SHILLONG, Jan 13: Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar has announced that India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Online Gaming will be set up in Shillong by March this year.
Digital India Startup Hub through the Software Technology Parks of India will undertake the project.
Chandrasekhar said the Centre of Excellence in Shillong is expected to catalyse start-ups and entrepreneurs from the Northeast to build a next-generation online gaming ecosystem. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) recently circulated draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 in relation to online gaming for public consultation.
The minister announced another initiative of MeitY to set up a state-of-the-art facility under the National Institute of Electronics and IT for providing training on cutting-edge digital skills in Shillong. A 10-acre campus is in the pipeline, which will cater to the skill requirement of the youths in the Northeast, Chandrasekhar said.
He said the government is re-launching Skill India through PMKVY 4.0, which will train around 50,000 youths in Meghalaya in future-ready skills with industry-backed job opportunities.
As far as other states in the Northeast are concerned, the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship under PMKVY 4.0 has set a target to skill around 60,000 youths in Tripura and 35,000 in Nagaland across a spectrum of approved courses.
