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“Skill Awareness Rath” will travel 14,153 km across the state to motivate the youth to make them skilled

“Skill Awareness Rath” was flagged offon 15th July on World Youth Skill Day 2022, by the Hon’ble Minister of Labour Resources & InformationTechnology, Govt. of Bihar, Shri Jibesh Kumar.

Bihar Skill Development Mission signedMoU with 7 reputed non-financial companies dedicated to skill creation

On the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, on July 15, a special event is being organized by the Bihar Skill Development Mission, run under the Labor Resources Department, for the youth of the state, under which a skill awareness chariot was flagged off and is to be taken out across the state from July 15 to July 30. Which will pass through all the commissionerates and districts of the state through the skill development center established at the block level.

 The Chief Guest on the occasion Shri Jivesh Kumar, Hon’ble Minister, Labor Resources Department, inaugurated the event with the customarylighting of the lampin DashrathManjjhiInstituteAuditorium at DashrathManjhi Institute of Labor and Planning Studies, near Veterinary College Patna. Shri Rajiv Ranjan, Director Planning and Training, Shri AtulRanjan, Mission Director, Bihar Skill Development Mission, Shri Rakesh Ranjan, Mission Manager, Program Implementation, Smt. BhavnaVerma, State Engagement Officer, NSDC were also present on the occasion.

On the occasion, the Honorable Minister said that the number of youth is increasing rapidly in our country, whose skills are being made employable by the successful Prime Minister of the country, Shri Narendra Modi and the successful Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar. Bihar VikasKaushal Mission is continuously taking positive steps in this direction.

 Hon’ble Minister said that on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, for the first time, 9 skill awareness chariots are being sent, which will travel about 14,153 km in all the commissionerate/blocks across the state and will attract youth for skill development.

Hon’ble Minister further informed that KaushalRathis equipped with all the resources in which audio/video (movies related to skill, movies related to necessary information) along with information and handbills related to education will also be available, so that the youth will be able to achieve their potential in immediate and future.

The Hon’ble Minister said that for the purpose of providing employment to the youth of the state, 7 reputed companies of the country, non-financial agreement will be signed, in which Jai Bharat Maruti Group of Industries, Bhagwati Products Ltd. for manufacturing. Micromax Group, Aquasub Engineering, Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd for Logistics, Barbeque Nation Hospitality Ltd for Hospitality, Fusion Microfinance Ltd for BFCI. And the job aggregators are the Village Development Society Bangalore. These companies will provide employment to the youth, as well as they will connect the youth of the state with employment by taking placement camps and personal interviews as per their requirement throughout the year. Street playwas also organized during the program.

 He congratulated the organizing body and supporting bodies for successfully conducting the program of World Youth Skills Day 2022, where more than 200 children were given citation and prize money in 16 competitions of various trade, ITI and KYP Wizard by Bihar Skill Development Mission. Many other trades were included in these competitions like sketching, photography, CNC milling and turning, traditional trade etc.

He also congratulated and encouraged the students during this event, skills competition was organized in association with various institutes including Sketching and Photography at NIFT Patna, CNC Milling/ CNC Turning/ Mechtronics at TRTC Patna, Plastic Die Engineering at CIPET, Web page designing at NIELIT and Madhubani Painting, Tikuli Art, Manjusha Painting, Sujni Painting, Jute Karft, Bamboo Craft and Sikki Art were included under the competition of Traditional Art with Electronic Engineering.

On the Occasion of CSC (Common Service Centre) Diwas, a program was held in Bihar Industries Association hall. The Hon’ble Minister of Labour Resources & Information Technology, Govt. of Bihar, Shri Jibesh Kumar, graced the occasion with his presence and inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp.

Common Service Centres (CSC) are physical facilities for delivering Government of India e-Services to rural and remote locations where availability of computers and Internet was negligible or mostly absent. They are a multiple-services single-point model for providing facilities for multiple transactions at a single geographical location.

CSCs are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from a host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country. It is a pan-India network catering to the regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the country, thus enabling the Government's mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society

India has more than 4 Lack CSCs operational as of now and the idea behind the concept is to dissolve the digital divide between urban and rural India. The state has witnessed a sea change in the adaptation of digital medium by rural areas and their dwellers, as they are now conveniently able to transact without having to travel long distances.

Bihar is taking generational leaps in the field of Information Technology.  With the solemn resolve to develop the state as a thriving centre for smart governance and budding start-ups, the Department of Information Technology, Bihar is championing the idea of innovation and data-driven public services. Towards this vision of building future-ready digital infrastructures, DIT Bihar has set up a private cloud to provide better application hosting facilities to various Departments of the Government of Bihar. By developing its own private cloud, DIT Bihar is using the power of technology to build a coherent and reliable digital architecture, were localised and inter-departmental data are streamlined for better coordination. This unique initiative will optimize IT resources at the state data centres, which in turn will also help in enhancing citizen’s experience in terms of using different G2C (Government to Citizen ) online services. With such an integrated data resource, Bihar will tap the immense potential of its grassroots by data-driven, citizen-centric platforms. This futuristic endeavour also facilitates the inclusive growth model of the Bihar Government by taking the dividends of development to every citizen.

For seamless execution of Bihar Private cloud, IT department, Bihar has nominated BELTRON Ltd." as the nodal agency. The actual implementation of this project has been done by a Hyderabad based Software company namely M/s Mega soft Limited. This multiple utility infrastructure is already providing futuristic e-services such as Website Hosting, Web Application/Portal Hosting, Domain Name Registration and Database Hosting. With the RAM Size of 4200 GB, this infrastructure is helping the government in error-free digital communication and delivery of data-oriented services. Compute capacity of the cloud is based on the current infrastructural need of state applications. To give this cloud a comprehensive operational ability, it has been built to support modern operative systems such as Microsoft, Linux or any Open Source. As a data repository, it allows varied Database support such as Oracles SQL, Ms SQL and any open source.

This robust cloud infrastructure is being lauded by different quarters of the IT sectors. In near future, the Bihar cloud is envisioned to encourage prospective start-ups to invest in the growth potential of Bihar. It will be developed as a unified portal for a department to cater for all services with user data analytics and 24*7 data monitoring.

The Department of Information Technology, Government of Bihar, is participating as a state partner in the 29th Convergence India Expo organized by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), and Exhibitions India Group from 23-25 March 2022, to be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. 

The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar has always set high goals when it comes to Good Governance through e-Governance. Under his visionary leadership, the Department of Information Technology (DIT) headed by the Hon’ble Minister Shri Jibesh Kumar is sprinting to achieve the objectives of e-Governance and transforming the state into eastern India’s IT hub. Shri Santosh Kumar Mall (IAS), Principal Secretary of the Department, is instrumental in the state’s digital transformation. The State's Vision also aligns with the National aim of Digital India.

Department of Information Technology is making strides to establish Bihar as the next IT Hub of eastern India. These initiatives are bound to generate a plethora of employment opportunities for the young and talented workforce of Bihar. 

Shri Jibesh Kumar is also the event's Guest of Honour. He will discuss Bihar’s vision of Good Governance and how e-Governance has also opened new doors for the investors to come and invest in the IT sector of Bihar, as Bihar is emerging as an investment destination in the east. He will also share how the Bihar Startup Policy, 2017 & Industrial Investment Promotion Policy of Bihar will pave the way for Investors & entrepreneurs to set up a profitable and sustainable business in Bihar.

DIT will set up an IT-enabled exhibit that will be equipped with a Digital Kiosk, QR Codes, and more at the above-mentioned venue. The overarching idea behind participating in this event is to showcase the accomplishments with respect to e-Governance and Good Governance, which has been a key factor in the growth of the IT sector in Bihar and to encourage investors to invest in the IT sector of Bihar.

Specifics of the Event: 

29th Convergence India Expo Location: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi Department of Information Technology, Bihar Stall # 4.73