<span style="color: #000000;">Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said, skill trainers have to play a crucial role in realizing the vision of Prime Minister of making India, the skill capital of the world. Mr. Pradhan pitched for adopting a bottom-up approach with a focus on innovative ways to upskill trainers, and plan skill development at the grassroots. Mr. Pradhan virtually presented Kaushalacharya Awards 2021 to 41 skill trainers for their exemplary contribution to the skill ecosystem. These 41 trainers are from several initiatives and training programmes of Skill India- Directorate General of Training (DGT), Apprenticeship, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) and Entrepreneurship.</span><br />