Mokokchung, January 14 (MTNews): The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the Digital India Startup Hub through the Software Technology Parks of India shall set up India’s first Centre of Excellence in Online Gaming in Shillong by March 2023.

 

The Centre of Excellence in Shillong is expected to catalyze startups and entrepreneurs from the entire North East Region to build the Next Gen Online Gaming ecosystem.

 

“It is the vision of PM Narendra Modi that the next wave of startups and entrepreneurs must come from Shillong, Kohima and other parts of North East India,” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar while interacting with journalists at a press conference in Shillong.

 

“Imparting Digital Skills to the youth in North East Region to enable them to grab opportunities of jobs and entrepreneurship in the fast-expanding Digital economy is an article of faith for Narendra Modi Government,” the Minister continued.

 

The Minister also announced another initiative of MeitY which is to set up a state-of-the-art facility under the National Institute of Electronics and IT (NIELIT) to provide training on cutting edge Digital Skills at Shillong.

 

“A 10-acre campus shall soon be ready for this purpose which shall cater to the skilling requirement of youth in the NorthEast Region,” he said.

 

“As far as other states in the NorthEast Region are concerned; the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship under PMKVY 4.0 has set a target to skill around 60,000 youth in Tripura and 35,000 in Nagaland across a spectrum of approved courses,” he added.

 

The Minister was on a 2-day official visit to Meghalaya and will return to Delhi Friday night.

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