Bengaluru: “Around 11 lakh students enter labour market every year, out of which 2/3rd do not cross Class X. Vocational training is the need of the hour to develop skills,” said Sanjiv Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Skill Development at National Green Conference organised by the Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD).
In order to make the dropouts employable by imparting eco-training, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in association with CSD launched Green Skill Academy in Bengaluru.
Reminding the audience of the importance being given to sustainable development in Smart City projects, K.C. Ramamurthy, MP, said, “Identifying trainers and bringing uneducated people at par with skilled ones is a huge challenge.
With this not only the climatic conditions would change but also a huge job market could be created.”
It is estimated that the demand for green professionals could grow by a staggering 55-60 per cent.
Stressing on the need to create trained manpower to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of ‘Swacch Bharat’, Dr Srinivas, Executive Director of CSD, said, “Most of the builders in the city said they do not have trained experts to manage wastewater management plant in the apartments. If this is the situation how can one dream of having a clean India.”
State Chief Secretary Dr Subash Kuntia said that urbanization had caused a huge damage to the environment and the state government would provide assistance to any green initiative.
In her address Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, chairman and managing trustee, Adhamya Foundation, said, “If the development is not sustainable, it cannot be called development. Waste must be recycled.”
The skill development program at Green Skill Academy would also cater to the industrial demand for green skills.
