Search 
 
 
  Archives
CHILDREN'S
SECTION

 
 

TERRAGREEN SUBSCRIPTION (Print + online) / (online)

Title Cover Price You Pay
Rs (₹) USD ($) Rs (₹) USD ($)
NOV 2022
Special Feature
Skills to Stay: Social Processes in Agricultural Skill Acquisition

The Government of India launched broad reforms under the Skill India Mission in 2015 to train 400 million Indians by 2022. However, little is known about the social processes of skill acquisition, especially within the agricultural sector in rural India. In 2020–2021, Prof. Nitya Rao, co-led a study with Dr Soundarya Iyer, which was published recently in the journal Third World Quarterly. They conducted work-life course interviews with men and women between the ages of 18–65 in a village in southern Karnataka to better understand the informal and non-formal processes of skill acquisition in agriculture and allied activities. Their study shows that formal skilling opportunities are geared towards leaving agriculture, and the next generation of agriculturists depend on informal and non-formal mechanisms which are filtered through the intersecting identities of gender, generation, caste, and class, and are central in shaping farming futures.   

.... read more

 


Login
 

Username 

Password  

 

OR

For the complete story subscribe to TerraGreen

TERRAGREEN SUBSCRIPTION (Print + online) / (online)

Title Cover Price You Pay
Rs (₹) USD ($) Rs (₹) USD ($)
   
© TERI 2024
Close

Nominations open for CSP Today India awards 2013


The inaugural CSP Today India awards ceremony takes place on March 12, and CSP developers, EPCs, suppliers and technology providers can now be nominated.

CSP has made tremendous progress since the announcement of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in 2010. With Phase I projects now drawing closer to completion, the first milestone in India's CSP learning curve is drawing closer. CSP Today has chosen the next CSP Today India conference (12-13 March, New Delhi) as the time for the industry to reflect upon its progress and celebrate its first achievements.

At the awards ceremony, industry leaders will be recognized for their achievements in one of 4 categories: CSP India Developer Award, CSP India Engineering Performance Award, CSP India Technology and Supplier Award, and the prestigious CSP India Personality of the Year.

Matt Carr, Global Events Director at CSP Today, said at the opening of nominations that “CSP Today are excited to launch these esteemed awards, which will enhance the reputation of their recipients. I am particularly excited to launch the CSP India Personality of the Year award, a distinguished honor for the industry figure deemed worthy by their peers."

All eyes will be on the CSP Today India 2013 Awards when nomination entry closes on March 4 and the finalists are announced on March 11. The awards are open to all industry stakeholders to nominate until March 4 at
http://www.csptoday.com/india/awards-index.php or by e-mail to awards@csptoday.com

Contact:
Matt Carr
+44 (0) 20 7375 7248
matt@csptoday.com