Directorate of employment, skill development and entrepreneurship organised a two-day sensitisation workshop from December 8-9 for fellows under Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme under the World Bank assisted “Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP)” project of the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE).
According to a DIPR report, while addressing the workshop, director, employment, skill development & entrepreneurship and State Skill Development Mission (SSDM), Chiden Yaden stated that the event was organised to understand the experiences of the fellows and enable them to learn from stakeholders in the state’s skilling ecosystem.
MGNF manager from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK), Sreekanth CN apprised the gathering of the structure, objective and roles of various stakeholders under the MGNF programme.
Later, experience sharing by fellows, presentations by training providers and visit to centres were also held.
The programme was chaired by deputy director, DESD&E, Zubemo Lotha Tsanglao, presentations were made by YouthNet director Noune Chase, founder/CEO, Edu centre Lezo Putsure and DESD&E Menguzelie Suohu.
It may be mentioned that the MGNF programme is an initiative of MSDE, implemented by SSDM and IIMK as the academic partner.
MGNF program was initiated to address the issue of non-availability of dedicated professionals at district level for effective skill planning and management.
Currently, there are 12 research fellows placed in each district of Nagaland under MGNF to work closely with the district administration and strengthen the district skill committees headed by the deputy commissioners (DCs).