Industry veterans, ministers to unite for Skill India Mission

Who's who of corporate world to attend skill development conclave to lend their support

Industry captains from Tata, TCS, Reliance Communication, Bharti Airtel, JSW Steel, Reliance Industries, GVK, GMR, Essar will attend on Tuesday the 'National Industry Conclave on Skills' organised by the Union Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

The conclave is aimed at ensuring that the industry joins the Skill India Mission in a big way. Public Private Partnership in skill development, skill imperative for industrial growth, improving livelihood of rural India through skill India are some of the topics that will be discussed in the conclave.

The Press Information Bureau release said the union minister of urban development and parliamentary affairs Venkaiah Naidu will steer the conclave along with the union minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

Rudy said, "This conclave will be an annual feature for us to review the work done across sectors and regions. This will be a good platform to bring about synergies and convergence across all and contribute collectively to the success of Skill India." He further added that it is a meeting of industry leaders who are the stakeholders in the skill ecosystem, to conceive and partner towards realizing the vision of Skill India.

The event will also be attended by defence minister Manohar Parrikar, minister of road trnsport and highway and shipping Nitin Gadkari, rural development minister Birender Singh, minister of state for petroleum Dharmendra Pradhan, minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fdnavis.