagaland started their journey to join the free training at O2 Academy.
The duration of the training is 6 months, where they will take courses in Beauty, Massage, Facial, Hairdressing and Make Up. Yoga, communication skills, personal development and basic knowledge on computer are also included in the training course. The training is being sponsored by Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India under the SDI Scheme (Skills Development Initiative) with the objective to provide self-employment opportunity to the educated unemployed youth of the country especially the youth of Northeast India.
A press release from the O2 Spa state office informed that while addressing the group of students before leaving Nagaland, Additional Director of Employment & Craftsmen training, Kohima, Vandanshan Lotha expressed his joy and appreciated the students for coming forward and taking great interest in the six-month long job oriented skills training programme. Vandanshan motivated the group to take this opportunity seriously and complete the training thereby they can start working to support themselves and their families. He also asked the students not to look for easy life, but work harder and live better lives and become more responsible persons in the society. He also reminded them that the Govt. of Nagaland is fully behind this programme to be successfully implemented for the benefit of deserving youth, especially school dropouts, educated unemployed youth in the state.
Human Resource Executive, Mathew Dangmei who facilitated the event highlighted briefly on the process of mobilizing the students and also the training programme. He also briefed the students on self-respect, mannerisms, tips on travel and insight on the O2 Spa & its academy located in Hyderabad which is spread over 10 acres with 1 lakh square feet of facility with integrated hostel, computer labs, hair & beauty labs and facilities such as basketball court, shuttle court, carom boards, chess etc, with dedicated professional trainers with visual presentation.
The representative staff of O2 Spa, Nagaland have invited all the interested young educated unemployed youth (females) to come and register their names for the coming next batch in April/ May & June. Interested youth can contact the following persons at office hour (9am-5pm): Mathew Dangmei – 8415924004, Lovitoli Aye – 8415924043 and Thungreni Kikon – 8415938180.