Bhubaneswar, Sept. 5 -- Former union Education Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said Sambalpur district would be developed as a "skill laboratory", with rural youth being equipped with job-oriented skills and villages producing a new generation of content creators.
On the occasion of Teachers' Day, Pradhan launched two new-age courses - "Self-Healthcare and Wellness" for youth and "AI Tools for Collaborative Learning" aimed at strengthening teachers' digital and technological capabilities - at the Odisha State Open University (OSOU) campus in Sambalpur.
He also laid the foundation stone for the RISE (Residential Internship and Skill Hub for Industry) building at the OSOU campus.
Addressing the gathering, Pradhan sai...