<p>The Karnataka government has constituted a Skill and Entrepreneurship Task Force for career guidance, training, and enhancement of employment with a roadmap for the creation of 1 crore entrepreneurship opportunities.</p>.<p>The task force has members drawn from both private and public sectors to drive collaborations and to create development models, a government order said. </p>.<p>The broad objectives of the task force are: equipping the youth with digital skills and relevant 21st-century skills with entrepreneurial mindsets, preparing the next generation for the future of work, which is digitally and entrepreneurial-based models with career counselling and internship/experiential mode.</p>.<p>Aligning market opportunities in digital services, agriculture/agri-tech and various local job-creating verticals like handloom/ handicrafts, manufacturing, tourism, retail/ecommerce and logistics, the government order said.</p>.<p>During a meeting held by Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan on March 8 and 9, it was decided to constitute a multi-stakeholder task force with members from the social/private sector/state government to drive collaboration and to create models.<br /> <br />It further added that the task force will draw a roadmap for local job creation and a nurturing entrepreneurial ecosystem at the district level so that these growth opportunities are spread equitably across the state.</p>.<p>The task force is expected to come out with an initial action plan by the end of July.</p>.<p>The 23-member task force is headed by the Secretary to Government, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Department. Commissioner, Collegiate & Technical Education is the Convenor and Madan Padaki, Co-founder & CEO, 1Bridge is the Co-Convenor.</p>.<p>There are five subgroups and each of them will publish a work-plan with action items and milestones for 12 months. The task force will be in force for a period of one year and can be extended if required, the government order added.</p>
<p>The Karnataka government has constituted a Skill and Entrepreneurship Task Force for career guidance, training, and enhancement of employment with a roadmap for the creation of 1 crore entrepreneurship opportunities.</p>.<p>The task force has members drawn from both private and public sectors to drive collaborations and to create development models, a government order said. </p>.<p>The broad objectives of the task force are: equipping the youth with digital skills and relevant 21st-century skills with entrepreneurial mindsets, preparing the next generation for the future of work, which is digitally and entrepreneurial-based models with career counselling and internship/experiential mode.</p>.<p>Aligning market opportunities in digital services, agriculture/agri-tech and various local job-creating verticals like handloom/ handicrafts, manufacturing, tourism, retail/ecommerce and logistics, the government order said.</p>.<p>During a meeting held by Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan on March 8 and 9, it was decided to constitute a multi-stakeholder task force with members from the social/private sector/state government to drive collaboration and to create models.<br /> <br />It further added that the task force will draw a roadmap for local job creation and a nurturing entrepreneurial ecosystem at the district level so that these growth opportunities are spread equitably across the state.</p>.<p>The task force is expected to come out with an initial action plan by the end of July.</p>.<p>The 23-member task force is headed by the Secretary to Government, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Department. Commissioner, Collegiate & Technical Education is the Convenor and Madan Padaki, Co-founder & CEO, 1Bridge is the Co-Convenor.</p>.<p>There are five subgroups and each of them will publish a work-plan with action items and milestones for 12 months. The task force will be in force for a period of one year and can be extended if required, the government order added.</p>
