HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy appealed to industrialists and corporate houses to come and partner with the Young India Skill University by contributing to the corpus fund and constructing infrastructure which would be named after the donors.
Revanth held a meeting with the Board of Governors of the varsity, industrialists and representatives of various companies and sectors where he said that the varsity should be made a model in the country.
He expressed confidence that Skill University chairperson Anand Mahindra, who has the experience as well as a unique identity, will add to the brand value of the institution.
Revanth announced that the responsibility was being handed over to the University Board and said that the state government has allotted 150 acres and Rs 100 crore to the university. He said that the government will now focus on the establishment of Young India Sports University.
“The sports university will be set up in around 200 acres and training will be provided to athletes with the aim of bringing a gold medal to India in the 2028 Olympics,” Revanth said. He appealed to industrialists to participate in the development of the varsity. “Funding is not a problem for the state government. However, beyond financial cooperation, all industrialists and businessmen of the state should take part in these initiatives,” Revanth said.
Expressing concern over the lack of skill among graduates and postgraduates, he said that lakhs of youngsters who have completed engineering are unable to find jobs.
Apart from Mahindra and IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, university co-chairman Srini Raju, Board members P Devaiah, Suchitra Ella and Satish Reddy, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, special chief secretary (IT) Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary to CM Seshadri, businessperson N Brahmani, film producer D Suresh Babu and others were present while Board members Manish Sabharwal, Sanjeev Bikchandani, MM Murugappan and KP Krishnan participated through videoconference.
Mahindra all praise for CM
Sridhar Babu explained the salient features of Young India Skill University. Stating that the government was working hard to make Hyderabad a world-class destination, he said that as part of this, a new Future City will be established and plans have been prepared for the establishment of an AI city.
Meanwhile, Mahindra praised the idea of the chief minister to provide skilled youth from Telangana to the world. He described Revanth as a competent leader with a good vision. He said: “That’s why I agreed when the CM asked me to be the chairman of the university board. Governments generally give more priority to subsidies and attractive schemes, but the CM appreciated the way he thought of training the youth as professionals.”
Courses from next month
The University Board has decided to start the courses in newly established Telangana Young India Skill University from this year itself. Tentatively, courses will be started in October after Dasara. Temporarily courses will be started in the Engineering Staff College of India. Healthcare, commerce and logistics courses will be launched first. Apollo, AIG, Lenskart, Flipkart, Amazon, Alcargo, Pro Connect, O9 Solutions companies have come forward to conduct these courses. It was decided to train 2,000 people in the first year.
