The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry co-organized a CXO Meet along with the Department of Technical Education, Training & Skill Development (TET&SD), Government of West Bengal on Friday, 29th June 2018 in the Chamber premises.

Recognizing the importance of placement in the ongoing skill development schemes and in order to maximize the employability of the trained candidates, PBSSD along with Bengal Chamber organized the CXO meet which gave a platform where the Industry stalwarts, who understand the Industry demand and the Training providers, who understand the supply challenges and skill availability, came together to discuss ways and means of ensuring that the skilling initiatives made by Government of West Bengal becomes successful.

The meet had the presence of the Hon’ble Minister Shri Purnendu Basu, Department of Technical Education, Training & Skill Development (TET&SD), Government of West Bengal, Smt. Roshni Sen, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Technical Education, Training and Skill Development, Government of West Bengal, Shri Rajesh Agrawal, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India took part along with Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta, Past President, The Bengal Chamber, Mr.Debkumar Basu , Chairperson – Manufacturing & MSME Committee , The Bengal Chamber & Director – Zetadel Technologies Private Limited, Mr Deepak Nagar, Associate General Manager Appliances Services East-Godrej Appliances, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Mr. Ashok Mukherjee, CEO & Managing Director, Sonodyne International, and Mr.VarunBagla , Director – Saltee Group as Panellists.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), Industry Demand and Challenges faced in providing placement opportunities and the Challenges faced in providing placement opportunities to the trainees under Utkarsh Bangla were some of the key areas of discussion. The meet was well attended by more than 80 CXO’s, HR Heads, Regional Heads and senior representatives from the corporates.