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IV) Current focus areas of the society
A lot of the current areas of focus for JSDMS are basis the positive interventions and their outcomes that emerged over
the last couple of years. Such interventions encompassed the entire sphere of our operations, be it placements, driving
industry connect, improving curricula or ensuring employability through the courses selected. Following are few of the
key interventions that delivered excellent results, as well as other aspects that are crucial towards improving the
ecosystem of skilling.
Driving mass recruitments through Campus Placement Drives: One of the key pillars in reaching the huge milestone of
100000 job offers during the recently held Global skill Summit has undoubtedly been the Campus Placement Drives and
Mega Placement Drives that have been vigorously taken up over the whole of last year. These CPDs have been
instrumental in acting as one of the strongest advertising and marketing of Jharkhand’s skilling ecosystem to employers,
as the latter are exposed to the real skill and know-how that the trained youth of the state possess. Over 150+ such CPDs
had taken place and we hope this important practice of facilitating candidate-employer interface gains strength in coming
years. The efforts were reflected in the high pedigree of employers that our sustained outreach has achieved, such as Dish
TV, BBQ Nation, Siesta Hospitality, Vardhaman, Welspun, Nahar, Cotton Blossom, Maruti India JBM and Aegis amongst
many other reputed names.
Another key focal area is the opening up of more number of Mega Centres, as these centres are driven by the Hon’ble
Prime Minister’s vision of Skill Training based on SCALE, SPEED AND STANDARD. 22 such aspirational and well equipped
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Kaushal Kendra centres are in operation today, and they collectively boast of an impressive
placement record of over 80%. We at JSDMS are hopeful that more of these centres will gives us coverage across the state
and provide state of the art training facilities to our youth.
One intervention that we felt will go a long way in building quality network with industry is through conducting larger
numbers of Industry Roadshows: The trend of hosting Industry linkages through roadshows that started last year was a
huge success for us. We hope and aim to carry forward the momentum generated as each of the 3 roadshows resulted in
quality industry connects. For instance, the Industry roadshow in Bangalore was conducted on 1st December 2018,
where some of the prominent organizations we interacted with were Wipro, Cotton Blossom, Hero Cycle, Schneider
Electric etc. 2-MoUs were signed with Industree Crafts Foundation, Connect India Foundation. Similarly in Delhi, we
forged strategic ties with Kemppi, Maruti Suzuki, Siesta Hospitality Services Limited, etc. 2-MoUs were signed with
Wadhwani Foundation, Footwear Development Institute. Finally, speaking of the UAE roadshow, which was the first by
any state CM after more than a decade, a number of leading UAE based industry heads were reached out.

Prominent amongst corporates were the Emirates Driving Institute, Conares Key Areas of Focus
Group, Al Safah Group, HR International and others. The discussions led to a Ÿ Focusing on campus placement
lot of insight sharing between possible investments in the state as well as drives
workforce exchange. Ÿ Opening of DDU-KK or mega
In addition, there are several interventions at various stages of development centres; enlisting help from local
in the state, and JSDMS as the nodal skilling body is anchoring many of these administration
interventions. Some of the noteworthy interventions being taken up are Ÿ Hosting more industry roadshows
Industry Support for providing practical exposure (On-The-Job Training), Ÿ Building stronger industry relevance
Designing of Course Curriculum as per the needs of the industry especially for in courses, introducing naps,
the MSME sector, Adoption of the skilling ecosystem by the industry through allowing industry to suggest on
infra sharing, knowledge partnership (industry expert to be nominated as curricula
guest faculty, exposure to shop floors, monitoring of training parameters
etc.), Introduction of NAPS (National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme)
Scheme in the local industry, Providing flexibility to industries for improving
the training modules, Engaging employers in skills development and
utilisation at the local level, Develop Work-based Learning System and
enlisting help from district administration to identify suitable infrastructure for
Mega skill centres, etc.
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