Gurugram : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone of Vishwakarma Skill University at village Dudhola in Palwal from Sultanpur village in Gurugram district by pressing a button. A sum of over Rs 1,000 crore would be spent on setting up this Skill University, which would impart skill training to the youth and encourage them to be self employed. The university campus would be developed over 82.7 acres. This year, tenders amounting to Rs 389.24 crore have been floated for construction of university building. The construction work would be carried out in three phases and there is a plan to complete the first phase by 2020.
There is a plan to impart GST training to 1,000 youth. He said that under pilot project, 139 youth have so far been imparted training in Hisar, Gurugram, Rohtak, Karnal and Sirsa. Apart from this, the University has imparted entrepreneurship training to 68 students whereas training of German language was imparted to 30 students.
The University has signed MoUs with 21 industries for training of different courses. In Gurugram district, youth have been imparted training in cyber security, network security and application security. As per the need of hour, training in communication and life skill has so far been imparted to 1,072 youth of Gurugram, Faridabad, Dharuhera, Ballabhgarh and Palwal in 2018. Under Saksham Certification Programme, training in Communication Skill and Personality Development has so far been imparted to 32 youth. Also, stipend amounting up to Rs 10,000 was being given to students getting training in the university.
There is a plan to establish administrative block, auditorium and convention centre, cafeteria, centre of excellence, teaching and non-teaching residential area, separate hostels for boys and girls, shopping centre, health centre, community centre, stadium, gymnasium, swimming pool, sports and recreational facility, feeder school and common facility in proposed campus of the University.
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