Three important agreements were signed at the Secretariat in the presence of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. Agreement signed for work in the areas of social development in Uttarakhand. An agreement was also signed to make Uttarakhand a digital talent hub. An agreement was signed to conduct modern courses for AI-based personality development in colleges.
Three important agreements were signed at the Secretariat on Wednesday in the presence of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. The Government of Uttarakhand, Setu Aayog and Tata Trusts signed an agreement for work in the areas of social development. A tripartite agreement was signed between Setu Aayog, Department of Higher Education, Department of Technical Education and NASSCOM / ITITES Sector Skill Council to make Uttarakhand a major skill centre of India in the field of technology. A tripartite agreement was also signed between Setu Aayog, Department of Higher Education and Wadhwani Foundation to make the state a skill development hub for emerging technologies and employable personality development of students.
The 10-year agreement with Tata Trusts will work together in areas such as water management, nutrition, telemedicine, rural livelihoods and green energy to further social and economic development in Uttarakhand. Under the agreement with NASSCOM to make Uttarakhand a major skill centre in the field of technology, courses will be included with academic credit in all government and private higher educational institutions of the state and one model college in each district will be developed as a ‘Mentor Institute’. It aims to impart knowledge and skill development in areas like Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cyber Security, Python, Generative through Future Skills Prime platform to about 1.5 lakh students of the state. Courses in all government higher educational institutions in the state will be included with academic credits from the next session as part of a three-year agreement with the Wadhwani Foundation to make Uttarakhand a skill development hub for emerging technologies and employable personality development of students.
The initiative aims to support about 1.20 lakh students of the state in Artificial Intelligence based personality development and self-employment related skill development. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said that all the three agreements signed today for social development, making the state a hub of digital talent and starting modern courses of AI-based personality development will be highly useful for the people of the state.
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said that in order to make Uttarakhand a leading state of the country in every field, the state government is working on schemes keeping in mind the people from the last end of the society. Many new initiatives are being taken for the overall development of the state by taking people of every region and class along. The Chief Minister said that these agreements are an important step towards preparing the human resources in Uttarakhand with modern skills and making the state a modern AI and cyber security hub. The AI based curriculum will be instrumental in imparting employable skills to the young students of Uttarakhand and developing soft skills for the 21st century.
The Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to Tata Trusts, NASSCOM and Wadhwani Foundation for these three important agreements signed in the state. Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included Cabinet Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat, Vice Chairman, Bridge Commission Shri Raj Shekhar Joshi, Chief Secretary Shri Anand Bardhan, CEO, Bridge Commission Shri Shatrughan Singh, CEO, Tata Trust Shri Siddharth Sharma, CEO, NASSCOM Skill Council Smt. Abhilasha Gaur, Executive VP, Wadhwani Foundation Shri Sunil Dahiya, Secretary Higher Education Shri Ranjit Sinha, Secretary Smt. Radhika Jha, Shri Nitesh Jha, Shri Chandresh Yadav, Shri V. Shanmugam, Shri C. Ravishankar. Department of Information and Public Relations.