Srinagar: As part of its 1000 Leaders program, J&K Skill Development Mission and BRIDGE Institute, Friday organised a day-long “Executive Leadership Online Programme” focussed on capacity building of Education and Skill Development officers of J&K.
Principal Secretary to the Government, Education and Skill Development Department Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon and Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Higher Education Department Talat Parvez Rohella launched the program in presence of Director, Skill Development Department, Director, School Education Department, Kashmir, Mission Director, J&K Skill Development Mission and other senior officers of Education and Skill Development Department.
While stressing upon the officers to take full advantage of this program, Principal Secretary to the Government, Education and Skill Development Department Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon said, “This program is being conducted with the aim to remove the bottlenecks which we are facing while implementing our programs in the field of education and skill development. The purpose of the training is to bring out the best in the participants, to streamline things, taking people along with you, creating visionary leadership & developing team building and management skills.”
While appreciating the program, Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Higher Education Department Talat Parvez Rohella said, “We are facing new challenges in our daily work and this program is an opportunity to gain exposure to new leadership and management practices being implemented across the world. We need to look out for such opportunities and get the maximum out of it.”
Participants of the program which included Chief Education Officers of School Education Department, J&K, Principals of Government Polytechnic Colleges and other senior officers of Education and Skill Development Department were trained on enhancement of leadership and management skills which will equip the officers in tackling new challenges and situations faced while implementing public welfare programs.
Simon Mackenzie and Shashi Kumar Velath, Directors of BRIDGE Institute coordinated the program with focus on decision making, team building, transparency, resourcefulness, resilience and strategic thinking.
“It is our pleasure to associate with J&K Skill Development Mission (JKSDM) in their endeavour to provide capacity building trainings to the government officers and today’s training is a part of that collaboration of building capacity of human resource,” said Simon Mackenzie, Director, BRIDGE Institute.
“The program was quite informative and provided insight about the latest developments in leadership and management skills. Such programs should be held regularly, and post- pandemic, offline components must be added to such training,” said Ms. Shaista Shamim, Principal Government Polytechnic College, Budgam.
It is pertinent to mention that JKSDM has been regularly organising leadership and management programs such as Executive Education and Leadership Fellowship program, International Skilling and Upskilling program for Startups and International Industry Collaboration Summit to build leadership and management capacities of government officers, young entrepreneurs and students.

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