(The Gist of Kurukshetra) CSIR'S INTEGRATED SKILL INITIATIVE PROGRAMME [FEBRUARY-2020]

 CSIR's Integrated Skill Initiative Programme

Introduction:

• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Integrated Skill Initiative Programme has been initiated with integrated skill initiatives in diverse areas with varying duration by the CSIR's labs. All these training programmes are interconnected and linked to industry requirements and thus would invariably contribute to the subsequent employment generation, including small-scale entrepreneurship.
• CSIR, with its nearly 8000 highly talented Science and Technology Personnel, excellent inter-disciplinary expertise, state-of-the-art facilities and a pan-India presence, is in a unique position to contribute towards the government's enterprise of enhancing programmes in skill India and Stand-up India.

Some of the major skill development programmes of CSIR:

• CSIR-Central Leather Research institute Chennai and Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes Cooperative Finance Corporation (APSCCFC) signed an agreement for skill training, upgradation and entrepreneurship development of 10000 underprivileged candidates who are below the double poverty line with arc aim of creating income generation assets for their households enabling their socio-economic development.
• CSIR-institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur initiated Skill Development Training Programmes on animal breeding and housing practices, hands-on laboratory experiment and analytical exposure, gardener, plant tissue culture, floriculturist protected cultivation and laboratory practices on animal houses.
• CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow started skill development programmes on healthcare and life sciences and offers six certificate courses of level III to VII under the CSIR-CDRI Skill Development Programme. Skill shortage remains one of the major constraints to continued growth of the Indian economy. This knowledge-gap can be addressed by professionally trained youth of India. The courses will meet the aspirations of students, young researchers and industry-sponsored personnel looking for training and will provide an opportunity for skill development and hands-on experience in the chosen area.
• CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow is contributing to the CSIR Skill Initiative by initiating Skill Development Certificate Course in Regulatory-Preclinical Toxicology with the emphasis on specialized courses related to environment, regulatory toxicology and computational biology where skill development is either inadequate or almost lacking. The objectives of these programmes are to skill the youths in such a way that they get employment.
• Today, with the country-wide operations of Skill India programmes based on science and technology, young India is being given new wings of development and the skilled youth are preparing for long goals.

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