{"id":11144,"date":"2026-03-20T10:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpic.tekzini.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=11144"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:43:58","slug":"meeting-with-skill-development-technical-education-department","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/dpic.tekzini.com\/or\/event\/meeting-with-skill-development-technical-education-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with Skill Development and Technical Education Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11144\" class=\"elementor elementor-11144\" data-elementor-post-type=\"event\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5361e3 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5361e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f9a00 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10f9a00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1746aee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1746aee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meeting with Skill Development and Technical Education Department<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0165c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0165c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DPIC team met with Shri Bhupendra Singh Poonia, IAS, Principal Secretary, Skill Development &amp; Technical Education Department, Government of Odisha, along with senior officials from the Higher Education and SD&amp;TE Departments. The discussion focused on policy-relevant insights emerging from the integrated skilling database curated by DPIC and early findings from ongoing field research on student education and skilling choices. 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