Excelsior Correspondent
CHANDIGARH, May 29: Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) organized an Education Summit on its 48th Foundation Day today at PHD Chamber, Sector 31, Chandigarh. The theme of the event was “Skill Development in India-Challenges & Opportunities”.
Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor, Haryana & Punjab, was the chief guest on the occasion. Kirron Kher, MP, Chandigarh; Rakesh Verma, Secretary, Technical Education and K K Kataria, Director, Technical Education, Haryana were the guests of honour on the occasion. Dr Anshu Kataria, president, CMA and chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges presided over the event.
Kaptan Singh Solanki, in his key note address, highlighted the need of Modi’s 3D formula i.e democracy, demography, demand and 3S i.e Skill, Scale and Speed. He added that more than 700 million Indians are estimated to be of working age by 2022. Out of these, more than 500 million require some kind of vocational or skill development training.
Kirron Kher stressed upon developing an appropriate training system instead of teaching syllabus only in all academic institutions and universities for a better growth and sustainable skill development in all spheres of the nation.
Rakesh Verma said that the Punjab State Government has aimed to skill 300,000 youth mentioned 2014-15 budget with over Rs 500 crore. India is expected to grow at a rate of 8 percent on an average, in the next 10 years. He strained upon the need of harnessing the human capital with the requisite set of skills in both fields information related to job and ethics.
Dr Anshu Kataria, in his inaugural speech, demanded a piece of land or space in any of the Government office in Chandigarh for running operations of CMA.
At the end of the occasion, knowledge partners S Gurfateh Singh, Adesh Group of Institutions; S Gurpreet Singh, Universal Group; Anoop Bansal, Gulzar Group of Institutions; Service Partner, Neeraj Sood, Director, Loyal Hut were honoured by the Governor on the occasion.
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