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PSDM inks MoU with Microsoft to inculcate skills to 10k youth in Punjab

Chandigarh, June 21 (UNI) The Punjab Skill Development Mission (PSDM) has signed an MoU with Microsoft to provide essential skills to at least 10,000 youth of Punjab in a year, aiming to provide employment opportunities according to global needs, as desired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.
The MoU was signed by Director PSDM Amrit Singh and Country Head Education, Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. Sanjay Dhingra here on Friday.
Congratulating the whole department for achieving another milestone, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Aman Arora said that this collaboration will pave a way to inculcate skills to 10,000 youth in Punjab with essential digital productivity skills, employability skills, English communication skills, entrepreneurship skills, and technology skills, including cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), cyber security and sustainability. The department has not been leaving any stone unturned to facilitate employment opportunities to the youth of Punjab, he reiterated.
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