5.1.5

2018-19 Skill Development Programme, NUSSD, TISS

NUSSD – INTRODUCTION

“The Government of India, through various initiatives such as Make in India, Digital India, Smart cities, Start-up India is

working to make India a Global economic powerhouse. Skill Development is an essential catalyst for the success of each of

these initiatives.” – CII

The employability of India’s university graduates continues to remain weak even while there is an

acute shortage of skilled human power in an increasing number of high demand sectors.

Unfortunately, though the youth have educational degrees, they lack the skills and the experience to

get employed. The TISS believes the employability gap between the country’s graduates and the

demand by industry needed to be urgently addressed and thus, in 2013 its flagship skill

enhancement programme, the National University Students’ Skill Development (NUSSD) Programme

was launched along with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India (GoI), and

the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA).

The NUSSD is aligned to the SDGs set by the United Nations and finds its mandate particularly

interlinked to the fulfilment of SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic

Growth) directly, and many other goals indirectly as well. The NUSSD embeds itself within colleges,

especially those that service low-income communities, and provides job readiness and domain skill

training to the students, thereby allowing them to graduate with a degree and a diploma in a job-

relevant course. In recognition of the efforts and impact, the United Nations (UN) Steering

Committee on Children and Youth recognised the NUSSD Programme as a “Skill Development Best

Practice” in the country.

After a successful Pilot, the Programme has rapidly expanded to being implemented in 5 states and

more than 120 colleges today. The Programme currently covers over 20,000 students and has been

successful in providing them with the right skills required for gainful employment.

The HDFC Bank has been supporting the NUSSD programme in the State of Chhattisgarh since

September 2015. This round of implementation which commenced in December 2017 has been

received very well by the students, colleges and other stakeholders. There has been a marked

improvement in the programme outcomes as may be seen in the report below. The programme

stands on a solid foundation for further expansion in the State of Chhattisgarh and to other states

including the neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

SOME UNIQUE FEATURES OF NUSSD

NUSSD – BILASA GIRL’S PG COLLEGE

NUSSD started enrolments in Bilasa Girls PG College for Foundation Course i.e. Certificate in

Management & Soft Skills in the month of January 2018. Student showed interest towards program

and we were able to enrol 120 students out of which all students have successfully completed the

course and were certified in AY 17 – 18.

In AY 18-19 enrolment process started in the month of August 2018 for and due to the

overwhelming response from the students we were able to enrol 226 of them for the Foundation

Course in which 193 students successfully completed their course and were certified.

A total of 32 students came from final year. Since April 2019 onwards we started our placements

drive in different colleges where different companies had participated namely SBI Cards, Just Dial,

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, AXIS Bank, AU Small Finance Bank, VFS, Eureka Forbes and IANT. Out of

these 32 final year students 25 were offered jobs from different companies.

NUSSD COURSES

The NUSSD Courses are designed in a modular, interlinked and interactive manner cumulatively

building knowledge, skills, and competencies. All courses are based on a credit-based system

with more emphasis on practical and fieldwork.

FOUNDATION COURSE

Students who complete the NUSSD programme gain competency in following courses developed by premier institutions and will be awarded “Certificate in Management and Soft Skills”

Motivating Youth for Skill Building (TISS) English Communication (EFLU, Hyderabad)

Youth Leadership &People Skills (TISS) Digital literacy (TIFR, Mumbai) Financial Literacy (Bombay Stock Exchange) Legal Literacy (NLU Odisha) Working with Communities (Social Work School, TISS)

DOMAIN COURSES

Student can choose any one of the domain specific diploma courses from the following lists:

Banking and Financial Service Management

E commerce and Digital Marketing

Healthcare – Hospital Service Management, Physician Assistant

Hospitality – Travel and Tourism

Sustainable Agriculture –Market Linkages, Animal Husbandry and Agri-allied activities

Retail Management – Logistics& Supply Chain

KEY FEATURES

Revised and updated curriculum designed in consultation with premier institutions and industry experts to bring both practical and academic components

Unique pedagogy and different classroom environment that promotes participatory and practical learning

Students are awarded with foundation and domain-specific Certificates and Diploma from TISS and the Domain partner

The United Nations (UN) Steering Committee on Children and Youth has recognized

NUSSD programme among the 'best skill development practices' in the country

2018-19: Social work activities training under WWC Course on NUSSD

Social Work activities training under the module of WWC Course by Bilasa NUSSD Students

TATA institute of social sciences under NUSSD progragrames organizes vocational education and

training programmes in different spheres. A programme was organized with Lions club Bilaspur to

train them in the field to organize social activity. To learn human values and helping deprived by

providing assistance.

2018-19: Campus selection in J K Institute of Engineering Bilaspur, Smart School

Company

In J.K. Institute of Engineering, Bilaspur a Campus Selection Drive has been done

around 30 students from the college have participated in the drive. This Campus

Selection Drive was done by the Smart School Company.

2018-19 On line employment Registration, NCS, Placement and Career Counseling

In the college Online Registration has been organized by the NCS, National Career

Service a mission mode project under the Ministry of Labour with the collaboration

of the Placement Cell and Career & Counseling Cell of the college. About 60 students

have been registered in this venture. Main purpose of this portal is to get the

students acquainted with various jobs all over India.

2018-19 Campus Selection QUESS Company: Branch Relationship Executives

Campus Selection by the QUESS Company has been done and one student has got

selected from the college. QUESS is a leading business services provider and the

largest private-sector employer.

2017-18: MYSY (Mukhymantri Yova Swawalamban Yojna)

For employment of students of Government and Non-technical

Colleges after their evaluations and interviews, to provide

them jobs, a scheme of MYSY was started by the Chief

Minister Youth Self-Reliance under Chhattisgarh government.

This scheme of MYSY was started in the session 2017-2018,

so that the students can learn employment skills along with

their studies. For this, the registration of UG & PG Final year

students was done with an online registration link-

https://www.myamcat.com/chipmysy.am 632 students did

online registration for the this session.

For technical support and other helpline details regarding

examination system, and prescribed syllabus, a link was given

by the administration- chipsmysy@ops.aspiringminds.in Girls

used their mobile numbers and email ids to get the desired

information.

2017-18: Mukhya Mantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojna & AMCAT (MYSY)

Workshop was organized in the college in collaboration with AMCAT To train

students in English Comprehension, Quantitative ability, logical ability, Group

discussion, interview preparation, and computer/ internet literacy. Total 153

students participated in this workshop.

2017-18: Skill Development Programme, Mr. Narendra Singh, NUSSD & TISS

Mr. Narendra Singh from NUSSD, National University of Students’ Skill Development Programme addressing the students.

On 23rd August, 2017 Mr. Narendra Singh from NUSSD, National University of Students’ Skill Development Programme has introduced the students about their Skill Development Programme and the scope of its placement. TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) has taken up the challenge to demonstrate models on skilling people with varying educational qualifications. He also talked about its collaboration with the TISS. 500 Students participated in this programe

2017-18: Skill Development Programme NUSSD TISS and Bilaspur Vishwvidyalaya

TATA institute of social sciences started skill development programme in the campus for our students. In Year 2017-18 this venture with TISS was started. Students gave warm response to this endeavor. 120 students participated in it.

2016-17: MYSY Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavlamban Yojana

For employment of students of Government and Non-

technical Colleges after their evaluations and interviews, to

provide them jobs, a scheme of MYSY was started by the

Chief Minister Youth Self-Reliance under Chhattisgarh

government.

In the session 2016-2017, 534 girls were registered and out

of which 389 girls appeared for the online test, where 143

girls qualified and promoted for interviews in 50 different

companies. 50 girls were hired and also rewarded by the

Chief Minister of the State for their outstanding

performances.

2015-16: Online Registration for Employment, Bilaspur Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur & Ajeem

Premji Foundation

Online Registration for Employment, Bilaspur Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur & Ajeem

Premji Foundation

Bilaspur University, Bilaspur in collaboration with the Ajeem Premji Foundation

organized a Placement Drive. Around 102 students from various departments

have participated in the drive. Sample list is attached

2014-15: Online Registration for Employment by Infosys, C.V.Raman University, Kota

A notice has been circulated among the students of B.Sc. V Semester (Mathematics and

Computer Science), who got above 60% of marks in 10th, 12th, B.Sc. I, II, III & IV

Semesters. Programme was organized to guide students to appear in this drive. They can

go for the Campus Selection Drive, going to be held in C. V. Raman University, Kota, Distt.

Bilaspur. Campus Selection will be done by the Infosys Company. Approximate 300

students participated in this Campus Drive.

2014-15: Online Registration for Employment by Multinational,Rungta College of Engineering &

Technology, Bhilai Companies

Many Multinational Companies like TCS, Infosys, IBM, Accenture,

Wipro, Tech Mahindra, SAP, IGATE, Zensar Teachnology and Genpact came for

Campus Selection in Rungta College of Technology, Bhilai. About 300 Final year’s

students have particapated in the Campus Derive.

2014-15 Workshop on Oil & Gas Conservation

On 30th January, 2016 an awareness programme on HP gas Precaution and Utility has been organized in the Girl’s Common Room of the college. Vinita Manchanda and her group delivered a speech on the topic and made all the students presented in the programme aware of it.

2014-15: Handloom Training

A workshop was organized to encourage students to learn handicraft and acquire

skill. Experts from Rajasthan gave demonstration and training to students to learn

the skill.

2014-15: Secrets of Success & Personality Development

On 20th September, 2015 a Counselling Lecture has been organized in the

college. The lecture has effectively been delivered by Mr. Srinivasan, Retired

Captain, Indian Air Force. The topic was “Safalata ka Rahasya” (Secret of Success).

In the programme, Mr. Srinavasan talked about how to get success in the

examination as well as various competitive examinations without facing any

stress. About 120 students participated and benefitted by the programme.