<p class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align:justify;line-height:150%”><span lang=”EN-IN” style=”font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif””><span style=”font-weight: bold;”>Chandigarh: </span>A
workshop for creating awareness in Skill Development under ESDM was held in
Hotel Shivalikview. Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Vijay
Dev, IAS was the Chief Guest along with Dr. S. B. Deepak Kumar, IAS, Secretary
(IT), UT Chandigarh as the Guest of Honour. Adviser lauded the efforts put in by NIELIT for creating
awareness under ESDM scheme. He also appreciated the efforts put in by the
Punjab State in skilling manpower. During the workshop Adviser said, “ I am sure that the youth of the
region can benefit hugely from this endeavor of the Government of India and it
will create a lot of employment opportunities for them. I am also confident
that the UT would meet its target of training 8,000 candidates in the span of
the scheme.” Adviser to the
Administrator also agreed to consider the request of DG NIELIT for making CCC
Course as mandate for employment in Government jobs similar to other States for
better roll out of e-Governance Project.
Adviser to the Administrator also agreed to consider allotment of land
to NIELIT in lieu of land allotted to NIELIT at Manimajra.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=”MsoNormal” style=”margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal”><span lang=”EN-IN” style=”font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif””><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=”MsoNormal” style=”margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:150%”><span lang=”EN-IN” style=”font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif””>DG NIELIT, Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma during
his address at the function said, “There are 31 Regional Centres of NIELIT all
over India where this scheme is being run, besides its reach to the
beneficiaries through our 250+ Accredited Partners for the scheme
specifically.” He also shared that there are 64 courses in various verticals
under the 5 Levels of skill development out of which 23 belong to the NIELIT
kitty. NIELIT Chandigarh is conducting the ESDM courses thru its Training
Partners in Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align:justify;line-height:150%”><span lang=”EN-IN” style=”font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif””>The
most popular courses of NIELIT are the Course in Computer Concept (CCC) and the
NIELIT O Level course. To facilitate the model of making one in every Indian
family e-literate NIELIT has accredited over 900 partners across the country.
THE CCC/BCC courses equip a person to use a computer to undertake e-Governance
transactions and other basic activities like use of e-mail and Internet
browsing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align:justify”><span lang=”EN-IN” style=”font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif””>In
the recent pats NIELIT has diversified into courses in new technologies such as
ESDM, GIS, Cyber Security, IPR, cloud computing, e-Governance, Digital
Marketing etc. NIELIT has extended its reach throughout the country through the
PPP model.<a name=”_GoBack”></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>
<span lang=”EN-IN” style=”font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA”>During workshop, SPIC
signed MOU with NIELIT to implement ESDM Scheme in Union Territory of
Chandigarh.</span><br></p>