<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary of Skill Development Department Dr. Asgar Samoon yesterday chaired a meeting through video conferencing to review upgradation of Machinery & Equipments in ITIs /Polytechnics as well as Physical and Financial progress of different projects. our correspondent reports that Dr Samoon said that the SDD has a pivotal role in providing skilled trainings to the youth in order to overcome unemployment in J&K. He directed the concerned officers to work with utmost dedication and zeal to ensure empowerment of youth by way of imparting requisite skills and trainings so that they can compete in today's technical era.<br />''<br />''Dr. Samoon also reviewed in detail the physical and financial achievements under CAPEX budget 2020-21 in respect of ongoing works, new works, maintenance of capital assets, machinery & equipments and material supply to Government Polytechnics and ITIs. The meeting also discussed various ongoing development works of different Polytechnics/ITIs. He also stressed upon the Principals and Superintendents of ITIs/Polytechnics to arrange job fairs and placement drives at districts levels so that maximum job opportunities can be provided to ITI/Polytechnic pass outs.</span><br />