Industry-led skilling programmes can transform lives and create opportunities, says Nirmala Sitharaman

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M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Head, InCent-LGD, IIT-Madras (left) and Debasish Biswas, CEO, Indian Institute of Gems and Jewellery, speech a memorandum of knowing to launch a specialised certification programme successful lab-grown diamond technologies astatine IIGJ-Udupi successful the beingness of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, successful Udupi connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: UMESH S. SHETTIGAR

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman connected Tuesday, said the Indian Institute of Gems and Jewellery (IIGJ)-Udupi stands arsenic a beardown illustration of however industry-led skilling programme tin alteration lives and make opportunities for younker crossed confederate India.

Speaking aft unveiling IIGJ-Udupi arsenic a caller centre of excellence astatine Udupi, Ms. Sitharaman said the institute is empowering students from Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and beyond with employable skills, entrepreneurial opportunities and pathways to prosperity. The juncture comes astatine a clip erstwhile the jewellery making assemblage successful India is rapidly expanding, portion determination is beardown request for Indian jewellery successful West Asia, the United States of America and different countries.

Published - April 28, 2026 08:18 p.m. IST

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