Shimla: The State Government is implementing two Skill Development Projects to impart training to the minority youth. Stating this in a meeting here today, Director, Rural Development, Dr. R.N. Batta, said that these projects would be implemented in district Chamba, Sirmaur, Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Una by HIMCON and IL&FS respectively.

Dr. Batta was presiding over a meeting regarding upliftment of minority community. He said that the minority youth would be imparted skill training under both these projects and the willing candidates could submit simple application to the Director, Rural Development Department, S.D.A. Complex, Block No. 27, Kasumpti, Shimla-9. He said that the training would be imparted free of cost on the basis of their educational qualification and market/area needs.

Present in the meeting were Dr. Purnima Chauhan, Director, Urban Development, Shri V.K. Modgil, Deputy Director, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Shri Devender Singh, Deputy Director, Technical Education Department, Sundernanagr, District Mandi, Dr. R.K. Anand, SMS (AH) Rural Development Department, Shri Mustak Qureshi, Non-official Member, Minorities Commission, Shri Surinder Singh Saini, Non-official Member, Minorities Commission, Shri N.L. Sharma, Chief Manager, HIMCON, Shri Ashish Agarwal, IL&FS, Chandigarh and Shri Ranjan Anand, A4e India Pvt. Ltd..

source: http://www.orissadiary.com/ Wed Apr 20th, 2011