Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir State Skill Development Mission (JKSSDM) started a two-day leadership and capacity building training program “Executive Government Leaders Fellowship and Young Business Leaders Fellowship” here at SKICC Wednesday.
Minister for IT, Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports Molvi Imran Raza Ansari was the Chief Guest for the event.
The program organized in collaboration with BRIDGE, International is organized to train government officers and young entrepreneurs together by world’s leading leadership development trainers to build trust and cooperation and bridge the gap between young businessmen with the state machinery. During the program, the delegates will be encouraged to develop a state-backed entrepreneurial mechanism for employment and skill development in the state.
The program stressed on enhancing the ability of government officials to inspire and build transformational vision and strategies for the state and paving way for them to implement the best decisions for the people of the state.
Three experts from BRIDGE International, Singapore, EY, Singapore & Manan Trust, Hong Kong are here to train over 40 participants from the business sector & government departments such as Social Welfare, Revenue, Urban Development etc.
Besides, several methods and techniques for equipping entrepreneurs with skills for building thriving businesses, including business development, management, and marketing were imparted during the program.
The aim of this program is “to support young leaders of J&K to create a vision for themselves and their state and provide them with tools to make it happen,” told Simon Mckenzie, Director, BRIDGE International.
Besides imparting leadership training to the delegates, the participants will be encouraged to develop skill building and entrepreneurial programs that would address the unemployment in the state.
“Such kind of training is not available at our place and the experts bring in a lot of experience and exposure which is really beneficial,” said Kamran, one of the participants.
The Jammu and Kashmir State Skill Development Mission (JKSSDM) was constituted by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir in June 2016. The mission aims to integrate various skill development efforts in the state and train the unskilled and semi-skilled youth of the state and connect them with the relevant industries.
