New Delhi, Jan 17 (KNN) Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Kalraj Mishra has inaugurated a Vocational Training and Incubation Centre that would develop skills, technology and products for the development of SMEs at Kigali, Rwanda.

He said that the incubator envisaged transformation of unemployed youth into budding entrepreneurs in just few months’ time. It would also provide an opportunity for first generation entrepreneurs to acquire skills on basic technical trades and gain exposure in all areas of business operation such as business skill development, identification of appropriate technology, hands on experience on 17 working projects and vocational trades, project / product selection, opportunity guidance including commercial aspects of business etc, according to an official release on Friday.

Further, the Vocational Training Centre in Kigali would incubate unemployed youths into budding micro and small entrepreneurs and the Incubation programme would provide on- the-job training to prospective entrepreneurs.

The selection of technologies and trades in the Incubation Centre includes the sectors like food and agro processing, light engineering, vocational trades and other stand-alone small scale manufacturing projects etc. These technologies are easy to run, easy to maintain and easy to source and therefore most appropriate for developing countries like Rwanda.

This effort of the Indian Government, Mishra said, would help significantly in bridging the gap of required skilled work force as well as foster the growth of new enterprises in Rwanda and neighbouring countries. (KNN/ES)