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Pradeep Kumar

14/02/21 10:35 AM IST

SANKALP

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The Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship chaired a function ‘Transforming skilling through strategic partnerships under SANKALP’ and rolling out of the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) and other initiatives

SANKALP
  • Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) is a World Bank loan assisted programme  to strengthen the district skill administration and the District Skill Committees (DSCs)
  • The SANKALP programme will also support in Training of Trainer (ToT) system in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode that a collaborative approach between industry and the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) ecosystem.
  • Towards this, a ‘Cluster Approach’ is adopted to meet the objectives and GIZ-developed automotive cluster in Aurangabad has been selected for the pilot.
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship
  • The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship in association with nine IIMs of the country.
  • Selected fellows will be given a stipend of about Rs 50,000 per month during the first year and Rs 60,000 per month during the second year of the fellowship programme.
  • The government has invited applications from the interested candidates and the registrations will remain open between February 15 and March 27.
Source: PIB

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