Vijayawada, Sept 30 (KNN) With an aim to provide skill training to the unemployed and regular students and to provide better employment opportunities, two skill hubs were inaugurated in Dhone and Vijayawada ITI in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.

Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath, APSSDC Managing Director and CEO S Satyanarayana and Executive Director (Operations) MKV Srinivasulu inaugurated the skill hub at Dhone in Nandyala district.

The skill hub at the government ITI was inaugurated by Advisor to Government (Skills Development & Training) Challa Madhusudan Reddy, AP Skill Development Corporation Chairman Konduru Ajay Reddy and YSRCP leader Devineni Avinash.

While addressing the ceremony, Madhusudhan Reddy said that as per the vision of Chief Minister, skill hubs are being established in all Assembly constituencies. It was planned to launch 66 skill hubs in first phase and 111 skill hubs in phase II in Government ITIs, Polytechnic and Degree Colleges across the State.

As part of this, the government ITIs, Polytechnic and Degree Colleges have been identified and renovated with infrastructure and equipment suiting to the needs of skill trainings.

The State government plans to establish one skill hub for each Assembly constituency, one skill college for each parliamentary constituency and two skill universities with the aim to provide employment to the unemployed youth of AP.  (KNN Bureau)