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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