Global Skill Summit Jharkhand to enable employment to more than 1 lakh youth in the state

Global Skill Summit Jharkhand gives symbolic job offer letters to more than 1 lakh youth in the state

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Honourable Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship attended the Global Skill Summit 2019 held in Ranchi, Jharkhand organised by Government of Jharkhand.

On this occasion, in total 106619 youths of Jharkhand have been given symbolic offer letter for jobs in the private sector surpassing the target of giving jobs to 1,00,000 youths.

Honourable Governor of Jharkhand Smt. Droupadi Murmu, was the chief guest in this one day Global Skill Summit, 2019 which was also attended by Honorable Chief Minister of Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das. Dr. Neera Yadav, Minister, Higher, Technical Education and Skill Development Department, other senior officials of Jharkhand Government, industry leaders, international representatives from 17 countries were also present at the occasion attended by a large number of skilled youth who got job offers.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Petroleum and Natural Gas, said, “India, with its pool of talented youth, has the potential to cater to the ever-growing demand for skilled manpower in the world. Jharkhand is a melting pot, with enormous potential in a myriad sectors like manufacturing, tourism, services etc. The state is blessed with a demographic dividend and an abundance of natural resources. The Government’s initiatives and programs have given wings to people’s hard work and dreams. Government of Jharkhand deserves praise for its achievements in skilling the youth of the state and enabling their employment. Jharkhand is poised to scale greater heights under the able leadership of Chief Minister Shri Raghubar Das.”

Honourable Governor Smt. Droupadi Murmu in her address wished the selected one lakh youth for the jobs from the state for their success and bright future. She highlighted the qualities of the youth of Jharkhand as diligent, credible and hard-working. She also said that achieving this ambitious goal of providing jobs to one lakh youth has become possible because of the devotion of skilled and energetic youth of Jharkhand

Shri Raghubar Das, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Jharkhand, said, “Today, the Government of Jharkhand is empowering the youth by providing appropriate skills, making them future-ready. It will make young talent self-reliant. We thank the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ably led by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan for providing opportunities to the youth to for skill development and making available avenues of jobs.”