Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh, laid the foundation stone for the building for the regional office of the Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University or the UPRTOU and also planted saplings of “Maulshree”, “Parijat”, and “Kalpavriksha” at the campus. “The education system has been badly affected during the Covid pandemic. The ‘Digital India’ policy envisioned by the PM in 2014 proved effective in the online education during the pandemic. The fund released by the government under various schemes reaches the bank accounts of people through direct benefit transfer scheme. The deprived community is getting benefit of the scheme. People are experiencing a new revolution under ‘Digital India’,” said Yogi. “The Skill India Mission launched by PM Modi is assisting the youth in making themselves self-reliant. Open universities can play an important role in Skill India Mission. The Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University should pay attention to technical education. The 1,200 study centres of the open university can be combined with the Prayagraj University to organise classes simultaneously,” he added.
IBM participates in nation skill-building through various initiatives
The Managing Director of IBM India, Sandip Patel, talks about initiatives for building skills in hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, container technologies, AI, chip design, and system programming which will help to create a talent pool that will be future-ready. The IBM Skills Build Program in collaboration with the NSDC has successfully placed 18,500 university students by offering a free digital education platform on skills mentioned earlier. IBM also collaborates with industry bodies, academia, and government for providing professional as well as technical skills to students and teachers.
