IIM-Shillong to train young entrepreneurs in NE

Updated on: Wednesday, June 01, 2011

The Ministry of Development North Eastern Region has joined hands with IIM-Shillong for providing training on managerial skills to young entrepreneurs in the region.

The Ministry has already sanctioned Rs 79.15 lakh for the initiative under which 60 youths from the region will initially be provided the training by the premier institute.

"The Course will deal with developing managerial skills among the new generation of entrepreneurs of the region," said a senior official of the Ministry.


The course will offer a range of short term skill development programmes encompassing different areas of management, entrepreneurship, tourism, hospitality, among many others, he said.


This partnership is a result of the initiative of DoNER Minister B K Handique, who has been pursuing the agenda of involving the premier institutes in the region like IIM, IIT and Tata Institute of Social Sciences in the process of nurturing the human resources.


Handique said the Ministry has a larger roadmap to continuously train youths from the region with a focus on increasing their employability.


"Institutes like IIM, IIT and TISS are well positioned to cater to the training needs of youths of the region in addition to their regular courses. We have requested them to develop such courses and we have been able to make considerable headway in designing some," the minister said.


Earlier, the DoNER Ministry had announced a programme in association with IIT Guwahati to train 30 engineers from Assam Irrigation Department on mitigation of river bank erosion.

IIM-Shillong to train young entrepreneurs in NE

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