- The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development &Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, on July 28, 2018 laid the foundation stone for permanent campus of National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) for Women at Mohali, Punjab.
- This is the first NSTI Institute for Punjab and only one of its kind in India which is exclusively for women.
- The Minister also launched a unique Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) which would admit differently abled persons as well, also a first of its kind in India at Mohali. The Institute is presently operating out of temporary campus at Rajpura.
- The NSTI for women and PMKK for differently abled in Mohali are being launched under “Skill India” initiative of the Government of India.
- The scheme of NSTI’s was planned in 2015 and is now being implemented in almost all parts of the country.
- The institute would not only be imparting training in traditional areas for women like beauty care, cosmetology & fashion design but also in cutting edge technologies of various kinds.
- The land for the project has been given by the farmers of village Saneta near Mohali and the cost of the project is Rs.17 crores.
- Shri Dharmendra Pradhan also launched India’s first in-phone guide and mobile application “Go whats That” in Chandigarh on July 28, 2018.
