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Monday, July 4, 2011

DoNER sponsored entrepreneurship course begins at IIM Shillong

GANGTOK, 03 July: Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, Bijoy Krishna Handique inaugurated the “Developing Managerial Skills for Entrepreneurship” programme at IIM Shillong yesterday.
DoNER has sanctioned Rs. 79.15 lakh for this programme which will train 60 youth from the NE Region. The training is supported under the “Technical assistance and Capacity Building Scheme” of DoNER.
In his inaugural address, Mr. Handique lauded the efforts of IIM Shillong in establishing its Centre for Development of North Eastern Region (CEDNER) and said that this initiative would meaningfully contribute to the welfare of the society here.

He explained, “The Ministry of DONER has with its main objective of development of the region and capacity building for the youth of the region according to the Vision 2020 come forward to assist IIM Shillong in organising such training programmes so that it can provide training of national level with a regional orientation to the local youths. Such opportunities will enable the people and the region to move away from dependency on Government jobs since skill and confidence gained from such programmes will help to shape their own destiny and that of the region as a whole”.
Handique also informed the gathering that another programme on hospitality management is coming up with IIM Shillong in association with North East Council soon.
Vincet Pala, Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs, Dr Ashok Dutta, Director, IIM, Shillong were also present in the inaugural programme.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Handique, who is also the Chairman of NEC, visited the Assam Rifles School at Shillong where the NEC is sponsoring the education of 100 students. He interacted with the students and faculty including
NEC had accorded administrative approval for Rs. 3.16 crore to Principal, Assam Rifles Public School, Shillong, under the NEC Scheme “financial support to students of North Eastern Region” for sponsoring education for 100 children of NE States. As a pilot project, NEC is to sponsor 23 students from Class VI and intake will start from academic year 2011-12 and continue till the first batch finishes Class X.
Lt Gen Rameshwar Roy, DG, Assam Rifles and UK Sangma, Secretary, NEC were also present in the event.

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