Event 2 : Attended virtually the First Task Committee Meeting

Attended virtually the First Task Committee Meeting Eastern Region of Healthcare Sector Skill Council (Autonomous Council under NSDC, Government of India) as a committee member of the Task Force formed for the Advocacy in Planning, Execution and Modification of both existing and newly coming different health care courses under the HSSC.

Apart from me, those who were attend the meeting:

• Dr. Pinaki Dutta, Academic Registrar, AMRI, Committee Member

• Dr. Soumen Mukherjee, Dean, Healthcare, The Neotia University

• Mr. Promit Das, Charnock Hospital

• Ms. Anshu Verma, AGM, HSSC

• Mr. Swarup Goswami, Coordinator, Eastern Region, HSSC

● Points discussed in the First Task Force Committee Meeting:

1. Implementation of MoU signed with AMRI Hospital, Charnock Hospital, The Neotia University, Neotia Skill Development Academy, Edumed Infotech and others.

2. Identify new program for CEP.

3. Awareness workshop about skills competition among hospitals, nursing colleges.

4. Awareness workshop in the other region of east.

5. Formation of Subcommittee under the Task Force by the representative from each state of the eastern and north eastern region to execute the different courses of HSSC more widely in this region

6. Involving more number of NGOs to engage more number of youth for such training.

I have tried my best to raise some important practical pertinent issues related to the health care especially to address the Community and Geriatric healthcare sector and to penetrate peripheral region more to engage more number of unemployed youth.