Celebrating the first anniversary of ‘Skill India’ programme, a Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to increase employment opportunities in the country by enhancing skills of the youth, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) recently organised a series of competitions and workshops at all its centres pan-India.
ATDC centres (in Gurgaon, Indore, Faridabad, Chennai Guindy, Patna, Okhla, Kanpur and Ranchi) hosted a number of events, including Alumni Meet wherein the ex-trainees counselled aspiring students to choose a career path in apparel sector wisely. A series of workshops involved various key speakers from different states sharing their experiences.
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Dr. Darlie Koshy, DG & CEO, ATDC, addressed on the occasion, “World Youth Skill Day reminds us of the need to equip our youth with employable skills so that they can contribute to the well-being of their family and of the country. With skills put to use, they become productive and engage their attention in productive activities,” adding that the apparel sector has the unique potential to employ youth and women of all age groups with all types of education backgrounds.
ATDC has so far trained more than 1,86,000 youth in various aspects of garment production under the Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) and is aiming to touch the 2 lakh-mark by October this year. “The 2,00,000 mark is not far away,” said Ashok G Rajani, Chairman – ATDC.
