Associate Professor, School of Management, Ansal Institute of Technology & Management, Sushant Golf City, Shaheed Path, Lucknow
Online published on 22 June, 2018.
Making smart cities perhaps seems synonym to growth for government now. In India, the concept of Smartness entails sustained economic development of city with development not only in infrastructure but also in amenities and increased employment opportunities. While planning for sustainable development of the cities, we should also take into account the factors of education and skill development. Thus emphasis is on skill development. Formal or organized sector needs only handholding in this but maximum skill challenges have been registered among the informal or unorganized sector. Though National Skill Development Mission launched in the Eleventh Plan has brought about a paradigm shift in handling skill development programmes; still it is not been able to penetrate deep down to grass roots. In order to transform our cities into smart cities and achieve vision of smart urbanization, educating and skilling the villagers is utmost required. Concurrently, vocational education and skill development efforts are needed to make our villages smart, so as to make our cities smarter.
