Dehradun: Rural youth of Uttarakhand getting trained under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna (DDU-GKY) have won people’s hearts at the ten-day long Uttarakhand Saras Mela 2018 organized by Uttarakhand State Rural Livelihood Mission (USRLM) that ended on 18th Nov.
In its continuous endeavour to create industry ready candidates, DDU-GKY, Uttarakhand in collaboration with its PIAs Team Lease and Anand Books International had set up “Student Food Corner” at the Mela. The food corner gave real time opportunity to the students to manage and run a restaurant. Students have shown professionalism and good use of their training while preparing and serving food to the customers. They bagged a “Special Prize” in the exhibitors’ competition organized by URSLM for food quality and hygiene.
Skill demonstration by Health care sector students has also received appreciation from the public. More than 400 people got their Blood Pressure checked by the students.
DDU-GKY students have shown elegant hospitality while hosting national and international dignitaries at the VIP lounge. Dignitaries recognized students’ efforts and appreciated the efforts of DDU-GKY in developing industry ready workforce.
At the closing ceremony, Job Offer Letters were distributed to the first ever internationally placed students under the DDU-GKY program in the state.
Principal Secretary -RD Dr. Manisha Panwar, Additional Secretary- RD Dr. Ram Vilas Yadav and COO-DDU-GKY Dr Prabhakar Bebni encouraged the students by advising them to utilize this real time experience into their learning and avail full benefit of the DDU-GKY program for their bright future.
About DDU-GKY, Uttarakhand: DDU-GKY is a placement-led skill development initiative by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) that transforms poor rural Indian youth into a future-ready, skilled workforce through world-class training. In the state it is being operated by SPMU, USRLM, Department of Rural Development. Under the scheme, free of cost residential training of 2850 rural youth in the state has been targeted for the current financial year 2018-19.