Army Establishes Entrepreneurship, Skill Development Centre At Balapur

Srinagar, 12 Jul (KNS): Balapur Military Garrison has set up an Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Centre (ESDC) at Balapur with an aim to empower and provide employment opportunity for the local youth by enhancing their skills. The ESDC imparts training on developing various skill sets to include Computer Hardware, Mobile Repairing, Saffron Processing, Pickling, Jam & Jelly Making to name a few which will assist in increasing self-reliance and self-employment opportunities to the identified youth of the area.
One of the main challenges faced today by Kashmiri society is lack of fruitful employment opportunities for the youth. In absence of such opportunities, the youth often get embroiled in a vicious cycle of nefarious and unlawful activities including drug abuse and violence. To wean away the local youth from this path, there is a need to create a strong support mechanism which addresses the root cause of unemployment thereby helping them to lead a meaningful and dignified life in the society.
According to statement issued to KNS reads, On 11 July 2020, General Officer Commanding Victor Force visited the Centre and interacted with the local youth and Gram Sarpanches, who were present to get a firsthand experience of the Centre. Immense enthusiasm and interest was visible in the local youth towards this initiative.
HFCL, a technology solutions company, has come forth and agreed to train the youth and impart entrepreneurial skills to establish own small businesses in order to generate self-employment. In this regard, Ministry of MSME approved Incubator IID (Institute of Industrial Development) and Samadhan Samiti has shown interest to provide wide ranging solutions and mentoring to the youth to include identification of specific business fields, basic machinery to establish them and the ecosystem to maintain the business.

More than 35 youth are already enrolled and being trained at the ESDC and in the coming days, the numbers are expected to rise once the Centre starts running Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Courses, in collaboration with IID, Samadhan Samiti and various other conglomerates. This will help in evolving a conducive environment for the local youth to hone their expertise and present a platform of opportunities to flourish in the society. (KNS)

 

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