Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said skill enhancement for youths in the state is necessary in the fields of future technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Electrical Vehicles.
He was addressing a meeting of of the Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP) in Bhopal.
Chouhan said in view of the ongoing development and construction works at the village level, there is a need for mason, plumber, electrician, solar pump technicians etc. in the rural area.
It is necessary to train rural youths in these areas, he stressed.
The CRISP should make serious efforts in this direction, he instructed.
These activities are helpful in creating employment opportunities in the state and building a self-reliant Madhya Pradesh.
Sports and Youth Welfare, Technical Education, Skill Development and Employment Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Omprakash Sakhlecha, Minister of State for School Education (Independent Charge) Inder Singh Parmar, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Vice Chancellor of RGPV Sunil Gupta and Managing Director of Crisp Dr. Shrikant Patil were present in the meeting.
The authorities informed the meeting about a tie-up is being done with Microsoft for training of youth in the field of futuristic technology like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Along with this, a centre of excellence will be established in association with Volvo Company for training in the field of electrical vehicles.
Students seeking employment in these areas will be provided training for 3 to 6 months from skill development centres. The target is to provide training to 4000 trainees every year.
The CRISP organisation will start rural entrepreneur programme to provide self-employment to the rural youth of the state.
In this, training will be given to four youths each in 22 thousand 800 panchayats. This training will focus on capacity building of mason, electrician, welder, auto service, solar pump technician. 91 thousand 200 rural entrepreneurs will be prepared in the state.
Chouhan gave his consent to upgrade the existing laboratories, equipment and facilities to create skilled human resource.
Along with this, consent was given to develop ITI of Labour Department at par with the level of Skill Trainers Academy of a private firm located in Mumbai.
In the meeting, the proposal to start centres at Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur and Betul was also approved.
Chouhan said the centres are useful for training rural entrepreneurs.
Initially such centres should be developed as model centres in two districts. After that the activity should be expanded.
