Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will honor 400 successful

youth trained under Skill Development Mission and ITI

'This event is celebration of skills and self-reliance of youth':

Kapil Dev Agarwal

Lucknow, 14 July (HS): A high-level review meeting was held

under the chairmanship of Kapil Dev Agarwal, Minister of State (Independent

Charge) for the Department of Vocational Education, Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship, at the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat on Tuesday regarding the

preparations for the programme Skill to Self-Reliance, Self-Reliance to

Respect to be organised on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day on July

15, 2026.

During the meeting, Minister Kapil Dev Agrawal, while

reviewing all the program's arrangements in detail, directed the officials to

ensure that every arrangement for the event is timely, well-organized, and

dignified. He said that this World Youth Skills Day celebration is a

celebration of the skills, talent, and self-reliance of the state's youth.

Negligence at any level will not be tolerated, and every department should

ensure the discharge of its responsibilities with mutual coordination.

Minister Agarwal said that under the leadership of Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh government is making skill

development an effective means of youth empowerment. Continuous work is being

done to make millions of youth in the state self-reliant by connecting them

with training, employment, and self-employment.

It is noteworthy that in this program, organized on the

occasion of World Youth Skills Day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will honor

400 successful youth who have become self-reliant through employment and

entrepreneurship after receiving training from the Uttar Pradesh Skill

Development Mission and State Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). This

program will inspire the state's youth to move forward in the direction of

skill, innovation, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance.

Principal Secretary, Department of Vocational Education,

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Hariom, Director of Training and

Employment Abhishek Singh, Mission Director of Uttar Pradesh Skill Development

Mission Pulkit Khare and senior officers of the department were present in the

meeting.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi