11/05/2022
Punjab Skill Development Mission successfully organized the virtual launch ceremony of Microsoft's Diversity Skilling Program today under the dynamic leadership of Mrs. Deepti Uppal, IAS, Director, Department of Employment Generation, Skill Development & Training & Sh. Rajesh Tripathi, Additional Mission Director, DEGT.
The program will provide training to 10,000 women & PwD candidates in the age group of 18-30 years in employability, Nano entrepreneurship, digital and communication Skills (18 hrs per module). These sessions will be conducted in 4 weeks, 6 days a week.
Mrs. Uppal informed the candidates that after the training program, they’ll be given chance for internship and Microsoft will facilitate them towards appropriate employment opportunities.
For better understanding of candidates, the program will be delivered in Punjabi.
Mr. Kishore Kumar Thangavelu, National Program Coordinator Microsoft India for CSR, mentioned that Microsoft through its CSR projects is committed to upskill and uplift the underserved youth of nation. He added that they have got a very encouraging response from Punjab and with active support of Punjab Skill Development Mission they will implement the project in a time bound manner.