MOT focus on soft skills

G Kishan Reddy, MOT, Culture and DoNER, distributes skill training certificates to taxi, cab and coach drivers; says training them before G-20 summit will act as a milestone in development of Indian tourism.

Nisha Verma

G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER, recently distributed skill training certificates to taxi, cab and coach drivers under a Tourism Awareness Programme (TAP), conducted under the Capacity Building for Service Provider programme of the ministry. The training on behavioural and soft skills with one basic foreign language viz. French and German and Arabic was provided by the Ashok Institute of Hospitality & Tourism Management-AIH&TM, run by the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). G Kamala Vardhana Rao, Managing Director, ITDC, was also present on the occasion. A total of 299 candidates attended the training, out of them 165 were males and 134 females.

Speaking on the occasion, Reddy said, “India is presiding over the G-20 summit for the next one year from 1st December 2022. Emerging economies of the world are participating in this summit. More than 200 meetings will be held in more than 55 different places during this summit. People of the world are eager to see India, they are not just tourists for us, but also influencers of India. I think this training programme before the G-20 summit will act as a milestone in the development of Indian tourism.” The training programme was inaugurated by Dr. Sambit Patra, Chairman, ITDC, on 18 June 2022 in New Delhi.