On Monday, July 11, The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government announced a new pilot project in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) aimed at generating employment opportunities for students of the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU). The pilot project will be conducted at the Ambedkar DSEU Shakarpur I campus and will commence on 20 July 2022.
The government issued a statement confirming the launch of these ‘Career Awareness Sessions’. “Skill Varsity of Delhi joins hands with YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India) at UNICEF to enable access to employment opportunities, assist students in becoming job-ready as well as listen to and amplify the voices of young people,” the statement read.
This Delhi Govt-UNICEF-DSEU partnership aims to prepare, upskill, and train students to become ‘industry-ready’. Alongside this, they have also launched the ‘YuWaah Step Up’ initiative with the tagline ‘Bano job ready’. This is a six-month project launched by Flywheel Digital, for DSEU students as well as other job aspirants within Delhi, aimed at enhancing young job-seekers access to new-age job portals.