Nagpur: Maharashtra Skill Development Minister Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar on Saturday inaugurated the 3-day Youth Empowerment Summit being held at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said, “In our educational course 17 years ago, one question was prominently being asked: Which the biggest problem being faced by the country? The answer was in four options – Poverty, Population, Unemployment or Backward Agriculture. Marks were given on one ‘correct’ answer i.e Population. However, now, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the population is not being seen as problem but strength as a separate Ministry on ‘Skill Development’ has been created,” the minister asserted.
The event is being organised on the joint auspices of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Fortune Foundation and ECPA (Engineering Colleges Placement Association). Mayor Nanda Jichkar presided over the programme. Deputy Mayor Deepraj Pardikar, Joint Secretary of Skill Development Department, Government of India, Sunil Bhardwaj, Standing Committee Chairman Sandeep Jadhav, Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar, DSK Group’s D S Kulkarni, BARTI Director Rajesh Dhabre, Convener Prof Anil Sole, MLC, and others graced the occasion.
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Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar further said that Marathwada and Vidarbha are backward areas as far as development is concerned. However, various skill development schemes are being implemented in the regions for youth under the leadership of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. Efforts are being made to halt migration of Vidarbha youths to other parts of the state in search of jobs. The youths should full advantage of the Summit with a ‘burning desire.’ The venture has not remained a venture of NMC only. It has become a part of State Government also, he said.
A brain child of MLC Prof Anil Sole, the three-day event will nurture entrepreneurs and guide job applicants.
Mayor Nanda Jichkar, Municipal Commissioner Hardikar and other dignitaries also addressed the Youth Empowerment Summit.
The highlights of the event were an agreement between EPCA and Fortune Foundation for providing jobs to 2000 youth, and, distribution of loans to students selected by various banks under MUDRA Yojana. An independent stall has been set up at the premises by Mudra Bank District Coordination Committee under the guidance of District Collector Sachin Kurve.
