Jitendra Singh chairs Executive Council meeting of Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development

The 29^th meeting of the Executive Council of the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), an institution of National Importance of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India was held here today.

The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Jitendra Singh and attended by, among others, Secretary, Youth Affairs Shri Rajiv Gupta, Vice President of the Executive Council, Shri C.R. Kesavan, Prof. Rajeev Gowda, Shri Dulichand Jain and officials of Department of Youth Affairs.

Chairing the meeting, Shri Jitendra Singh noted that RGNIYD, located at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu has been elevated to the status of ‘Institution of National Importance’. To this effect, a bill was introduced in the Parliament on December 21, 2011 and subsequently, RGNIYD Act was notified on August 31, 2012.

The important decisions of the meeting were:

1)      The State of the Art Library to be inaugurated as its construction has been completed.

2)      Innovative M A programme on Development Practice to be introduced.

3)      Degree / Diploma programmes shall be offered through Distance Education mode for volunteers engaged under National Youth Corps (NYC) Scheme and NSS volunteers.

4)      RGNIYD in collaboration with Ministry of Labour and Employment, Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) will offer vocational training to the volunteers of National Service Scheme (NSS).

5)      29 vacant posts will be filled on priority basis and another 20 new positions will be created at different levels to augment the functioning of RGNIYD.

6)      RGNIYD will develop revised Youth Development Index for the country.