A host of corporate giants, including Microsoft, Google, Larsen & Toubro, and Tata group firms on Monday signed seven agreements in various fields with the Assam Skill Development Mission (ASDM), Government of Assam.
Six Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and one Memorandum of Association (MOA) were signed in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister Public Health Engineering, Skill Development Employment & Entrepreneurship and Tourism Jayanta Mallabaruah and other state ministers and senior officials.
The MoU with Microsoft will pave the way for building the capacity of the youths in Assam Skill Development Centres across the state. Microsoft through its modules of MDSP (Microsoft Diversity Skilling Programme) will provide intervention for under-served youths to ensure their active participation in the workforce.
The Assam Tourism Development Corporation inked pacts with the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and TATA Strive Skill Development Initiatives of Tata Community Initiative Trust and the Indian Hotels Company to set up a hospitality skill centre of excellence for the training of the youths of the state.
The objective of the MoU with Google India is to support the Government of Assam in skilling youths with job-ready digital and business skills. The Google Career Certificate Course will provide an enabling job connection to skilled youths via a cohort of potential employers.
The Directorate of Employment and Craftsmen Training executed an MoU with Info Edge (India), better known as Naukri.com, The agreement with Naukri.com will provide an online platform for unemployed youths to have their profile uploaded to the digital domain to attract prospective employers.
With the signing of seven MoUs with several leading entities, Govt of Assam has endeavoured to harness the state’s immense potential in clean & renewable energy, skill development and tourism & hospitality sectors.#AtmanirbharBharat pic.twitter.com/ngTZzWzjau
— MyGov Assam (@mygovassam) October 17, 2022
L&T will offer knowledge and support for establishing training setup and executing greenfield projects in the construction sector.
The objective of the MoU with the Healthcare Sector Skill Council (HSSC) is to mobilise the unemployed youths of Assam for skill training. Besides skilling the unemployed youths, placement will be provided for industrial jobs within one month of training completion.
The MoU between APDCL and SJVNL Green Energy Limited (SGEL) will aim at the development of solar power projects with 1000 MW installed capacity.
Besides, Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) also signed an MoU with Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam’s Green Energy Ltd for the generation of 1,000 MW of solar power.
A momentous occasion as 7 MoUs were signed to harness our State’s potential in renewable energy, skill development and tourism & hospitality.
Assam Skill Development Mission (ASDM) signed separate MoUs with @MicrosoftIndia, @GoogleIndia, @larsentoubro and @HSSC_India. pic.twitter.com/y9vDOy78I3
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 17, 2022
Speaking on the occasion, CM Sarma termed the MoU signing as a momentous occasion as the associations will help in harnessing the state’s potential in renewable energy, skill development, tourism and hospitality sectors.
Thanking the companies for coming forward and partnering with the Assam government, he said that the agreements will be a way forward to form strategic collaborations for multi-tier transformational development of the state.
