Speech of Chief General Manager,

NABARD, Regional Office, Chennai

PRESIDENT

R.Shankar Narayan

PRESIDENT

Chief General Manager

NABARD, TN, Regional Office, Chennai

The Rural Training Centre (RTC), Amaravathipudur, Karaikudi, jointly promoted bythreeBanksviz., NABARD, Indian Overseas Bank and Indian Bank has been a pioneer in skill development and itis in the 19thyear of its establishment .

Since its inception in July 2005, RTC has conducted 648 training programs, imparting skill and knowledge to 16268 rural youth and ensuring sustainable livelihoods as on 31 March 2023. 55 training programs covering 977candidates was successfully completedintheyear2022-23.

likepaint and coats for corrosion and protection, Decorative painters, Marine Painters and Cathodic protection and pipeline corrosion etc., were introducedovertheyears.

College in Devakottai for providing skill development training for the students of the college.Further, RTC has been providing the credit linkage through banks for interested trainees those who are trained.

I commend the staff of RTC Karaikudi, Senior Bank Executives on the Board ofGoverningCouncil,SponsorBanks,GovernmentDepartments, Resource Persons andwish thatRTC will continutba training hub par-excellence.

I wish that the ensuing years will turn out to be a milestone year in the history of RTC, for setting benchmark in terms of entrepreneurship development programs, pedagogy and settlement rates. Needless to say, skill development training programs can play a catalytic role in up scaling term lending and therefore needs to be persuaded in all seriousness by the Rural Training Centre.