Technical Education & Skill Development Deptt. conduct a workshop on Apprenticeship Training at EJM College

Leh, June 13: The Department of Technical Education & Skill Development, UT Ladakh conducted a one-day workshop on Apprenticeship Training Program for the pass-out students of EJM College Leh.

Zhara Begum, Lecturer, Technical Education & Skill Development Department, Ajay Singh, Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow, Leh, Dr Tsewang Thinlas, Executive Engineer, PMGSY, Leh, Urgain Norboo, Assistant Executive Engineer, PHE, Leh. Kunzes Dolma, District Industry Center and Beronica Barua, Department of Industries & Commerce, Leh, Sandeep, Operational Manager, Hotel the Abdus, Mohd Ali, General Manager, Singee Palace, Rana Dhar HR Manager and Mehi Hussain , Marketing Manager, Hotel Zen were the resource persons of the workshop, and interacted with the students and spoke about the various learn-on-the-job opportunities available in different government and hotel industries.    

The workshop began with Zhara Begum, Lecturer, Technical Education & Skill Development Department, setting the context of the workshop, viz the importance and benefit of apprenticeship training programmes and the UT Administration’s ongoing endeavour to encourage the youth of Ladakh to get on-the-job training in fields of their choice with the objective to build a skilled and competent workforce. Additionally, she also briefed the workshop attendees about the apprenticeship opportunity created by different hotels and govt. Departments in Ladakh.

Dr. Tsewang Thinlas, Executive Engineer, PMGSY, Leh spoke of the various apprenticeship opportunities in Government Departments such as Project Management, Project Coordinator, Work Supervisor, etc and stressed that such opportunities will prove vital in learning new skills, understanding the functioning of an organisational setup, etc.  Er Urgain Nurboo, Assistant Executive Engineer, PHE, Leh said that PHE, Leh will soon announce their apprenticeship programs for interested students.

From the Department of District Industry Center, Kunzes Dolma highlighted the various schemes of the Department under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), while Beronica Barua from Industries and Commerce highlighted the food processing schemes under the PMEGP.

Pertaining to opportunities in the Hospitality sector, Managers from reputed hotels from Leh emphasised the importance of self-assessment and self-awareness for growth in the Hotel Industry.

In conclusion, Zhara Begum urged the Government Departments and private sectors to create opportunities and facilitate skill training for the apprentices while stressing that the establishments must supervise the apprentices during the course of the training.