Innovations in Rural Skilling

“KAUSHAL PRAVESH: Induction of newly Impaneled DDU-GKY PIAs in Punjab by NIRD&PR ”

A 3 day’s Orientation program named “KAUSHAL PRAVESH: INDUCTION ON DDU-GKY for new PIAs” empanelled under 8th Project Approval Committee (PAC) were conducted from 5-th Feb 2020 to 7th Feb 202 at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh by the professionals of National Institute of Rural development & Panchayati raj (NIRD &PR) in the capacity of Central Technical Support Agency (CTSA) on behalf of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). This program was organized to address the learning needs of Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) in order to ensure the successful implementation of DDU-GKY project in the state of Punjab.  Designated heads of PIAs were invited to attend the orientation program at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh.

In these 3 days of orientation, PIAs were briefed on the basic knowledge of DDU-GKY Guidelines, Notifications, timelines and Standard operating procedures along with one day of field orientation and live demonstration at functional and active DDU-GKY Training center in order to deliver the practical understanding about the program implementation to PIAs. Best Practices and challenges associated with the Mobilization of beneficiaries and placements within organized sectors were also discussed. Main focus was given on various IT platforms Kaushal Bharat, Kaushal Pragati and eSOP Portal.

Few glimpse and feedback from participants are given below:

Nidhi Som
Author: Nidhi Som