Overview

• Chief Minister handed appointment letters to 11 youths, honoured 15 ‘Youth Icons’ and flagged off five “Skill Chariots” at the July 16 finale
• UP Skill Development Mission signed MoUs with industry and academic partners to accelerate placements and modernise training
• The digital empowerment drive has reached 50 lakh beneficiaries with smartphones and tablets and upgraded 150 government ITIs in collaboration with Tata Technologies Panel discussions featuring CEOs and HR heads outlined in-demand skills and highlighted gaps across fields from AI and IoT to handicrafts
• District-level job fairs held July 12–14 attracted employers for direct recruitment, feeding trained candidates into the state-level fair