Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development of any country. They have become even more important given the increasing pace of globalization and technological changes. People with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of globalization. As India is moving towards becoming a hub for ‘Knowledge Economy’, it becomes increasingly important that the country as a whole should focus on advancement of skills, and these skills have to be relevant to the emerging economic environment. 

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Country’s economy has been growing robustly in the last couple of decades. At Present the Country is experiencing massive growth in all most all sectors. As a result, the demand for workforce has also grown rapidly. Majority of our population are unskilled or semi-skilled, and hence are not able to reap the benefits of country’s economic growth despite a huge demand for skilled manpower in almost all sectors. To bridge this demand-supply gap of skilled workforce, the Central and State Governments are encouraging series of skill training programmes through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and various other agencies/ministries.

With the common vision of bridging the employability gap of the young people to leverage the demographic dividend and to make the country’s economic growth inclusive Kaziranga University and IL&FS Skills have entered into an agreement to impart high quality training in various short-term and certificate courses across various sectors for enhancing employability of the youth from North-East.

The vision is to gradually scale up the institute to a Community College Model under the MHRD framework.

1. Welding Technicians
2. Industrial Technicians
3. Retail Sales Executives
4. Banking Officers
5. Health Care Professionals
6. Beauty & Spa Professionals
7. Textiles & Fashion Designing
8. F&B Steward

Currently the training programmes are running under two schemes:

1. Prime Minister Kaushal Vikash Yojna(PMKVY)
2. Surya Mitra Skill Development Program under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

A. Prime Minister Kaushal Vikash Yojna(PMKVY)

At present two training programmes are going on under this scheme:

1. Welding Technicians (Assistant Welder)
2. Electricians (Assistant Electrician)

Trade	Course Name	Minimum Qualification	Level	QP Code	Total hours
Under PMKVY
Construction Skill Development Council of India	Assistant Electrician	10th	3	CON/Q0602	440
Automotive Skills Development	Welding and Quality Technician	10th	3	ASC/Q3109	510

Salient Features of the Programmes

1. Thesetwo job oriented course under PMKVY is provided free of cost to the students who have passed HSLC examination.
2. IL&FS has taken the responsibility to place the student in relevant industry.
3. In each course a total of 30 studentsare enrolled in one batch.
4. KU has separate classrooms and labs for the training programmes of assistant welder and assistant electrician.
5. A common computer lab is in the centre to provide them basic soft skills and computer trainings.
6. KU has provided all the laboratory equipment for thesecourses.
7. KU has procured all the equipment as required by NSDC.
8. The trainers for these courses are provided by IL&FS.
9. We are try to running 2 parallel batch for the each course.

B. Surya Mitra Skill Development Program

• Solar PV Technician course is running under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE)
• This is fully job oriented course
• MNRE has mandated NISE(National Institute of Solar Energy) to launch the Surya Mitra program
• This course is only for the student who have passed ITI or Diploma in engineering
• KU has separate classroom and labs for Solar PV Technician. This is an in-house course, which is also free of cost for the students. For this course KU is providing lodging and fooding to the enrolled students
• KUis also imparting the knowledge of entrepreneurship to these participants through seminars and workshops
• IL&FS provides all the laboratory equipment and solar panel for this course
• IL&FS provides the trainer for this course.

Trainings under the scheme:Solar PV Technician

1. Qualification: ITI (Electrician, Wireman, Electronics) Diploma (Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical)
2. Batch Strength: 30
3. Age: Minimum 18 years
4. Likely Job: Solar PV Technician
5. Reference Course Curriculum: NCVT Module 5
6. Training Duration: 600 hours (3 Month)
   1. Practical :           350 Hours
   2. Theory :           150 Hours
   3. Soft skill :           100 Hours
   4. On Job Training :           120 Hours (includes the practical session)

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Contact Number	e-Mail Id
1.	Dr. P G Ramesh	Head – KU Skill Development initiatives	+91. NAN	pgramesh@kazirangaunversity.in
2.	Mr. Prianku Pratim Neog	Coordinator - KU Skill Development initiatives	+91.9706463898	prianku@kazirangauniversity.in
3.	Mr. Aditya Saikia	Project Consultant and Admission Officer, IL&FS Skills	+91 8638379443 / +91 9706518272	adityasaikia2015@gmail.com