The Assam Skill University is being setup under External Aid Project (EAP) funded by Asian Development Bank. The Department of Economics Affairs, GoI has approved the financial assistance of $112 Million to ADB on 14th November 2019. The value of Project will be $140 Million (approx. Rs. 1,000 Cr) including the state share of 20%. Assam Skill University Act-2020 has already been passed by the Assam Legislative Assembly in September 2020 and the university has started its initial activities from guwahati office situated at DECT, Rehabari, Guwahati. The state government has already allotted 250 bighas land in Mangaldai ( Darrang District ) for the Skill University, located about 74 kilometers east of Guwahati, and falling within 25 kilometers of National Highway 27 connecting Guwahati with other major cities in Assam.
Evolution of human history is marked with several significant breakthroughs. Skilling of human hand is one such sacred phases of human growth and development. The human hand with its long dexterous fingers and opposable thumb gives it flexibility and ability to create wonder.
India has the youngest population in the world and to equip this young demography with scientific and technological knowhow and to involve them in gainful employment, it is essential that we skill our youth adequately. Though we have the best-in-class educational institutions, skilling has remained an uncharted territory. Thus, we endeavour to develop a healthy skill education for product development and service delivery. It is with this vision and mission; we started Assam Skill University at Mangaldai to transform our youth into highly productive resources required by the industries for the industrial and economic growth of the state.
One of the most important attributes to make our young population productive is to make them skilled. Vocational or the skill education is the most common way to achieve it. In some of the developed nations like, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland etc., around 40% of the youths opt for vocational education (ITI level), around 30% goes for Polytechnique level technical skill training and the rest 30% goes for general higher education after class 10th standard. Thus, there is availability of skilled manpower with very high level of employment opportunities. This also results in maintaining a balance between supply and demand of the general higher education graduates. However, In India, it is observed that bulk of students go for general higher education rather than vocational or skill training.
The Assam Skill University is being setup under External Aid Project (EAP) funded Asian Development Bank.
The project will assist the Government of Assam in strengthening its skills education and training system to ensure decent employment for all and accelerate sustainable.
A team of high-level delegation from Government of Bangladesh has visited Assam Skill University on a knowledge/experience sharing program led by Asian Development Bank and welcomed by Shri B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS Principal Secretary, SEED along with Shri Subhash Chandra Das, IAS (Retd.), Vice-Chancellor of Assam Skill University, Shri Ankur Jain, IPS, MD, Assam Skill Development Mission on 1st December 2022.
The auspicious ceremony of “Bhoomi Pujan” of the Assam Skill University Campus at Mangaldai is being performed by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma in presence of Shri Jayanta Mallabaruah, Hon’ble Minister of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Govt of Assam, Shri Dilip Saikia, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Managldai and host of other dignitaries from across various walks of life on 6th November 2022.
On 26th August 2022, Hon’ble Minister of Skill Employment and Entrepreneurship Department Shri Jayanta Mallabaruah, visited the Assam Skill University site at Mangaldai and reviewed the progress of the project in presence of Shri B.Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS Principal Secretary, SEED , Shri Subhash Chandra Das, IAS ( Retd.), Vice-Chancellor of Assam Skill University, Shri Ankur Jain, IPS, MD, Assam Skill Development Mission, Deputy Commissioner-Darrang and other government officials.
