Dr.
Sri
ram Venki
taram an I
AS
Chi
ef Execut
i
ve Office,
Addi
t
i
onal Ski
l
l Acqui
si
t
i
on Programme
Anot
her st
r
i
ki
ng f
eat
ur
e evi
dent i
n t
he or
gani
zat
i
on i
s t
he f
act
or of young empl
oyees whose
ener
gi
es and i
deas can r
eadi
l
y be har
nessed i
nt
o pr
opel
l
i
ng t
he or
gani
zat
i
on i
nt
o somet
hi
ng
char
i
smat
i
c and pr
ogr
essi
ve. The t
hought gi
ves me much vi
gour i
nt
o st
eppi
ng i
nt
o your mi
dst and
l
end a hand i
n t
aki
ng t
hi
s pr
oj
ect i
nt
o t
he covet
abl
e pr
omi
nence. ASAP shoul
d,
i
n t
he comi
ng year
s
st
and t
o embody and mani
f
est t
he ver
y i
dea of t
he dual r
ol
es of Ski
l
l
i
ng and Tr
ai
ni
ng and l
et al
l our
ef
f
or
t
s and f
ocus be expl
i
ci
t
l
y devot
ed t
owar
ds t
hat gr
at
i
f
yi
ng obj
ect
i
ve.
01
Let me, at t
he ver
y onset
, expr
ess my pl
easur
e i
n bei
ng assi
gned t
he char
ge of ASAP
, af
f
or
di
ng me
wi
t
h t
he oppor
t
uni
t
y of pr
esi
di
ng over t
he massi
ve Ski
l
l
i
ng pr
ogr
amme of our St
at
e.
Addi
t
i
onal Ski
l
l
Acqui
si
t
i
on Pr
ogr
amme has, i
n a way, come t
o define t
he ski
l
l
i
ng possi
bi
l
i
t
i
es and domai
n of t
he
St
at
e.
By of
f
er
i
ng Engl
i
sh communi
cat
i
on ski
l
l
s,
sof
t ski
l
l
s,
I
T ski
l
l
s and i
ndust
r
i
al ski
l
l
s t
r
ai
ni
ng t
o
t
he school and col
l
ege st
udent
s of Ker
al
a, t
he ai
m of ASAP has been set hi
gh up t
he zeni
t
h i
n
equi
ppi
ng our yout
h and r
ai
si
ng t
hei
r val
ue and pot
ent
i
al
. The l
ack of t
hese ski
l
l
s was what was
hol
di
ng back our yout
h ever
ywher
e t
hey t
r
i
ed t
hei
r hand i
n. What has been achi
eved t
hr
ough ASAP
i
s commendabl
e i
n ever
y way. But
, t
hi
s i
s not al
l t
hat ASAP can do. Ther
e mi
ght not have been
anot
her pr
ogr
amme i
n t
he count
r
y t
hat has per
col
at
ed so wel
l t
hese many sect
or
s and i
ndust
r
i
es f
or
ai
d i
n ski
l
l t
r
ai
ni
ng f
or t
he yout
h. So f
ar
, f
oundat
i
ons have been l
ai
d wel
l i
n al
l ar
enas ASAP has
aspi
r
ed t
o make a mar
k i
n.
I
t i
s t
i
me t
hat measur
ed st
r
i
des be t
aken t
owar
ds f
or
t
i
f
yi
ng t
he act
i
vi
t
i
es
and expandi
ng our ampl
i
t
ude t
o f
ocus on uphol
di
ng and advanci
ng t
he qual
i
t
y and quant
i
t
y ASAP
has been cont
r
i
but
i
ng t
o ski
l
l
i
ng.
The pot
ent
i
al i
s hi
gh i
f we can put t
oget
her our br
ai
ns and br
awns
i
n t
he vent
ur
e and push i
t f
ur
t
her i
nt
o t
he hei
ght
s t
hat t
he wor
l
d woul
d envy and copy.
We shoul
dn’
t
j
ust st
op at ski
l
l
i
ng a mi
nor per
cent
age. We can defini
t
el
y di
r
ect our st
r
uggl
es and expand our
ci
r
cumf
er
ence t
o br
i
ng i
n mor
e par
t
ner
s, t
o i
mpl
ement mor
e pr
ogr
ammes or pr
oj
ect
s l
i
ke t
he
Communi
t
y Ski
l
l Par
ks or t
he Uni
ver
si
t
y I
nt
egr
at
i
on t
o ampl
i
f
y our ser
vi
ces f
ur
t
her i
nt
o t
he soci
et
y
and r
evol
ut
i
oni
se t
he concept of ski
l
l
i
ng and ski
l
l t
r
ai
ni
ng. Thi
s can be made ef
f
ect
i
ve t
hr
ough
col
l
abor
at
i
on and symbi
ot
i
c al
l
i
ance wi
t
h i
nst
i
t
ut
i
ons l
i
ke KASE and Empl
oyment Exchange,
whi
ch
I al
r
eady hol
d t
he power of
. An ear
nest at
t
empt can br
i
ng f
or
war
d an ext
r
aor
di
nar
y amount of
change and dynami
sm i
n t
he wor
ki
ng of al
l t
hese or
gani
sat
i
ons i
f channel
l
ed and l
i
nked pr
oper
l
y.