NEC to facilitate training of youth for increasing employment avenues and meeting industry demands

Staff Reporter

Shillong, March 9: The North Eastern Council (NEC) has come forward to promote ambitious Government initiatives programs Make in India, Smart Cities, Skill India, Digital India and Startup India to create more jobs for young designers.

The creative economy is an emerging concept dealing with the interface between culture, creativity, economics and technology in a contemporary world, which is totally dominated by sounds, symbols, images and texts.

Being the most dynamic sector, the creative industries are providing new opportunities for developing countries to fuel employment/entrepreneurship and it generates income, employment and export earnings. The demand for designers is gradually increasing.

Going by conservative estimates, a total workforce of 7 million designers will be required to meet the industry demand. K Moses Chalai, Secretary, NEC opines that this initiative will open a whole new world for the younger generation in the field of design industry which will benefit all across the North East Region.

An inaugural programme will be held at Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong at 10:30 AM on March 10, 2023, under the auspices of the North Eastern Council Secretariat in collaboration with AMTRON. Asufii Christian College, Senapati, Manipur will, also, join it. This programme aims at training youths with plus two qualifications.

The project’s primary objective is to train local youth in the identified areas to acquire the best knowledge as per the international standards to get the best employment opportunity in the world design industry. NEC along with AMTRON is focusing on developing the infrastructure for training of youth in Use Case technologies deployments like 3D Printing and 5G at Shillong and Senapati districts in Manipur to allow optimal use.

The duration of the Course will be Six Month Certificate in Graphic Designing and Animation and the courses are NSQF-4 compliant. A total of 96 students will be benefited from this course (48 Students per location).

The infra so developed shall be used for training of use case deployment for technologies like 3D printing, 5G at both premises to allow optimal use. AMTRON is already in touch with ALIMCO Officials for using these animation labs for using students at these Labs for the digital designing of brochures or publicity materials in Local North Eastern

Languages against payment of stipend to students, using students at these Labs for digital designing of training or instructional videos, 3D Animations in Local North Eastern Languages against payment of stipend to students and holding workshops/training programs (evenings) for the needs of ALIMCO.

From shop keeping to becoming a knitting entrepreneur- The story of Malpleasha Mylliemngap

Shillong | March 8, 2023
Malpleasha Mylliemngap, is a mother of 5 who hails from Laitkroh, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Prior to taking up knitting garments as a full fledged business activity, her main source of livelihood was through shop keeping. Knitting was only a hobby before she took it up as a livelihood activity.
It was on days when her shopkeeping business was very low that she started knitting boots for babies through which she received many other orders because of the unique designs and quality products. Soon after, she also got orders for knitted scarves and shawls. Through her undivided commitment and perseverance, more orders came in for knitted caps, socks, purses, hoodies and dresses. She extensively relied on YouTube tutorials to learn different techniques and designs.
She also started a knitting class at the cost of five hundred rupees (₹500/-) per person where she provides training to the youth not only to upskill them but for employment generation. She has created a name for herself in her village and her daughter who is also a nurse makes time amidst her busy schedule to learn her mother’s craft.
Malpleasha wishes to expand her business and be able to be completely depend on it for her daily sustenance. As the knitting process is a tedious one that requires a lot of time and patience along with skills, it was a challenge for her to complete all orders on time because she did not have additional skilled manpower to help her. She also struggles with the lack of readily available and cheaper wool. The wool that she uses is bought from Shillong which is approximately 25km from her village.
Her enthusiasm for knitting led her to get identified under the PRIME Sauramandala Rural Entrepreneurship Programme (PSREF), a project under PRIME Meghalaya. Now she also hopes to come up with an official brand name for her products and also be financially able to purchase machines to produce uniform products. She was able to make the most use of support provided to her as part of the PRIME programme that helped her realize her potential.
This article has been featured in collaboration with PRIME Entrepreneurship Meghalaya. To know more about PRIME, visit: https://www.primemeghalaya.com/