Srinagar: Wizkid Consultancy & Financial Services Pvt Ltd organized a Skill Development program in collaboration with Gandhi Memorial College Entitled, Intern Felicitation Cum Awareness Program on “Skill Development”, “Bridging the gap between Academics & The corporate world- Solutions & way forward”
Talat Parvez Rohella Commissioner Secretary Higher Education Department J&K was the chief guest on the occasion and welcomed the local corporates for taking keen interest in skill development and providing job opportunities for the students studying in various degree colleges of J&K.
Rohella also mentioned that If each graduate will be blessed with polished skills, unemployment rate will be automatically decreased which is the need of the hour in the present competitive environment. Commissioner Secretary Higher Education Department J&K, bestowed students with his valuable thoughts. He also congratulated Wizkid Consultancy & Financial Services for organizing the event and ensured every possible support from the administration.
Prof Tariq Ashai President College Teachers Association who was the guest of honor on the occasion appreciated the efforts of the higher education department for laying a strong foundation in devising job and skill oriented courses in the institutes of higher learning and impressed on the teachers to adopt new information and communication tools in their teaching methodology.
The discussion was further taken by Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, Director Wizkid Consultancy and Financial services PVT LTD. He discussed the aims and objective of training and pruning students in Accounting, finance and taxation. He further discussed pruning key practice/ operations in modifying the traditional classroom curriculum for commerce students. “In this era, a student needs to be extra skilled to resist the corporate competition. In your respective classrooms, you will well be exposed to the theoretical world but the truth is corporate demands practical knowledge, he added. I want every pass out to be a job provider rather than a seeker and this is only possible once you will polish your skills. He also mentioned that all the interns who had trained in his organization were provided job offers from the company. Moreover, Mushtaq highlighted the fact that in today’s time there are hundreds of vacancies of accountants in J&K but the right skilled manpower is not available, So its high time to upskill students for grabbing such opportunities.
Prof. (Dr) Manzoor Ahamad Lone, Principal Gandhi Memorial College, welcomed the renowned guests and participants and appraised them for sparing their valuable time for the event. He highlighted the achievements of the college in his brief presentation.