Skill Letts
VIEWS, VOICE & WAYS OF SKILLS
An in house journal of Additional Skill Acquisition Programme
BRIDGE 2017 Workshop on promoting internship
Additional Skill Acquisition Programme and FICCI Kerala Chapter jointly organized“ Bridge 2017” – a workshop on promoting students internship and apprenticeship with a view to strengthen partnering for student internship with the industry. The event was held at The Center Hotel, Kochi on 13th January 2017. The objective of the workshop was to sensitize employer industries about the Internship opportunities and impress upon the opportunities in the Industry led training and its benefits.
The event was officially launched with a welcome address by Ms. Suseela James, Head- Technical, ASAP. Shri. Deepak L. Aswani, Chairman, Lachmandas Group & Co-Chair, FICCI Kerala State Council, shared the opening remarks and details about the operations of FICCI and its engagement with ASAP. Dr. Prashant Deshpande, Vice President – HR Strategy & Planning, Reliance Industries Ltd. delivered the Keynote Address. Decoding apprenticeship Rules & Guidelines was the subject he spoke about, which gave insights about the apprenticeship rules that exist in the country today and the need to perfect the already existing norms.
Shri Paul Antony IAS speaking on relevance of giving internship by industry
The Workshop was inaugurated by Shri Paul Antony, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Kerala. He emphasized on the need of industries to take the initiative to recruit interns on a continuous basis and underlined that it is the need of the hour. Dr. Reju M. T, Chief Executive Officer, ASAP, set the context for the need of the workshop. The basic structure of ASAP, expectations, and the need of Internship were the topics detailed upon. Shri. Stephen Mascarenhas, VP, Prime Focus World. com on behalf of the industry contributed views of the industry on internship. The huge difference between supply & demand of workforce specifically in Media & Entertainment was comprehended on. The complications of apprenticeship policy was stated as one of the reasons that the Industry takes a back step in providing the Internships. The Role of FICCI in strengthening Internship and overall Skills Scenario was detailed by Ms. Shobha Mishra Ghosh, Senior Director & Head Skills Development & Higher Education, FICCI. She spoke about the need for the role of apprenticeship to be made aspirational like many other countries like Germany. After the context was set for the meeting, the cluster discussions began sector wise. The Cluster discussion provided input to the development of comprehensive internship protocol for the state of Kerala. Dr Reju M. T. IAS, CEO presented the concluding remarks. Shri. Savio Mathew, Head FCCI FICCI Kerala State Council, proposed the vote of thanks.
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